Pellets or Miscanthus?

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I'm doing my nut trying to choose which bedding to buy in bulk: miscanthus, wood pellets or shavings.

There's plenty chat here about pellets but not much about miscanthus - has anyone compared them please?

Thanks.
 
Miscanthus pellets or chopped? The chopped miscanthus bedding is lighter to muck out, the pellets can be very heavy.

Just to confuse the issue, you can get wood, straw and miscanthus pellets.
 
I am on Miscanthus. It makes a nice bed but is not suitable to deep litter with a very wet horse.

Unfortunately, my horse is allergic to hemp and eco-comfy (wood chip type stuff - which was lovely). I have to be very careful about bedding that has been coated with something to stop them eating it (at least we think this is what gives my horse allergic conjuctivitis - definitely caused by bedding).

I like Miscanthus but have to muck out every day.
 
Both!! base of pellets with miscanthus on top :-) best I've found for very mucky and wet mare, wet seems to pass through the miscanthus so the top bed keeps dry, every 2 weeks I scrape back and take out the wet pellet patch (1 barrow load) and have a good sift through, put back the damp and mix in 2 bags of fresh pellets and 1/2 bale miscanthus. This is in a sixteen x twelve stable with front four feet just rubber matting, I put a pole acress to keep the bedding in place.
 
anniearab said:
Both!! base of pellets with miscanthus on top :-) best I've found for very mucky and wet mare, wet seems to pass through the miscanthus so the top bed keeps dry, every 2 weeks I scrape back and take out the wet pellet patch (1 barrow load) and have a good sift through, put back the damp and mix in 2 bags of fresh pellets and 1/2 bale miscanthus. This is in a sixteen x twelve stable with front four feet just rubber matting, I put a pole acress to keep the bedding in place.
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Ah, now there's a plan. Do you mix in dry pellets and let them draw out the moisture from the damp, or do you wet them as prescribed? And, is your mare in all the time or just at night?
 
you could try miscanthus pellets....we use straw pellets (very absorbent and easy to work) but the company we get them from also offers miscanthus pellets
 
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