Do you feed your horse chaff?

1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
One

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?
more - 24/7

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
No

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Hi-fi lite

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Other - low sugars for a laminitic

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
None - but do feed a vit/min supplement

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two

12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
8-10kg

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?
One


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?

DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

5-6 hours


6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?

Hi-fi
Sugar beet


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Best value basic chaff I can find.

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

Oats


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?

Two


12)In what quantity per day

3-5kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

8-10kg


14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?

No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
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Hi, I am currently undertaking research to find out which chaff is the most efficient at slowing down a horses rate of consumption hence optimising primary digestion and uptake of all the nutrients in the feed.

I would really appreciate your input by answering the following questions.

1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?
Two


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?

Part livery and Grass livery


4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?
5-6 hours


6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Molli chop
Bran


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost
Efficiency of chaff
Storage
Temperament
Age
Job of horse


10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

Horse & Pony nuts
Conditioning cubes/mix
Other cereals

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two


12)In what quantity per day

3-5kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
5 slices

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes


15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
Choke if that's included.

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
Yes


Thanks again for your help!

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No worries
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1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?

Two


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
at home

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

more

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Hifi
Sugar beet

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost
Temperament
Age
Job of horse
Other

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

Horse & Pony nuts

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?

Two


12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

8-10kg


14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?

No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
Yes 1 has
 
1. Yes
2. Two
3. Gelding in work DIY
Broodmare field 24/7
4. Gelding every other day.
5. Upto 8 hours.
6. Yes.
7. No.
8. Alfa A, HiFi Lit, Sugar Beet, Badminton Alfalfa and Alfalfa Lite.
9. Temperament.
10. None.
11. One.
12. Gelding 2lb chop plus carrots.
Mare 5lb chop/sugar beet, carrots.
13. Gelding 24lbs haylage
Mare 8lbs haylage.
14. Yes.
15. No.
16. No.

My horses don't get much on paper do they?
Gelding tried to buck me off in a childish, hissy TB tantrum on Sunday morning.
 
1)Do you own your own horse?

Yes


2)If yes, how many?

One


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?

Part livery


4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?

Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

More than 6 hours a day

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?

Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?

Yes

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?

Alfa A Lite

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?

Job of horse
Advice from a nutritionist


10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

None (he has his chaff with Fast Fibre)

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?

Normally 1, but at the moment 2 as he needs his medicine twice a day

12)In what quantity per day

0-2kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

Ad-lib

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?

Yes


15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?

No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
Two

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?
24

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Ready grass
Hi Fi

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost
Job of horse

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
linseed,
Hi Fibre Cubes

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two

12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
Ad lib (round bale in field)

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
Yes

Edited to add, this is the diet we put him on after he got Azetoria.
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
Two

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY - With my Dads/Partners Sheep!

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?
At the moment 2-4 hours, In the summer they have a bare paddock and go out over night.

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes in a feed with consentrates - mine only have chaff and have a small meal any way. If consentrates are fed, and the chaff is a 'bulker' they I believe that it can increase the consumption time and also increases saliva production, helping prevent gastric ulcers.

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Hi Fi Lite

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Other - overweight ponies!

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
None at all - Fell mare has supplements, WPB has garlic but thats it.

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
One feed at night and a handful of chaff in the mornings as a 'breakfast' to keep them quiet whilst I bottle feed the lamb!

12)In what quantity per day
Fell mare has approx 1kg over the day, WPB has 500g approx

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
Fell mare - 4-6 slices steamed hay over the day (over 18 hours stabled)
WPB has a slice of 12 hour soaked hay mixed with half a slice of straw twice a day.

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No - Fell has had colic, but that was more spasmodic/gassy colic caused by change in diet.

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
Not to my knowledge

Hope that helps!
 

1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?

Three


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
No

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

5-6 hours


6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?

No

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Alfa A

Sugar beet
including speedi beet


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost
Efficiency of chaff


10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

barley rings

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?

Three

12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg
 

1)Do you own your own horse?

Yes


2)If yes, how many?

Three

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?

DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?

Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

more (weather dependant)

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?

Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?

Yes

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?

Alfa A

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?

Efficiency of chaff
What was in stock at feed merchants!

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

Balancers
Sugar beet

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?

Two


12)In what quantity per day

0-2kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

8-10kg
(obviously the pony has less!)

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?

No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?

No
 
)yes
2)one
3)DIY
4)Yes
5)5-6 hrs
6)Yes
7)Yes
8)Graze on, sugar beet, bran
9) Cost, age, temperament,
10) conditioning mix and pink powder balancer
11) two
12) 3-5kg
13) Ad lib hay (@ 14lb)
14) No
15) No
16) No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?

Three

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?

DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?

5-6 hours in winter, 24/7 in summer

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?

Not really

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?

Sugar beet
Happy Hoof


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?

Use it because of old retired still good doer! Can't really be bothered to have two types and they all love it.


10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Pasture mix depending on work load.


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
One in summer, two in winter.

12)In what quantity per day

3-5kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

I'm an oldie so only work in pounds!
20 - 24 lbs.

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?

No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?

No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
One

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
Out on loan, but now looking for another which will be on part livery.

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?
5-6 hours


6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Alfa A
mollichop
speedi beet


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost- mollichop is cheap

Other- to add calories in alfa a oil and speedibeet

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Conditioning cubes/mix


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?

Two

12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

8-10kg


14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
One

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?
5-6 hours usually depending on weather. More during spring/summer.

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Molli chop

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost
Efficiency of chaff

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Pasture mix

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two

12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
10kg-12kg (i'm not sure how much in weight so its a guess)


14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
No (not yet)

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?
Two

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?

Part livery


4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?

3-4 hours Winter
6-10 Spring/Autumn
24/7 Summer

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Molli chop
Bran
Sugar beet
including speedi beet

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?

Other

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

Conditioning cubes/mix


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
One
re

12)In what quantity per day

3-5kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

11-12kg


14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes


15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?

No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
Two

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
at home

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?
more (approx 10hrs)

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Molli chop
Bran
speedi beet


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost
Efficiency of chaff
Job of horse

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Horse & Pony nuts (in his little ball)
Conditioning cubes/mix (when in work)


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two


12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
ad lib

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
One

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average?
more .... from 10 hours in winter to 24 hours in summer.

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Applechaff by horsehage

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Cost and it always looks and smells good. Horse is happy with it!


10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Feed Merchants Own brand cool mix


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two


12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?

8-10kg


14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?

No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
no
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?

Three

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
No

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

About 8 at the moment

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Alfa A Oil (For my old girl)

Molli chop

Sugar beet


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Apart from my old girl, the other two don't really need "feed" as they are very good doers. So it's really just something to give Friendly when she comes in (Poor Lexy only gets a carrot!)

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Pasture mix


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
One


12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
2-4kg


14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?

No

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?

No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?
One
Two


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY
Own Yard

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

3-4 hours

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?

Alfa A
Ready grass
Molli chop
speedi beet

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?

Efficiency of chaff
Temperament



10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Pasture mix

Horse & Pony nuts
Conditioning cubes/mix

barley, linseed, maize


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
One
Two
Lunch of just Readi-Grass


12)In what quantity per day

3-5kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
2-3 sections from large bale of haylage

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes


15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
Yes
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?
One



3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
Full livery


4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes


5)If so how many hours average a day?

5-6 hours


6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Alfa A
Hi-fi lite

other filler (substance to slow eating/increase chewing)
alfabeet

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?

Efficiency of chaff


10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?

Horse & Pony nuts


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?

Two


12)In what quantity per day
2kg



13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
ad-lib

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes


15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?

No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?

No
 
)Do you own your own horse?
Yes


2)If yes, how many?
Two


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes one is and one isn't


5)If so how many hours average a day?
6 + hours

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes


7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Alfa A
Sugar beet


9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Age
Job of horse
Weight

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Veteran mix

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two

12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
8-10kg

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes


15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
Two

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes (gelding - all year round and mare- in summer)

5)If so how many hours average a day?
gelding at least 8 hours - mare about 4/5 hours in summer

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Ordinary hifi

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
other - they don't need the extra calories

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
none really - only fast fibre

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two

12)In what quantity per day
not alot

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
sorry i work in lbs so gelding gets between 16/18lbs a night and my mare gets 32lbs in 24 hours when in

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
One


3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
No

5)If so how many hours average a day?
more (when out)

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes


8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?

other filler (substance to slow eating/increase chewing)

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Efficiency of chaff
Temperament


10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
Balancers


11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
Two


12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg


13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
Ad lib

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes


15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No

Thanks again for your help!
 
1)Do you own your own horse?
Yes

2)If yes, how many?
One

3)Are they on livery (full/part) or DIY?
DIY

4)Is your horse/horses turned out daily?
Yes

5)If so how many hours average a day?
24/7, but when stabled has 12 hours either way

6)Do you decide on what feed they are fed?
Yes

7)Do you believe that chaff can slow down your horse’s rate of consumption (eating)?
Yes

8)Do you feed your horse any of the following?
Hi-fi lite
other filler (substance to slow eating/increase chewing)

9)Why have you chosen to feed this chaff?
Other = As it is suitable for a laminitic

10)What concentrates do you feed your horse/horses?
None

11)How many feeds does your horse get a day?
One

12)In what quantity per day
0-2kg

13)How much hay/haylage on average do you feed each horse a day?
5-7kg

14)Have you ever sought professional nutritional advice for your horse/horses?
Yes

15)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from impacted colic?
No

16)Has your horse/horses ever suffered from azoturia (tying up)?
No
 
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