Bagged hi fibre haylage- fizzy horse?

[Michen]

I’m considering buying in bagged hi fibre haylage when the grass starts coming through to reduce sugar levels in the forage fed to my Connemara without having to soak hay. He does however get hot headed on the yard haylage, and so has been on hay all winter.

Has anyone had good results with the hi fibre stuff, looking at the country meadow mix one from mole valley in particular- for the more “jolly” horses out there!?

 

[ycbm]

I'd go for Timothy. Least sugar of them all., I think.

 

[hihosilver]

I feed the blue horsehage to my Connie who can get a bit fizzy and he is fine with it- some really have high sugar so read labels carefully. The horsehage one is suitable for laminitic horses and is low energy.

 

[Goldenstar]

I'd go for Timothy. Least sugar of them all., I think.

I would as well .

 

[Cecile]

I went into Mole Country stores to buy Marksway Hi Fibre Haylage, they misunderstood and charged me for their own brand Hi Fibre Haylage. I had to ask them to change my order and although their own brand was a really good price it was totally different from the Marksway brand, so I would check their typical analysis of their own brand. Just do what I would do stand in the shop or go around to the collection point and get a bag of each and have a good old look. I wanted low sugar, low energy and basically low in everything and there was quite a difference between the bags

 

[Michen]

Hi

In what way was the MV stuff different. I can’t seem to find a spec for it online but have fed it before and always thought it seemed v nice?

I went into Mole Country stores to buy Marksway Hi Fibre Haylage, they misunderstood and charged me for their own brand Hi Fibre Haylage. I had to ask them to change my order and although their own brand was a really good price it was totally different from the Marksway brand, so I would check their typical analysis of their own brand. Just do what I would do stand in the shop or go around to the collection point and get a bag of each and have a good old look. I wanted low sugar, low energy and basically low in everything and there was quite a difference between the bags

 

[Cecile]

Hi

In what way was the MV stuff different. I can’t seem to find a spec for it online but have fed it before and always thought it seemed v nice?

I'm sure it is very nice but before I changed my order I asked if it was suitable for laminitics/low sugar/low energy etc the woman told me it wasn't suitable. Ask them for full details of the product and compare, I have to be so careful what I feed as it is for an EMS sufferer, the one I almost bought may/would of caused a problem, not worth the risk for me. If you send an email to Marksway and MV or any others for full details so you can compare easily.
Your one may be perfect on MV mine would not, it just pays to double check the bags or send emails, they are all so helpful

 

[Michen]

Ahh I see! Thanks very much

I'm sure it is very nice but before I changed my order I asked if it was suitable for laminitics/low sugar/low energy etc the woman told me it wasn't suitable. Ask them for full details of the product and compare, I have to be so careful what I feed as it is for an EMS sufferer, the one I almost bought may/would of caused a problem, not worth the risk for me. If you send an email to Marksway and MV or any others for full details so you can compare easily.
Your one may be perfect on MV mine would not, it just pays to double check the bags or send emails, they are all so helpful

 

[Cecile]

Ahh I see! Thanks very much

Years ago I was on a yard where the in thing was to feed Dobson and Horrell, all the horses seemed to be marvalous on it but my mare became a nutcase and I regularly came flying off, even the feed helpline told me it couldn't be the feed, I was convinced it was the feed so I stopped it and I stopped flying off
I call it Dobson and Horrible ever since, for everyone else's horses it seemed to be great, mine was like she was on rocket fuel

 

[holeymoley]

Own brand stuff is usually ryegrass based which is a big no no for EMS/lami types. Basically sugar sticks for them!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I'd go for Timothy. Least sugar of them all., I think.

Echo this Timothy is better than fibre as less sugar and less squity poo and less energy