anyone use hayleigh

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me and my friend cant find HAY so we are thinking of getting a big bag of hayleigh [the big big ones] just wondering if anyone else uses theses and how much they cost you?
someone told me round £20-£30 is that right :)
 
BSJAShowjumper123 said:
me and my friend cant find HAY so we are thinking of getting a big bag of hayleigh [the big big ones] just wondering if anyone else uses theses and how much they cost you?
someone told me round £20-£30 is that right :)
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Or haylage?!

Have you got somwhere to store it? If you buy a round bale, and only have one horse, then it will go off very quickly! £30 down the drain . . .
 
I feed mine hayledge its about £25 per bale if you buy in bulk, i doubt if anyone would deliver just one bale or if they do i would think it will be quite expensive to have delivered, i'm in hertfordshire so unless your in this part of the country i wouldn't take the cost of it down here to be the same everywhere. don't forget as its damper than hay it goes off alot faster than hay.
 
doesn't make much difference, i share mine with a friend, all 3 have two 4pld haynets a day and it still takes about 10 days to get though a bale and it sometimes goes manky before we have used it all, it lasts better in winter because it doesn't sweat like it does in the summer.
 
You may struggle to use it before it goes off. We have 10 horses on it and Id say at this time of year it lasts about 4 to 5 days, in winter we use 2 a week. Ours costs £25
 
Woah...our lot quite happily go through one large bale in, 2 days max? I don't think you'd waste that much tbh over winter especially if they're stabled a lot and in hard work, hunting, etc. We go through no end of it, though are going to have to ration I think this year from the dire shortage situation...

Haylage here is £40 a bale.
 
Have you ever fed Haylege before? Coz if not, be aware that it might have certain effects!! By that I mean (1) your horse's digestion might be affected - e.g. if mine has a lot of hayledge he gets a bit squitsy around his bum! & (2) sometimes horses fizz up on it.

You can get the "non heating" haylege (sorry can't remember whether that's Ryegrass or Timothy, think its Ryegrass ....) BUT when mine was on it at working livery last winter he was going like a rocket, plus had the squits as well, and just wasn't himself poor lad.

It might be an idea to get one bale on its own and try that and see how it goes, rather than buy a lot of it and have problems.

I tend to feed a bit of both, hay plus haylege, which touch wood is working OK at the mo.
 
usually in winter you put hay in to field too? So there's barely any wastage. If there are other people on your yard ask someone else to group together then there will be more horses using it so won't last as long and will work out cheaper per bale?
 
I know you aint really saving any money but aint it worth a try? Like Eriskayowner said in different words - Horses arn't cheap! I can't feed my Mini Shetland haylage due to Laminitus as to sweet for him so i buy him Horsehage specially made for Laminitics that aint the cheapest but i don't mind paying extra if it better for my horses and minis!!
 
Prepared to be corrected here :D
But thought the reason why you were looking for haylage was because you couldnt find any hay?? If theres no hay then you wont have a choice even if there is waste and is does work out more expensive??
 
Sharing small bale haylege is pointless, most horses eat 2 per week so if your buyiing 6 bales for 3 horses and splitting cost it will work out more expensive than buying 2 a week for one horse.
 
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