No soaking Lucie cobs alternative?

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Daisy1905

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I have spoken to SS and they recommend Lucie cobs (2-3kgs) but soaking is not possible for us at the moment as everything freezes over night :(
 
I have been taking sugar beet home, soaking it and then taking up daily in a plastic ice cream tub with a lid!, you could do that. I also take 2 flasks of hot water up with me to put on the horses feed to take any chill off
 
The problem is that I am on DIY and the YO just puts in the bucket I prepared the night before. My sugar beet already is in a hot flask. :)
 
I tried Lucie cobs and had extreme difficulty getting them to soak right through in the summer, let alone now!

Could you add a little oil to the bowl to stop them freezing overnight?

I have changed to Lucie nuts which are made of the same stuff but are more finely chopped and smaller pellets. I much prefer the nuts because the soak so much easier.
 
Dengie or Saracen alfalfa cubes - they are the size of normal nuts/cubes so don't need soaking.

By the way, alfalfa and lucern are the same thing, just the American and European terms for it. ;)
 
My entire yard is on SS. We have all feed buckets on duvets, buckets wrapped in bubble wrap, put a lid on the buckets and then put another duvet over the top. I know, seems excessive, but when you have a yard of horses calling for breakfast! (You might be able to put yours in an insulated picnic hamper). Alternatively ask your YO to put in half the water and then take a flask of hot water with you and add to the buckets. It might make it a bit runny, but the horses don't mind! You can feed it warm anyway.
 
You could try the new Dengie Alfa A Molasses Free, which contains no molasses or preservatives. It is just alfalfa (lucerne) chaff and alfalfa pellets, together with oil and herbs.
 
TGM said:
You could try the new Dengie Alfa A Molasses Free, which contains no molasses or preservatives. It is just alfalfa (lucerne) chaff and alfalfa pellets, together with oil and herbs.
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We have just come awayfrom SS after five years, for various reasons, and this is a good alternative. We also use Fast Fibre which we add hot water to as we leave home, ten minutes later and its still hot enough for the horses to have a warm feed. I know, I know, they don't need a warm feed, but it makes us feel better :)
 
I use green gold chaff and nuts along with just grass and a bit of speedibeet.

I did try the Dengie alfa, but found it made mine fairly lively and Stinky is not that keen on the hi-fi version, though Farra scoffed it up, but she is a huge dustbin of a clydesdale.

You could also add some linseed if you wanted a bit more conditioning.
 
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