How much hi-fi can I feed instead of hay?

[Super_Kat]

The hay the yard has been given to feed the horses has made most of the horses a bit under the weather so rather than feed tham that crap can I feed hi-fi as a replacement of hay and if so how much? I'm just worried that the horses will probably gorge on it and it will give them colic

 

[TGM]

I doubt they will gorge on it - it is not the most exciting food in the world and some horses won't touch it at all! Dengie claim that "Hi-Fi LITE can also be fed as a hay replacer. Naturally lower in sugar than hay, Hi-Fi LITE can be fed, on a weight for weight basis, as a low sugar alternative to hay or haylage. "

Will cost you a lot more than feeding hay or haylage though

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[Super_Kat]

No extra cost involved, we pay for livery and all food is included

 

[jewel]

i fed it as a hay replacement and i fed it adlib

 

[ruscara]

Dengie at one time (even now?) offer ginormous buckets to feed Hi Fi in. Apparently you can feed it ad lib as a hay replacer.

 

[JessPickle]

The oldies at our yard that just dont have enough teeth to chew hay/haylage have hi fi and it keeps them with weight on them (which is very difficult)

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Could you feed Horsehage Timothy haylage instead?Will be cheaper and will have more nutrient value than the Hi-Fi

xx

 

[Super_Kat]

I'd have to pay out extra for anything that the college doesn't provide, but the college provides Hi-fi

 

[Law]

It might sound daft but you can pretty much feed as much as you see fit. I feed a huge bucket full soaked down with about a bucket of water! (not quite a whole bucket) Mine is a bit awful about it- he does gorge 'cause he thinks he's starved (which he is clearly not!!) and he acts like the bottom of the bucket has gold in it- furtles around chucking the hi fi out and rumages around the bottom - then eats up all he's thrown out.

So the short answer is - ad lib.

 

[MagicMelon]

When my girl was laminitic and wouldnt eat the hay I got her I fed her nothing but big tub trug fulls of Hi-Fi Lite (along with 2 feeds a day for her vits etc.). She ate it like hay really - didnt gorge on it but it kept her happy for about 2/3 weeks until I got some hay she'd eat.

 

[GTs]

Just becareful these feeds require the horse to drink more - certainly give you horse extra water, and if your horse is not a good drinker do not give him/her very much!