Low sugar/starch BF friendly chaff?

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Thanks to the advice of HHO, I've recently put all of my horses on Speedibeet and Fast Fibre as opposed to Alfa A and Happy Hoof. The ones that compete get D+H Staypower cubes too. My friend's horse that I care for swapped with us, but his owner absolutely insists he has chaff too. Is there anything suitable that I am likely to find in my local feed shop? to avoid alfalfa and starchy sugariness
Thanks!
 
I feed safe and sound but what about the honeychop range? Think they do a plain straw chaff.

Incidentally why do you use fast fibre and speedi beet?
 
The fast fibre and speedibeet was recommended on here as the best source of nutrition for my barefoot horses as I had one that started shaking after being fed alfafa (hes stopped shaking since the feed swap). The speedibeet is for a bit more energy as they do a fair bit of work ! Thanks for the reccomendations, I will look in to them.
 
Both Happy Hoof and Mollichaff Hoofkind have alfalfa in them?! as does Dengie Molasses Free.

Mollichaff calmer is alfalfa free ( although I don't know whats in the pellets) about 7/8% sugar though.

You're better off with something like Just grass or as Victoria pointed out Honeychop do a plain oat chaff.
 
Just thought I would point out key ingredients of fast fibre are unmolassed sugarbeet and straw so you are doubling up.

If you add a plain straw or hay chop to the speedibeet, i would ditch the fast fibre. Or show the owner the ingredients list and that fast fibre already contains straw.
 
Hoof_Prints said:
The fast fibre and speedibeet was recommended on here as the best source of nutrition for my barefoot horses as I had one that started shaking after being fed alfafa (hes stopped shaking since the feed swap). The speedibeet is for a bit more energy as they do a fair bit of work ! Thanks for the reccomendations, I will look in to them.
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Fast fibre can cause footyness in barefoot.
I have gone through every single feed on the market and eventually after trying Pure feeds etc i settled on Simple Systems. 2 expensive orders from them and then i looked into all the ingredients properly in what the horses were eating ;)
Red / Blue Grass pellets now changed to a local grass pellet supplier. Make this into a mash with water.
Total Eclipse (Micro linseed, Seaweed, Brewers Yeast) now buying my own straights and mixing my own.
Top Nosh is grass with added oil - so now i just add 50ml mazola oil.
Green Gold - replace for just grass or ready grass if needing a chaff.

removed all alfalfa, molasses, sugars/starches, soya, wheat etc from the diet completely.

(barefoot endurance horses)
 
Plenty of BF are fine on fast fibre too though ;) - and most would say not to the seaweed these days in the total eclipse?. I use it over speedibeet for the lower DE and he finds it more palatable (too many years of molasses!)

There are a few suitable chops but it depends on what is easiest to get hold of locally IMO, I don't think they are really necessary so I'd tell your friend to sort it ;)
 
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