BSJAlove
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does anyone use it? i went horsey food shopping and its 4 pound a bag :O what does it do/used for etc?
mollychaff?
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Magicmillbrook
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sugar and chaff, good for tempting fussy eaters, woudnt feed my lot it.
Cliqmo
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It is a cheap (often own brand) version of Alfafa/ chaff type fibre feed but is generally high in sugar and relatively low in nutritional value so turns out to be a bit of a false economy.
sidesaddlegirl
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I use it for Hattie during the cold weather as she is a good doer and seems to do well on it. I just feed it straight with bitoin mixed in to keep her coat nice and shiny along with chopped carrots/apples (she just needs a stubbs scoop of the molichaff). She stays keeps her weight all winter with just chaff and hay.
I suppose it just depends on the horse!
I suppose it just depends on the horse!
kellyeaton
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its just oat straw in mollases not to any goodness really but can help fussy eaters eat or bulk out the feed in the winter!
CBAnglo
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It is a cheap (often own brand) version of Alfafa/ chaff type fibre feed but is generally high in sugar and relatively low in nutritional value so turns out to be a bit of a false economy.
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Exactly, just chopped stratw and mollases and if I remember correctly comes in 12.5kg bags (most others come in 20kg bags). Own version chaff would be cheaper if you wanted to bulk out feeds.
It is a cheap (often own brand) version of Alfafa/ chaff type fibre feed but is generally high in sugar and relatively low in nutritional value so turns out to be a bit of a false economy.
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Exactly, just chopped stratw and mollases and if I remember correctly comes in 12.5kg bags (most others come in 20kg bags). Own version chaff would be cheaper if you wanted to bulk out feeds.
sea_view
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I use it to bulk out feed fr my ganett of an ISH - slows him down - a bit!
Pearlsasinger
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Complete waste of money IMO, just straw and sugar, empty calories. I would prefer to feed a good doer on something which provides vits/mins for the calories and can never understand when people say they mix mollichaff with feed for horses they are trying to feed up. Surely alfalfa/readigrass/etc would be better in this case?
Sarah Sum1
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I always used to give my first pony this, most people did on my yard back then (15 yrs ago) It bulks the feed up too. I think you can get a non sugary variety now although not sure about price.
DunRoamin
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Mollychaff bulks out feed nd is handy for tempting fussy eaters, on the yard of 65 i used to run everything got it, in the superchaff variety nd our vet said our yard has the healthiest, best kept horses he sees, everything is very old school, Mollychaff,Bran nd pony nuts are the basic diet of everything with extras added to siut each individual