Stones in bagged feed ?

[HorseMaid]

This year I've noticed since ours have been having proper winter feeds that I often (nearly every day!) find small stones in at least one of their feed buckets. Initially I worked out that they were coming from the sugar beet, so we switched brands, however today I have found some in their alfa a. I'm talking up to the size of a smaIl pebble and some of them have been very sharp. Is this normal/acceptable or am I being precious? It's not something I've ever noticed before and I've kept horses for years - I'm worried about their teeth!

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I'd be phoning the manufacturer, they will send you sample bags to fill and post back to them. They take this kind of thing very seriously.

 

[PapaverFollis]

If it is the Alfa A, Dengie will take it very seriously! Contact them.

 

[HorseMaid]

Thank you, I will definitely do so!

 

[Melody Grey]

I have also found stones and sticks in Dengie Alfa A oil over the past couple of months- had never thought to contact the manufacturer but will next time. Ours only have a few handfuls each feed to mix with supplements, so it’s easy enough for me to see foreign objects in it, but it wouldn’t be and would be worrying if you were feeding proper sized feeds .

 

[SpotsandBays]

I found some plastic wrap within a bag of Alfa A oil - contacted Dengie and they were really helpful and sent me some vouchers too

 

[ycbm]

I think it's essential to alert the manufacturer and keep the evidence, because if it turns out later that your horse has a broken tooth you will need them to pay the bill for sorting it.

I accidentally fed my 3 year old a stone six months ago, my own mistake. I heard him bite it, and sure enough when he lost a 3 year old cap a few months later it was broken. If it had been an adult tooth that would have been really serious.
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[Surbie]

It isn't normal. But I found several stones in my last bag of chaff - first discovered after hearing a big crack when my horse was eating it.

I phoned the manufacturer who sounded very concerned their stone screeder is not working properly. I've sent pictures of the stones and the batch number and was sent vouchers for 2 free bags.

But I've noticed all the bags in local feed shops are from the same batch so I have switched chaff until I see a different number.

Dentist comes tomorrow thankfully for a scheduled check.

 

[meleeka]

I’d be very cross if I found stones in my feed. Im shocked it’s so common.

 

[HollyWoozle]

Have never seen stones in feed and am also shocked like @meleeka that a few people have had this issue. I'd definitely keep good evidence and contact the manufacturer, totally unacceptable.

 

[windand rain]

Only feed I every found stones in was agrobs chaffy stuff forgotten the name but bought it for an old sick horse and found pebbles in it like grit rather than gravel

 

[SantaVera]

Contact manufacturer,send the stones back to them, I have done this with stones found in Alfa a,they sent me money off vouchers.

 

[dorsetladette]

Contact Dengie. I've done it twice. I found a mouse in one bag and then one was particularly bitty/dusty. Both times they sent sample bags for my to fill (yes one with a squashed mouse) and send back. Both times I received vouchers covering more that one bag to replace.

 

[Shay]

Feed is sold by weight - if there are stones there you are paying for rubble!

 

[Muddywellies]

I had this with Agrobs chaff. The supplier kept swapping bags for me and it kept happening so eventually my supplier took it up with Red Rufus who I think are the importers and they flatly refused to accept it and almost implied I was lying ! I was so annoyed so voted with my feet and swapped to Thunderbrooks chaff. Its not happened with the TB chaff at all.

 

[HBB]

I am having this problem with Agrobs Leichtgenuss just now and Red Rufus isn't interested. It's very time consuming going through it thoroughly before I feed it but I refuse to go back to using TB chaff.

 

[Muddywellies]

I am having this problem with Agrobs Leichtgenuss just now and Red Rufus isn't interested. It's very time consuming going through it thoroughly before I feed it but I refuse to go back to using TB chaff.

Yes I can well believe it. When my supplier approached Red Rufus they were quite rude. I was shocked at their response.
I know people have had issues with TB but I haven't personally, and their chaff is perfect for my horse. As yet I havent found stones in it.

 

[Melody Grey]

This thread jinxed it- opened a new bag and found a stone straight away today- will get in touch with Dengie ?‍ I’ll never pay for fees again given my recent spree of finding debris!

 

[Surbie]

Just to add brands to the mix, mine was Honeychop.

 

[spotty_pony]

I found some sticks in my Alfa-A recently too - if I find any more I will save and report to Dengie!

 

[HorseMaid]

Thanks for the replies - I'll be opening a new bag of alfa a tomorrow, if there are any stones in that I will be getting in touch with them immediately (and I'll be going through it with a fine tooth comb!)

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

This year I've noticed since ours have been having proper winter feeds that I often (nearly every day!) find small stones in at least one of their feed buckets. Initially I worked out that they were coming from the sugar beet, so we switched brands, however today I have found some in their alfa a. I'm talking up to the size of a smaIl pebble and some of them have been very sharp. Is this normal/acceptable or am I being precious? It's not something I've ever noticed before and I've kept horses for years - I'm worried about their teeth!

I found a dead bird in my fibergy, they apologised profusely and sent me an email and voucher

 

[Squeak]

This thread has jinxed me too! I’ve never found a stone in this companies feed and today I found a pebble in my chop!

It was only one small one out of years of using their feed so I won’t report it but if I find more I’ll mention it to them.