Top chop zero

[Horsegirl25]

So I got the top chop zero to leave in my boys stable over night as I heard it’s good for them to pick away on when they run out of forage.
Well I put it in tonight and the wee shite ate it in 5 mins…..
Does anyone know a way that I can slow him down? Do you think he will eventually get fed up of it and start picking at it?
Or should I just give up and feed it as a feed as now I have a full bag of it

 

[poiuytrewq]

I had the exact opposite. Mine wouldn’t touch it and it’s now being used as chicken bedding!

 

[pistolpete]

Mine would probably wee on it!

 

[ycbm]

Mine would have eaten the whole 15kg in one night. I had to swap to plain straw.
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[Pearlsasinger]

Top Chop Zero is very tasty. Plain oat straw chaff is better really just to pick at

 

[vmac66]

Honeychop do a plain oat straw chaff. Very boring. Mine eats it under sufferance when there's nothing else left overnight

 

[Horsegirl25]

Thanks everyone, I just presumed from everyone’s reviews that he would just pick at it but no the greedy welshy thought he hit the jackpot getting 2 dinners

 

[Ceriann]

Might get less interesting if you feed it a few times? One of mine won’t touch it, a couple pick on it and other quite likes it! It’s def an individual horse thing!

 

[Pinkvboots]

Whenever I've got any sort of straw chaff my 2 go mad for it for about a week then just look at it in disgust and throw it everywhere after that.

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

In this situation how much do you give I have been thinking of just giving my mare one haynet and some oat straw chaff but how much is too much

 

[Jambarissa]

I do think Top Chop is too nice, really need plain chopped oat straw, or a net of oat straw.

I dont feed straw but have found that plain Timothy chaff or simple systems haycare is not at all popular so I've given that on the few occasions they've had to stay in.

 

[pistolpete]

Ours will eat barley straw over hay!

 

[ycbm]

Ours will eat barley straw over hay!

There's always one!

 

[Horsegirl25]

I wish I had checked this before buying a full bag oh well at least I know he will eat it

I do think Top Chop is too nice, really need plain chopped oat straw, or a net of oat straw.

I dont feed straw but have found that plain Timothy chaff or simple systems haycare is not at all popular so I've given that on the few occasions they've had to stay in

 

[GypsGal1718]

I wonder if the molichaff one would be less tasty

 

[Mrs B]

So I got the top chop zero to leave in my boys stable over night as I heard it’s good for them to pick away on when they run out of forage.
Well I put it in tonight and the wee shite ate it in 5 mins…..
Does anyone know a way that I can slow him down? Do you think he will eventually get fed up of it and start picking at it?
Or should I just give up and feed it as a feed as now I have a full bag of it

Mine scoffed the bucketful immediately for 3 nights in a row, then went 'meh' ... not sure ... and now only eats it when he's hungry and run out of forage.

 

[Horsegirl25]

Update guys! The novelty has clearly worn off he took 3 mouthfuls then decided it wasn’t for him anymore and went back to eating his net!!! Phew it can finally be used for what it was intended for

 

[Sossigpoker]

The only unmolassed chaff my cob will eat is Mollichaff Lite. He really likes it! Top Chop Zero - he'd rather starve. And Honeychop lite is only marginally better.
My greedy little pony won't touch Top Chop either.

 

[Muddywellies]

I had the exact opposite. Mine wouldn’t touch it and it’s now being used as chicken bedding!

Mine didn't like it too.