fibre blocks for the good doer?

[ScarlettLady]

Hi I have been looking at fibre blocks but was wondering which have the lowest calorific content? I have found the feedmark ones, and then the following ones on the feed warehouse website as would need to buy online.
Luci blocks
Timothy hay blocks
Just grass
Ad lib blocks
High fibre blocks

Any guidance on which ones to go for greatly appreciated x

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

I would think Timothy hay (but there isn't a lot of info on the high fibre to know about that one).

NB I wanted to use them for my lami prone girl but she just broken them into big chunks and inhaled them in about 10 mins....not quite what I planned....so back to soaked hay for us...

 

[TPO]

If you look on Halleys website there is one for good doers that is a straw mix and low calorie/no sugar etc

 

[criso]

NB I wanted to use them for my lami prone girl but she just broken them into big chunks and inhaled them in about 10 mins....not quite what I planned....so back to soaked hay for us...

I found they didn't last long. I got a free one to try from Feedmark, popped it to a horse on box rest and watched it vanish in seconds.

 

[shadowboy]

I use them for my boy and a 1kg block lasts 45min which is brill considering a 4kg soaked and double netted Haynet lasts 2 hours! I use fiblocks and ordered a pick and mick box of 8 - 4 alfalfa ones which have a lower sugar; but higher in digestible energy but also higher protein than the meadow hay blocks which are lower protein. I think at £7 for a box of eight is great value!!

 

[Hen]

I think from your list the Ad Lib and Big Fibre blox from Halleys are the lowest calories but I couldn't get either of my two to eat the Big Fibre ones, the Ad Lib are fine and take 30-45 mins to work through unsoaked.
The Timothy blox can vary in sugar level but are really palatable. I tend to alternate between Greengold (or Lucie blox from Simple Systems) and Ad Lib, depending on how much other 'green' is available, one block per day (very occasionally two if the hay is looking rough as...)
I have also used the Halleys Alfagrass blox on a good doer who has no sugar/starch issues, he loves them.

 

[WelshD]

I get the Halleys Good do-er ones. The pony won't eat them dry bit I soak them to make a big bucket of wet chaff which he will eat

I also use that soaked chaff to get a supplement in to my other pony