Naf Haylage Balancer

What do you mean "work"? What are you expecting it to do?

I feed it because of the yeast, antacids and probiotic and I'm happy to know that my horses are getting a base level of vits &mins too. They do well on it and I don't have to fuss with feeding yeast and antacids separately and very expensively.

I pay £42 for 9 kilos, which also makes it one of the cheapest vit/min supplements on the market.
 
Does the haylage balancer work similarly (allegedly!) to Pink Powder? Only, pink powder is about three times the price of haylage balancer and I was thinking of swopping-I'd want it as a general feed/forage balancer & for gut health. Anyone know please?
 
I only know that I have a horse who was laminitic last year when I ran out of Brewers Yeast and also ulcer-ish in his behaviour. This year there is no sign of foot soreness or of ulcers and he has been on it a year or so. It could be coincidence but I doubt it. He shines like crazy even though I have hardly rugged him since February.
 
I think they're similar, but the pink powder is also for weight gain and not marketed specifically to balance haylage. Could be wrong though, ages since I looked into it.
 
Thanku everyone...I think,price difference wise,it might well be worth a try! Cptrayes,I have a previously(before we bought him)laminitic pony and a girthy KWPN,so similar situation to you-thanks for the info everyone:)
 
The main difference between haylage balancer and pink powder is the level of yeast and an antacid element. It's the yeast that's the costly component of PP (or so they say!). I feed haylage balancer to top up the yeast benefit, as I'm still working my way through a less effective batch of brewer's yeast (I don't feed haylage, but have a lami prone and a sweet itch pony).

If it's diarrhoea you're struggling with, I'd use a higher concentration of yeast than what is in haylage balancer OR PP - maybe buy pure yea-sacc and add electrolytes. Is the cause of diarrhoea just grass? Or something else?
 
My pony and my friend's horse had loose droppings on haylage. We tried NAF haylage balancer but it didn't seem to make any difference.
 
fredthoroughbred said:
Has anyone tried this? I have only recently noticed it in my local feed shop after I read a post on HHO. Does it work? Thanks : )
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Haylage is acidic - pH is generally 4.5. When producing haylage the acidity needs to drop rapidly so that lactic acid is producted to help kill off bacteria. If the make goes wrong and instead of lactic acid producing bacteria developing, large populations of clostridia bacteria may grow. These anaerobic bacteria produce butyric acid rather than lactic acid, which results in sour haylage and clostridia are potentially fatal for horses. See http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ansci/dairy/as1254w.htm for an explanation of silage/haylage making.

NAF Haylage Balancer contains an antacid (a type of clay). If you have acid indigestion you reach for the Rennies. This is what the balancer does for your horse. I have just started my laminitic / IR / EMS pony on this and it might be coincidence, but having only been on it for two days his walking has already improved.
 
My boy can get a bit overexcited on haylage. NAF haylage balancer didn't seem to make any difference to his squitty botty, but did seem to keep his temperament more even.
 
fredthoroughbred said:
Wow thanks Souxiesue! I'll definitely give it a go : )
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Take care!

We started giving all ours PP, when we bought a new horse and had to buy some quite rich haylage at around the same time. We commented on the fact that the one that was competing with some success the year before, seemed unsettled and wasn't doing as well but put it down to a variety of things. the new one and one of the other established ones kept fighting.
Then I had to buy HB just before Christmas as they had no PP and I knew we would run out before the next delivery. I'm glad I did really as it brought things to a head, we went out on a hack on an exciting track and thought we might not get back in one piece, apart from the erratic behaviour, my unshod at the back was literally hopping from foot to foot over pebbles, so must have had tender feet.
We stopped all NAF products from that moment and will never feed compound supplements again. We use Brewers' Yeast and a small amount of dry bran to stop 'the runs'.
This year the competing horse is doing well again and the bad-tempered on is much nicer. Unfortunately her adversary had to be pts - and I can't be certain that supplements had nothing to do with it.
 
I've fed this stuff with no side effects at all. For us, it just does what it says on the tub.
Star gets very loose when on grass, and I tried this. It did the job, and has also sorted out the same problem in my daughter's Welsh Sec D. With no side effects.
 
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