Oldenburg
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The new Haylage balancer by NAF!!
Has anyone used it? Could you see any diffrence in your horse /pony?
Has anyone used it? Could you see any diffrence in your horse /pony?
The new Haylage balancer by NAF!!
Has anyone used it? Could you see any diffrence in your horse /pony?
Someone asked of this "Why would you?" The short answer is "if you need to". In the absence of being able to find good quality hay without being financially savaged by men in green tights sporting bows and arrows, I've had to put my boy back onto haylage, which, although he loves, his tummy doesn't and he goes into pebbledash mode. I've just tried NAF's Haylage Balancer after being recommended by someone whose horse has the same problem as my boy and who uses it. I gave my boy 2 scoops twice a day for two days then weaned it down gradually and now he's only on 1 scoop each day. Within just 5 days, his droppings have gone from ...well, you know what, to good consistency. It's fabulous stuff and I'm just about to buy my own stock because simply put, having tried it, I have faith in it.
Essentially, for those who need it, it 'equalises' the gut and lets face it, we can't work well if our tummy's are rumbling and we're back and forth to you know where so how can we expect our horses to!
My experience mirrors the above, except I use it for an elderly TB mare. I haven't got the money to waste on products that don't work, & the NAF haylage balancer is working for my old girl in terms of improved poo consistency !
I totally agree. I can ill afford to waste money (and time) on elimination theories but happy to try something I'm already witnessing works.
Proof of the pudding in fact ! I've also found NAF Superflex to be highly effective. We use it on an elderly cob & he finds life far easier when he's on a maintenence dose than when he isn't. Money well spent if it aids their comfort I feel.
I tried NAF haylage balancer when my two got a bit squitty when they changed onto haylage. Didn't touch the squittyness, but the gelding, who is sensitive to haylage and can get virtually unrideable if I get the feeding levels wrong, seemed a great deal more even-tempered even when I upped the haylage ration. Bless him, he loves haylage - it's his all-time favourite food, but I fear for my life if I give him too much normally.
Works for my ned, and I'm not a great believer in supplements. But without the haylage balancer he is prone to cowpatty poo, especially when the bale changes. But on haylage balancer he is much better (except on hunting days when the excitement takes over!).
To all those who slag off the "fillers and binders" in supplements, the manufacturers do actually need to put some things that taste nice in them to make horses actually eat it! Most "raw" chemicals that you supplement puritans wax lyrical about e.g. magnesium oxide etc taste absolutely vile, a good majority of horses need the taste of these disguised in order for them to eat it!
Oh, and most animal feeds are composed of cereal by-products anyway, take sugar beet as a prime example.
And "ash" is NOT an ingredient, it is a statutory declaration of the inorganic mineral content of a feedstuff, i.e. what is left after a certain weight of it has been incinerated. It's very misleading that feed manufacturers are obliged to state this on the label as the misinformed public assume it is an ingredient.
Works for my ned, and I'm not a great believer in supplements. But without the haylage balancer he is prone to cowpatty poo, especially when the bale changes. But on haylage balancer he is much better (except on hunting days when the excitement takes over!).
To all those who slag off the "fillers and binders" in supplements, the manufacturers do actually need to put some things that taste nice in them to make horses actually eat it! Most "raw" chemicals that you supplement puritans wax lyrical about e.g. magnesium oxide etc taste absolutely vile, a good majority of horses need the taste of these disguised in order for them to eat it!
Oh, and most animal feeds are composed of cereal by-products anyway, take sugar beet as a prime example.
And "ash" is NOT an ingredient, it is a statutory declaration of the inorganic mineral content of a feedstuff, i.e. what is left after a certain weight of it has been incinerated. It's very misleading that feed manufacturers are obliged to state this on the label as the misinformed public assume it is an ingredient.
Why do you guys feed haylage when it upsets your horses stomachs? Whats wrong with good old hay??
My point about supplements is that with a little research you can do your own, buy the individual ACTIVE ingredients for a fraction of the cost, have your forage analysed so you are feeding what they actually need to that concentration rather than blanket supplementing (about as effective as blanket worming)
Some of us dont feed sugar beet et al precisely because it isnt good for our horses. We dont feed a commercial brand of feed because you are feeding a lot of rubbish to get the small amount of goodness into them.
It just makes more financial and horse health sense to me!
I tried NAF haylage balancer when my two got a bit squitty when they changed onto haylage. Didn't touch the squittyness, but the gelding, who is sensitive to haylage and can get virtually unrideable if I get the feeding levels wrong, seemed a great deal more even-tempered even when I upped the haylage ration. Bless him, he loves haylage - it's his all-time favourite food, but I fear for my life if I give him too much normally.
Interestingly, we gave our 3 mares Haylage Balancer when I couldn't get Pink Powder just before Christmas. One didn't like the taste but ate it eventually. She certainly needs something, her stable looks as though a cow has been in there otherwise. We can't get good quality hay from a reliable source, so they have to have haylage.
All 3 grew anxious, the ridden pair got sillier and sillier when hacking and the retired cob started banging the door at feed time (unheard of).
I posted on here (where were you all?) and stopped feeding the HB. The rest of the week, they spent rubbing and chewing at themselves, obviously itchy and generally not quite themselves. Thinking about it some of the symptoms started when they were on PP. The trouble is Westphalian's stable looks like the cow-house again!
Why do you guys feed haylage when it upsets your horses stomachs? Whats wrong with good old hay??
My point about supplements is that with a little research you can do your own, buy the individual ACTIVE ingredients for a fraction of the cost, have your forage analysed so you are feeding what they actually need to that concentration rather than blanket supplementing (about as effective as blanket worming)
Some of us dont feed sugar beet et al precisely because it isnt good for our horses. We dont feed a commercial brand of feed because you are feeding a lot of rubbish to get the small amount of goodness into them.
It just makes more financial and horse health sense to me!