Miscanthus (burleybed) review - really messy dirty horse.

[Sussexbythesea]

Are you still using BurleyBed? I am about to change from straw to BurleyBed for my disgusting, messy, wet mare. All these years later are you still happy with it?

I agree with TPO I tried it and also found it expensive and not very absorbent. There is something about it that really catches the back of your throat especially when you put a new bag down.

I now use wood pellets which are cheap and easy to manage and wouldn’t swap back to anything else.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Quality changed (imho) of the EasyPack Miscanthus about 3 - 4 years ago, I switched to Aubiose then and am still using it.

 

[Dontforgetaboutme]

I like miscanthus but didn’t find burlybed absorbant and very dusty as TPO says

 

[Charrose77]

Oh buggar.......I should have asked this question before ordering 10 bales!!! Nedz is on my list of ones to try if this doesn’t work!

 

[TPO]

Oh buggar.......I should have asked this question before ordering 10 bales!!! Nedz is on my list of ones to try if this doesn’t work!

Just be glad it wasnt 44 bales like my mistake ??‍

 

[rextherobber]

I used to use Miscanthus with no problems but others,have said, one delivery was very ,very dusty, so stopped to chopped rape straw, which is makes a nice bed, and rots down quickly on the muck heap.

 

[PurBee]

It really does depend on the company and how they process the miscanthus. Ive used 1 company where it was lovely, some stalks with smaller chaffy bits, so it was absorbent aswell as top-draining, heavy bed, good for rolling horses.
Another company I had mouldy stuff, chopped too large, no absorbancy.