Haylage for one horse?

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Has anybody managed to find a cost effective way to feed haylage to only one horse?

My horse eats 12KG of dry hay per night. Is there a calculation to up that to haylage? Not sure how much weight extra I would need to feed. I need to work out what is the biggest size bale I can use I think?

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I feed Haylage to my horse and I only have the one - I get one large bale and that will last me just over a month.
You do not need to feed as much as Haylage as what you would hay, my Haylage is £25 for a large bale.

Not sure about the weight of what I feed, I just put some in and its all gone in the morning
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I always used to buy big square bales for when I had 2 horses which would last them both just under a week - ideal!

However, then at various times (when Will died/when Be was in hospital, off on rehab livery etc) of course I had these big bales with only Star to feed it to... I thought I'd just keep feeding the open bale until it went off... but finished it first! I now buy big bales just for her - one lasts her 2 weeks and I can honestly say I check each section and it lasts just fine
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I would think the trick is to find a brand that you can do this with - I would recommend my guy, but it's probably a bit too far for him to deliver
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I used to feed one of mares haylage because she needed to put weight on but couldn't feed it to the others as they went loony on it. I got small bales from a nearby farmer (a lot cheaper than horsehage!) a small bale can last up to 3 days open, and you don't need to feed as much as hay as it has a lot more nutrition. Don't have a calculation but I'd try not to feed it ad lib or you'll have a very fat/hyper horse on your hands (or that just might be my hooligans!!)
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Don't have a calculation but I'd try not to feed it ad lib or you'll have a very fat/hyper horse on your hands (or that just might be my hooligans!!)
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LOL! My fat hooligan is the one who isn't allowed it now she's out of work and much to my annoyance I have had to fill the barn up with normal hay for her this winter. The one who is on it ab lib (I think she's getting through about 15/16kg a day at the mo, is just the right weight and certainly not hooning around - she is a very sensible, mature old lady though
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It's so difficult. Star has had gastric ulcers, so I that's why I feed ad lib hay. She is also a very good doer though.

She also needs her hay steamed everyday and I was hoping haylage would stop me having to do that and be more consistent quality than my hay.


ETS when people say large bale is that a round bale?

I have only seen round bales and titchy horsehage ones?

 
I would much rather feed ad lib steamed hay especially with her prone to ulcers than try and monitor haylage. I know it's a hassle steaming hay, but it will be a lot cheaper. I was lucky becaused I had a farmer down the road that made little 'horsehage' sized bags but normally you will only get the big round bales that will go off before you finish them
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You can get square haylage bales if your lucky but they are difficult to move as you need a forklift
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However, if you are trying to get weight on her, haylage is def the way to do it
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My bales are square, which makes it SOOO much easier to feed, as it comes out in slices, rather than trying to claw it off a round bale which is very tedious. I've tried that, and never again!
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From a good haylage supplier then you can get varying degrees of richness. In the past, when I used to buy small bales, I used to buy "Topscore" and as I remember they do a low calorie kind of haylage.

What about these guys, they might be able to help you:

http://www.equinetourism.co.uk/ukregionalsections/ukregionsdirectorypages/haylagesolutions.asp

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