Best chaff to feed for sweet itch

[Stenners]

I feed both of mine the Spillers Fibre Lite Molasses Free which they both really like but I did see on the bag the other day it contains Garlic..... I've heard that's a big no with sweet itch. She's also on Spiller Lite Balancer, Brewers Yeast, Black Salt and Turmeric with Black Pepper.

 

[kerrieberry2]

I found that alfalfa made my old girl more itchy, so would recommend something that like the thunderbrooks chaff or simple systems timothy chaff

 

[Fransurrey]

My girl just gets Pure Easy. It's only a couple of handfuls, so she has been on the Condition and Working formulations, too (I change in the winter). Her only additions these days are linseed and bute, but I do plan to try adding in the BY again. I can't remember why I stopped - think it was the cost of the sack, or I was feeding the haylage balancer which has it in!

 

[Esmae]

I fed mine plain oat straw chop with soaked grass nuts a bit of linseed and a few oats through the winter. He did well on that.

 

[Stenners]

I've heard that Dengie MeadowLite with Herbs is meant to be fine to feed for Sweetitch too

 

[MNMyShiningStars]

Mine just gets a handful of my other horses grass chaff to carry his balancer and supplements. More for ease than anything. He seems to do fine on this.

 

[spoo]

Simple systems Timothy chop

 

[Gloi]

No feed ever made the slightest difference to ours.

 

[Flowerofthefen]

I don't think garlic has a good reputation for flies etc anymore. Feeding too much has now been proved to be harmful.