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Thats very naughty of them ?
Price of horse feed!
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criso
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I suspect it was an error, they have a topspec linseed mash at £23.99, maybe someone got the wrong price. BB buying 3 probably drew attention.
Fieldlife
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Sadly it’s not the same specification as the Charnwood one. Nor is the marriage one.
I think only the British Horse Feeds micronised linseed and the Charnwood milling micronised linseed are very low starch.
Barton Bounty
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Charnwood is impossible to get in my area ?
criso
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More that you paid and you've now stocked up but this is charnwood delivered. I know it doesn't say charnwood but if you click, it says charnwood milling company. It's the online arm of my local feed store.
https://www.equisupermarket.co.uk/p/micronised-full-fat-linseed-20kg
Arzada
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Brilliant thanks. Their shipping cost of £2.99 is way less than Charnwood's.
criso
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If you get it to £30 you can get free delivery, buy a small bag of treata if you dont need anything.
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Perfect, ill use that in December ?
Arzada
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Sorted! They have Stud Muffins! The little herd's dream Christmas present
kathantoinette
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On the back of this thread, I’ve done a spreadsheet (!) to work out what I’m spending on feed/supplements for my 15hh competition horse and his little companion. It’s just under £100 per month. I’m flabbergasted ?
Pony eats fibre nuggets for tea, a handful. The horse is on Topspec 10/10 joint supplement, charcoal (winter months only), Dengie balancer and Dengie performance fibre.
I don’t feel I want to take any of it out as he’s looking and going the best he has ever gone.
I suppose at least I can budget a bit better for it now I know the figure.
Pony eats fibre nuggets for tea, a handful. The horse is on Topspec 10/10 joint supplement, charcoal (winter months only), Dengie balancer and Dengie performance fibre.
I don’t feel I want to take any of it out as he’s looking and going the best he has ever gone.
I suppose at least I can budget a bit better for it now I know the figure.
criso
Coming over here & taking your jobs since 1900
I did a spreadsheet which calculates how much each thing is costing me per day. Price/number of days a bag lasts.
I haven't put all the supplements in though as there's less room for manoeuvre with those.
I haven't put all the supplements in though as there's less room for manoeuvre with those.
maya2008
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We have 8 ponies…I really don’t want to know the total cost. I have upped my work hours to ensure I can keep living in blissful ignorance! I know it was about £100 a week last winter for hay/feed for them all, so will probably be at least £150 a week this year.
criso
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Where i find it helpful is working out how much each element is costing me and how long it's lasting.
Then when i need to up something, i know what's most cost effective or whether feeding more of the cheap feed ends up costing more than a more expensive but calorific feed in smaller quantities.
I'm lucky that there's a very cheap feed shop in the area but it's not the closest. I double up with someone on the yard to qualify for delivery so i buy a lot in one go.
However the different feeds last different amounts of time, they come in different size bags and are fed at different rates.
Glitter's fun
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Off topic but related!
Chicken food and energy bills for brooding small chicks have gone up so much that people are going out of production over the winter & there's an egg shortage. I had a phone call yesterday from a potential new customer needing large quantities of local free range eggs to bake Christmas cakes for sale. Had to turn her down because mine are all accounted for.
Back on topic- my local wood yard separates shavings that might have preservatives in & sells fairly cheap. We buy for the sheep trailer. Worth looking into ?
Chicken food and energy bills for brooding small chicks have gone up so much that people are going out of production over the winter & there's an egg shortage. I had a phone call yesterday from a potential new customer needing large quantities of local free range eggs to bake Christmas cakes for sale. Had to turn her down because mine are all accounted for.
Back on topic- my local wood yard separates shavings that might have preservatives in & sells fairly cheap. We buy for the sheep trailer. Worth looking into ?
maya2008
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In case it helps anyone - I have just had to admit that the two of mine in most work actually need more than their low sugar/starch diet provides (both are a bit ‘flat’ to ride at the moment and need more energy for the work they are doing despite being in a careful fitness programme). I remember feeding oats many years ago to our original NF for a similar reason, and it was only a handful. Looked it up, and there was a lovely article on ForagePlus recommending just that - basically a handful of oats, plus the protein and beet we already feed. Total cost of the oats will be 20p a day for both ponies, much less than adding a nut/mix feed would be! Here’s to hoping I’m not sitting on a rocket tomorrow (but a pony with more energy would actually be really nice!).
GreyDot
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Can I ask which oats you are adding and if you are do anything to them first? (boiling, rolling, etc.)
criso
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Mine was a but meh about oats last time I tried feeding but you're right it's not expensive, especially if your local feed shop does an unbranded option.
Kaylum
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Prices haven risen so much for farmers, diesel for machinery including combines and tractors, electric for drying the grain, the cost of seed to grow the crops, the spray, the labour. Before the grain even gets sold to the manufacturers.
Cragrat
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I've fed oats for years - it has never made any of mine stupid, but it defintely helps with stamina and condition.
I was feeding own brand from an ag merchant, but this year have found them poorer quality, with more straw and that husk dust . I am now using Bailey's British Oats at £14.25/20kg compared to about £13.50 for 25kg, but they are so much better quality, I am using less/
I was feeding own brand from an ag merchant, but this year have found them poorer quality, with more straw and that husk dust . I am now using Bailey's British Oats at £14.25/20kg compared to about £13.50 for 25kg, but they are so much better quality, I am using less/
WestCoast
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It’s worth looking at different feeds and their ingredients. I just looked and baileys stud balancer is £10 a bag cheaper than their No 19 performance balancer with near identical ingredients, just no alfalfa bulkier in the stud balancer so it’s higher in protein. Feed rates pretty similar for a maiden mare to a horse in low work as well.
little_critter
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I’ve just sent off feed advice requests to all the main feed companies. My boy looks good at the moment (after he dropped weight last month). But I’m feeding 4 different things at the moment and I’m running out of space in the feed bin. I’d like to reduce bags (and ideally reduce cost)
maya2008
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My local feed store has 20kg of crushed oats for £9.20. Currently using a bag of porridge oats from Tesco as I wanted to check no one went loopy before buying a big bag of the stuff! When I fed them before, I used Tiger Oats and they are now about £14 from Viovet. I can’t remember why I fed Tiger Oats last time - but my TB was on bucketloads of them and I think they were more palatable for her. Don’t think the ponies will care - it’s just to mix in with beet and chaff!
Birker2020
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Haylage has more water content than hay so as a rule you need to feed more.
Widgeon
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I went shopping (to the agricultural store, haha - that's as good as my shopping trips get) at the weekend and bought 25kg of layers' pellets, a 25kg sack of chicken corn, 10kg of rabbit feed, and two haylage nets. £69
I'm taking some comfort from the facts that a) the rabbit food lasts about six months, and b) we still have fresh eggs from the hens (although 50kg of food for them will not last six months, or anything close!)