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Hello,

Can someone advise me on alfa beet i have a old horse and she does not hold her condition well through the winter. A few people have mentioned this feed and i would like to see what people think.

And whats the difference between alfa a and alfa beet apart from the alfa beet is in pellet form and you soak it?
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I put my mare on it last winter as I wanted something to give her that bit more umph.

It sent her mental. I got a bit more than umph!
Never again, but different feeds work for different horses.
 
Used Alfa Beet on several different horses and never sent any off their rocker!

Horses for courses....

Has had great results on all the horses we have given it too. All improved with their weight and condition and it is very palatable.

Alfa Beet needs to be soaked like Sugarbeet.
 
Alfa beet is alfalfa with unmolassed sugar beet (i.e. speedibeet). Unlike most chaffs, including alfa-a, it has no molasses or other sugars and with the alfalfa it's fairly high in protein and fibre. Having a barefoot horse I keep the sugar levels low, but all horses benefit from low-sugar, high fibre feed. My boy was on it for a while and looked fantastic, however he did go off it once the spring grass came through - I suspect that it didn't taste as sweet! - but he was fine with a handful of nuts in it. A friend's KWPN was also on it and also looked great.
 
Great stuff. Helped with condition over the winter and helped with energy levels. But didn't sent him hypa or stupid.
 
It's brilliant feed, I only feed it in winter, when my boys needs some extra help with his weight and condition. Only down side to
It is. It looks awful when it's made up! X
 
Spider, it basically looks like soaked speedi-beet when it's made up. You could create the same thing by adding alfalfa pellets but why bother when it's not that expensive anyway ;) Alfalfa chaff is often coated in molasses and can contain chemicals to keep it dry, which some horses react to.
 
Both of mine love it and neither have ever turned silly whilst on it, and they both hold their condition really well. I usually start feeding it around late October/Nov time and stop when spring grass comes through. It's not very expensive and can be soaked in 15 mins (if i remember correctly) in hot water so is pretty quick to prepare too. I shall be buying the first bag of the winter soon.
 
i had my boy on this for the past 2 winters-he has very poor teeth and doesn't hold his weight (he's 18) but I found he held his weight very well with the feed......but he seemed to get bored of it and always left about a quarter of his feed!
 
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