does haylage make your horse fizzy??

[clairefeekerry1]

after having a few difficult months with my horse, think haylage mite be playing a part in i!! found out he's never had haylage before (not had him too long) and also found out our haylage at the mo is a rich red clover type? does it really make horses very fizzy? i know every horse is different. anyone else had problems feeding it?

 

[kittykatcat]

some haylage is higher in sugars than hay, some isn't. It depends when it was baled and how long it has been baled for. Sometimes haylage can be lower in sugars than hay as the microbes use the sugar as 'food'. To get the best idea of whether its the haylage - get it analysed, all feed companies should offer this service, and its not too expensive

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

sneds one of mine loopy! he loves it but isnt allowed it!!

 

[rachyhorsiehib]

My boy not allowed haylage, goes a bit nutty!!

 

[merlins-mum]

ditto my lad. He yums it up, but is like a kid on e numbers afterwards

 

[Resupgirl]

Bit like giving my hyper daughter a large bag of Haribo Star Mix she thanks me so much at the time but then spends about a day on the ceiling! Sends my mare nuts!

 

[katie_and_toto]

Nope, but it can make some horses fizzy

 

[CBAnglo]

It depends on what type of grass is used (meadow grass is fine not rye grass which is what most haylage is made from) and when it was cut and if it was a first or second cut.

What else are you feeding your horse?

 

[Seahorse]

All the horses at my yard are on haylage and none of them are fizzy! Ours isn't very rich and it's more like good hay.
One woman refuses to give it to her horse so we have hay too, but nobody else feeds it.

 

[Jay89]

We nick name it Rocket Fuel down our yard!! Srnds ome of them crazy!!

 

[TGM]

I feed all mine meadow grass haylage and it doesn't make them fizzy at all.

 

[FanyDuChamp]

Funnily enough it is one of the few things that doesn't send him loopy, weird eh?

 

[Hippona]

Farmers haylage in the big blue bales sends mine demented- he's not nice to be around......but 'branded' low-energy haylage like Equilage blue/purple or Horsehage blue/purple is fine......

...but then mine is awkward with cereals/mixes anyway....