Chaff options

[Chianti]

I'm looking for a new low calorie chaff to try for my pony. It must be molasses free, no alfalfa and no soya oil. He won't eat Honeychop Lite and Healthy.
At the moment he's on Marksway Mollichaff Light Molasses Free but that has soya oil in it. I thought I'd found the answer in Young's Sweet Meadow Lite Zero Chaff but that also has soya oil in it. Anyone know of any possibles?

 

[TPO]

Top Chop Zero?

 

[Chianti]

Top Chop Zero?

Yes. Thanks. He was on that years ago so I could try it again. The problem is that for a wanna be fat pony he's very fussy.

 

[TPO]

Yes. Thanks. He was on that years ago so I could try it again. The problem is that for a wanna be fat pony he's very fussy.

I've got one of them! He did eventually come around to Top Chop buts he's on Lite & Healthy now

 

[dixie]

Dengie Meadow Grass ?

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Emerald grass tastic or graze on grass.

 

[TPO]

Dengie Meadow Grass ?

It's quite high calories, 11.5mj/Kg iirc

Top Chop and Lite & Healthy are under 5

 

[Chianti]

It's quite high calories, 11.5mj/Kg iirc

Top Chop and Lite & Healthy are under 5

Yes. I'm really looking for a combined sugar/starch of under 10%

 

[rabatsa]

How much are you feeding? A small handful, single hand not double fistfull, of a grass despite being higher calorie per Kg will not be fed at a large enough amount to make a difference is the daily ration to worry about.

 

[sunleychops]

Sugar and starch under 10% is a bit of a mythical number.

10% of what, 1kg, 5kg, 100g?

Please bear in mind horses do not eat percentages and hay and grass will be higher than most if not all chaff

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

Thunderbrooks healthy herbal has no soya no alfalfa and no molasses x

 

[planete]

I feed a handful of soaked low starch and sugar grass nuts instead of chaff.

 

[Chianti]

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I feed a handful of soaked low starch and sugar grass nuts instead of chaff.

Thanks - what make do you use?

 

[Chianti]

Thunderbrooks healthy herbal has no soya no alfalfa and no molasses x

Yes. I was thinking of that - and the local feed store stocks it so it would be easy. I think it has a sugar content that varies but for the amount I'd feed I don't think it would be a concern. I know lots of people don't like Thunderbrooks but with horses I've learnt sometimes you have to bite your lip and just do what you have to do!

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

It’s a lovley chaff I don’t know why people don’t like thunderbrooks ?

 

[I'm Dun]

It’s a lovley chaff I don’t know why people don’t like thunderbrooks ?

Because they employ a sexual predator who was exposed, so they pulled all their social media till it died down, and now its business as usual, Please do NOT buy thunderbrooks!

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

I didn’t know this I am not on social media and don’t watch the news.. so the sexual predator still works for this company and wasn’t fired ?

 

[planete]

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Thanks - what make do you use?

I did use Thunderbrook but am now using my local feed merchant's (half the Tk's price). I use only half a mug a day to feed the supplements so not too worried about composition any longer. If I have to increase the ration in Winter I add unmolassed sugar beet instead of increasing the nuts.

 

[I'm Dun]

I didn’t know this I am not on social media and don’t watch the news.. so the sexual predator still works for this company and wasn’t fired ?

If you search there's a thread on here with all the details and evidence. Its well worth everyone reading it.

 

[Ashleigh02]

My fussy boys are on top spec top chop grass. Its got a peppermint smell to it and they love it. No molasses and good for laminitics

 

[Chianti]

My fussy boys are on top spec top chop grass. Its got a peppermint smell to it and they love it. No molasses and good for laminitics

Thanks - I'll have a look at it.