Smooshy
Well-Known Member
For another suggestion, I use Baileys light chaff if that is of any help.
Gosh, what's wrong with straw?
I did do some pondering on deciding I wanted to add a chaff to his sugarbeet + oats, and was a little cautious about the grass ones on the basis that they are high energy (purely from a sugars/feet point of view, a bit of oomph isn't a bad thing) but I was adding it for palatibility reasons (he loves eating his neighbours pure feeds mixes!) and on the basis that what I add by way of weight is really pretty small (it is so light) that the overall energy impact on his diet probably isn't huge. Although I don't know the proportions in the just grass it seemed better than knowing it was just ryegrass (I think redigrass and perhaps graze on is?) and that it doesn't have any soya etc coating. What do you chose DFR?
Bede I suspect DFR is alluding to the various mould inhibitors etc used?
Top Chop Lite? It's oat straw and alfalfa that's got some mint in it - smells nice!
Watching this post with interest. When will the feed manufacturers react to the need for a unmolassed, non-alfalfa chaff that is widely available. I would like to try the honeychop but cannot find it locally.
Just as an aside if all you're wanting is something unmolassed to add your balancer to so she doesn't bolt it down have you considered soaked feeds? There's a fair few low sugar one about eg fastfibre, speedibeet, purabeet
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