HAYLAGE QUESTION

[MerryMAL]

Do you feed haylage? If so, why? If you have more than one horse with some on haylage, some on hay you can tick both.

 

[teddyt]

Haylage. We make our own and this year we didnt get good enough weather for hay!

 

[Puppy]

I have one on haylage and one on hay. I far prefer feeding haylage , but daren't feed it to Be now that she's broken and out of work.

 

[spacefaer]

Feed haylage as it has a higher nutritional value than hay so I can reduce hard feed. Higher fibre diet

Also to save money - way cheaper than feeding hay 82p/horse/day vs £2.75/horse/day

One horse is on hay as he can't cope with the extra richness of the haylage and has had 4 very minor and (at the time) inexplicable colics this summer. No colic since going onto hay. (and normal dropppings)

 

[LadyRascasse]

mare on haylage, gelding on hay but i hope to be able to change it over as haylage works out cheaper

 

[carthorse]

First year on haylage , we have spent many years soaking hay and it is such a refief to be feeding haylage. Love it

 

[quirky]

Haylage - more readily available and cheaper

 

[Katie__Connie]

I've never really considered feeding haylage... no-one i know seems to either... don't know why

 

[JoJo_]

I'm feeding hay as my mare doesnt need rich haylage. She's not on much hard feed either. Trying to get her to lose weight after her time out of work. I cant remember how much haylage is on my yard as we have to buy from our YO but i'm sure it will work out more than hay. Even the hay isnt that cheap but its livery rules so I cant go find cheaper.

 

[LauraWheeler]

I ticked both as most of the horses here are fed haylage except for the fat little ponies. We just put a big round bale of haylage in the fields with the broodmares and youngsters as it saves time lugging hay out to them. My pony Lucy is on a mix of well soaked hay and straw as she is on steroids and is laminitic!

 

[JenHunt]

normally we feed hay, but this year can't find any in small bales that we would be willing to pay for. As a result we've gone for haylage, and the boys seem to be quite happy with it!

 

[OskyWoskyPonio]

I feed hay as I find that as we are DIY and it would only be me using the bales, the big bales are expensive and go off before i would be able to finishe them and round here the small bales are £5.75 each!! and only last 2days! whereas hay is in 12 section bales and only costs £3 and a bale will last me 4-5 days

 

[Hels_Bells]

As I'm from a farming family I can get free hay but it's so dusty and I got so fed up of soaking I've started buying in haylage from another farmer. It's the most gorgeous stuff and the boys love it! Unfortunately I can't persuade family to switch to haylage instead of hay so looks like I'm going to have to keep buying it!

 

[charlimouse]

One of my horses coughs, comes up in a rash to the point where she complety swells up if she eats (or goes near) hay, so I only have haylage on the yard, as I don't want to risk her having a reaction. She is
very sensitive, she once nearly died from a major reaction to an insect bite, so i'm not willing to take any risks with her!

 

[missy2]

haylage cos she gets a bad cough

but if the hay is good then she has hay

 

[fjordhorsefan]

I feed a bit of both, mainly haylage though. It seems to be better than the hay around here, and since I have a senior pony it keeps his condition on.

 

[flowerlady]

Haylage as hay makes him cough. He is a happy bunny on Haylage and shavings (No dust)

 

[Coffee_Bean]

Hay. £3.30 per bale.... haylage is £7.50

Far prefer haylage though if it was the same price.

 

[flowerlady]

£7.50
and haylage bales are compacted together and are alot more than hay bales. I only buy the triple bound ones not the timothy and rye etc. The ones the farmers do I pay £6 a bale and it lasts 3 days a normal bale of hay last 2 days