Chaff ideas

[Leo Walker]

My pony is incredibly fussy and will starve rather than eat oat straw, so thats a no go. Alfalfa made her loopy to the point she was completely deranged, so thats a no go as well. I dont want to feed her mollased chaff if I can help it. I'm ideally looking for a low sugar and starch grass chaff. Its just for something to feed her her supplements in over summer, and needs to be appetising or she just wont eat it. I know Agrobs do something but I cant get it round here and could do without the hassle and expense of having it posted out, so I'm just seeing if anyone has any other suggestions

 

[Auslander]

Emerald Green Grasstastic perhaps?

 

[TPO]

Dengie meadow grass?

 

[Pinkvboots]

I have fed both of the above mentioned both of mine can ve reactive to feed I find there ok on it and they enjoy it.

 

[Rowreach]

Find an old fashioned chaff cutter and chop your own hay? Wouldn't be too much work for one horse and you could change your source hay/combo if she got fussy?

 

[splashgirl45]

i used baileys light chaff for my old mare who was very fussy, she loved it,, its smells very minty, if you contact them they will send a sample for you to try..i also used fast fibre to keep weight on her in the winter..

 

[dixie]

Thunderbrooks
Honeychop
Dengie Hi Fi molasses free

 

[PurBee]

Ive been looking for mixed chopped 12% moisture hay in a bag in ireland for years. The closest ive found is in south uk and would cost incl ship just under a grand per tonne.
If i was in the uk id go with northern crop driers or emerald green feeds or easypack timothy/mix.
I love timothy for good doers, my half welsh d finds it palatable.
Maybe you can find someone who just does timothy hay? I presume your using straw for low sugar, and timothy is the best grass for high fibre low sugar...but more palatable than straw.

You could give abbott wessex a call - theyre a hay merchant, who go all over the uk looking for the best quality hay made and have many hay contacts. Im sure theyd know where to get 100% timothy from. I found them really helpful, quoted 80 quid a tonne of best quality mixed species hay a few yrs back. I could have more horses if i could get that forage and price in ireland!

http://www.abbottwessex.co.uk/

 

[planete]

Find an old fashioned chaff cutter and chop your own hay? Wouldn't be too much work for one horse and you could change your source hay/combo if she got fussy?

That would be a good workout for the owner! I still remember how much hard work it was.

 

[Leo Walker]

Emerald Green Grasstastic perhaps?

I'd looked at this and discounted it for some reason, I think probably that I couldnt get it locally, but my local feed shop has it now. She eats their grass nuts, I just want to avoid the faff of soaking when/if its warmer. so I'll try this first. The one thing she will almost always eat is Re-leve, so I'm hoping grass chaff and a sprinkle of re-leve and she will eat!

 

[Leo Walker]

Find an old fashioned chaff cutter and chop your own hay? Wouldn't be too much work for one horse and you could change your source hay/combo if she got fussy?

Zero chance of her eating that! Against my better judgement and feeling slightly desperate, I bought a bag of fancy thunderbrooks chopped hay stuff and she refused to touch it. As soon as the grass comes through. she loses all interest in feed/

 

[Rowreach]

Zero chance of her eating that! Against my better judgement and feeling slightly desperate, I bought a bag of fancy thunderbrooks chopped hay stuff and she refused to touch it. As soon as the grass comes through. she loses all interest in feed/

She knows what she wants

 

[milliepops]

I've bought emerald green direct from their website before. it's the only grass chaff any of mine have ever been enthusiastic about before, they didn't like graze on (too coarse) and IIRC the EG has a nicer variety of grasses in it.

 

[Myloubylou]

I’ve just switched to honey chop lite & healthy which smells nice and horses approve

 

[Meredith]

Northern Crop Driers Graze On Grass ?

 

[Pearlsasinger]

I'd looked at this and discounted it for some reason, I think probably that I couldnt get it locally, but my local feed shop has it now. She eats their grass nuts, I just want to avoid the faff of soaking when/if its warmer. so I'll try this first. The one thing she will almost always eat is Re-leve, so I'm hoping grass chaff and a sprinkle of re-leve and she will eat!

Grassnuts don't need to be soaked like sugar beet does, we just put water on stirred a couple of times and by the time we had walked across the yard, the grassnuts had swelled and broken up enough to feed. We always fed dried grass chaff with them though, I would have thought that any grass chaff would be fine, as you would only be feeding a tiny bit.

 

[Leo Walker]

I'm soaking the emerald green ones overnight. After an hour or so they do start to break up but not sure I'd want to feed them at the point as they are still mainly nuts. Not sure if they are different to others. I vaguely remember normal grass nuts soaking quicker years ago when I used to feed them

 

[StowfordPress]

We feed the emerald green feeds one for the exact same reason for one of mine, but buy straight molasses and add it as he is bloody fussy! Although if it’s the molasses you’re avoiding particularly this might not be ideal.

 

[Leo Walker]

We feed the emerald green feeds one for the exact same reason for one of mine, but buy straight molasses and add it as he is bloody fussy! Although if it’s the molasses you’re avoiding particularly this might not be ideal.

Its only on principle. Shes barefoot and easily does 60kms a week on roads and tracks. But remembering how infuriating it was last year if the re-leve stops being eaten then mollasses is next on my list to try!

 

[vmac66]

Honeychop lite and healthy. It's the only chaff my mare will eat on its own.

 

[TPO]

The mollichaff/chop calmer version is supposed to be "barefoot friendly" and appetising. It's been a few years since I've looked up.The ingredients but I'm sure someone on here fed it successfully

 

[scats]

I feed Mollichaff calmer as it’s one of the only alfalfa free chaffs I can get hold of locally.

 

[cauda equina]

Honeychop lite and healthy. It's the only chaff my mare will eat on its own.

Mine are all happy on this, and there's no alfalfa or molasses in it

 

[windand rain]

Emerald green is grown very near me no chemicals and accountability is great. I use their grassnuts and alfalfa chaff as a base for all mine. I have been doing a palatability trial for green oat chaff the ponies liked it. They are usually very fussy about chaff but they also like moles own alfalfa chaff if I need a quick buy at the weekend. They like grasstastic best of the grass chaffs as it is softer

 

[be positive]

Our picky one loves linseed so in summer gets his supplement added to a little linseed with water so it sticks together, it worked well although he did leave it the odd day, he certainly would not eat up if chaff was the base he even leaves some types now, I have tried a few this winter but it is the linseed he really wants.

 

[Myloubylou]

I feed Mollichaff calmer as it’s one of the only alfalfa free chaffs I can get hold of locally.

its nice stuff but more molasses than I like to feed my EMS horse

 

[Follysmum]

I have just got a bag of northern crop grass nuts and they soak up so well, very impressed my lot love it

 

[Leo Walker]

Emerald green is grown very near me no chemicals and accountability is great. I use their grassnuts and alfalfa chaff as a base for all mine. I have been doing a palatability trial for green oat chaff the ponies liked it. They are usually very fussy about chaff but they also like moles own alfalfa chaff if I need a quick buy at the weekend. They like grasstastic best of the grass chaffs as it is softer

I'm really glad I can get it locally. I use the lower sugar grass nuts and the baby highland gets the alfamazing as well.

 

[ForeverBroke_]

I use Dengie Pure Grass for my two.

 

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