Best low calorie chaff

[peaceandquiet1]

All mine on Happy hoof Molasses free. They all love it. I refused a bag of free Top Chop Zero as none would touch it. I like Thunderbrooks Chaff too.

 

[emfen1305]

What is Moglo Ester? And what feeds is it in?

I like aspero but it doesn't suit my current horse, which is on Honeychop Alpha.

I read an article ages ago but can't find it now! I think it is like a fake molasses, like moglo to molasses is like sweetener to sugar but don't quote me on that, I just know to avoid it, you'd be surprised where it crops up!

 

[ester]

I wouldn't feed healthy hooves because of the garlic in it

moglo is a molasses/oil derivative (I think a molasses/soya oil mix iirc, but it seems to be a trade secret )

 

[peanut]

I always feed Dengie Hi-Fri molasses-free.

It is higher in fibre and lower in starch/sugar than Happy Hoof molasses-free.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Another vote for the Top Spec TopChop Zero...it's great stuff

 

[Hepsibah]

The thing about topchop zero is that they don't like it. That is sort of the point. I feed my dieting mare 1.5% of her bodyweight in hay plus dampened topchop zero in one of those overdoor buckets. She doesn't touch it until she's really hungry then it serves to put something in her tummy rather than standing empty but no added energy since it only has 4mj DE per kg. If it were tastier, she'd gobble it up right away and spend longer with nothing to eat.

 

[ester]

Yes it depends what you want it to do really, I need something that is tasty enough to put supplements in and ensure they are eaten so the straw route doesn't work for us.

TBH though if wanted to feed topspec zero as forage, I'd just buy in straw

 

[LaurenBay]

Top Chop Zero

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[LaurenBay]

The thing about topchop zero is that they don't like it. That is sort of the point. I feed my dieting mare 1.5% of her bodyweight in hay plus dampened topchop zero in one of those overdoor buckets. She doesn't touch it until she's really hungry then it serves to put something in her tummy rather than standing empty but no added energy since it only has 4mj DE per kg. If it were tastier, she'd gobble it up right away and spend longer with nothing to eat.

Depends on the Horse. Mine loves it.

 

[Rosie'smum]

I tried top chop zero and mine loved it too much. As I leave a big bucket of straw chaff in her stable to have something if she runs out of hay that's not any calories I wanted something that I knew that she would only eat if she was desperately hungry and the honey chop oat straw does that. Although I do use it in her normal feeds too.

*Just realised this was an old post!*

 

[Shysmum]

Pepsi,31, is on Happy Hooves, simply because it's the only brand I can get in France. Hes doing really well on it.