Straw vs. Hay Unraveling the Mysteries of Animal Bedding Science

Straw is an agricultural by-product that consists of the dry stalks of cereal plants. Hay is generally defined as the entire plant that has been dried. Both can ... Hay or Straw: What's in a Name? · One might be inclined to think use the terms “hay” or “straw” interchangeably, but they are actually quite different. · Straw ... Hay is dry baled grass. Grasses used for feed include brome, Timothy, fescue, and orchard grass. Straw is a byproduct of combining small grains. Hay is to be eaten and straw is used for them to lay 9n for comfort and warmth. It has no nutritional value for animals because it's made of the plant stalk with the seed head removed, leaving a hollow tube. (Think of a ... HAY and ALFALFA: • Use as livestock feed. Farmers process the crop into hay, silage or meal. All these forms of the feed can be stored. The biggest difference between the production of hay and straw is that hay is typically harvested before the plants make seed and are just ... Straw is a far better choice for coop bedding than hay for us both because of its price and far lower moisture content. STRAW is what you want to use/ask for when decorating. Hay is 1) WAY more expensive 2) will sprout grass quickly 3) usually much heavier by the bale. I wouldn't recommend straw as a bedding and actually orchard grass hay would be much better to feed them straw. That's why straw is used for farm animal ...