Alfa-A Original

[Flibble]

Just a query for those of you who feed this I am thinking of using it instead of chaff it looks very dry how do you guys feed it?
Currently Drifter gets Conditioning cubes and Chaff morning and then has oil and Garlic included evenings as I am always there for tea?
I havent put this in Stable yard as there are only 3 people viewing it.

And just to make you smile. Phoned my mum (86) this morning and she was positive Christmas Day was Sunday!!

 

[annaellie]

I have just changed my horse onto Alfa A and I always wet the feed I used to feed it to my old horse again used to wet the feed but it did not agree with him but not many feeds did. My new horse has suddenly become very aggressive around feeding time though I dont know if thats due to moving onto Alpha or something else.

 

[Coffee_Bean]

I feed alfa a oil which I find dry so I always feed it quite sloppy (I add sugar beet and wet my feeds too)

But then I always wet my feeds.

 

[scotsmare]

I use this on most of my horses, but I always use sugar beet too so never feed it dry. It can be a bit of an acquired taste for some horses so maybe see if you can borrow a handful from someone to check he will eat it.

 

[Flibble]

Ha too late I have a bag. Bought some kast night because Gullivers loan Mummy has him on it and it smells so nice.
I hope he likes it as he is the most food centric horse I have owned.

 

[scotsmare]

LOL - should be fine then

 

[Birker2020]

I always without fail wet my feeds well - the breakfast feed I leave overnight prepared for the staff to put in my horses stable in the morning, so I tend to leave that damp in very cold weather so that ice crystals don't form in it, but in the summer I leave it very wet. I've seen a horse with choke due to dry feed and it wasn't nice.

 

[SDH]

One (the fatty) has water on it ... the other has big scoop of sugar beet to help moisten it

 

[the watcher]

I use Alfa-A oil- I made the feeds up (soaked speedibeet and soaked oats) in the morning to allow the alfalfa to soften during the day

 

[Flibble]

Just got back from Yard. Drif tucked into a bucket of Nuts,Chaff,Oil,Garlic and a couple of handfuls of Alfa a all mixed up with a bit of water. It smelt scrummy and he scoffed the lot the best bit being it took him absolutly ages to munch through it all.