Which haylage do you all use?

[RumbleTheTumble]

One of my shetlands is dust allergic so I swapped from hay to haylage two years ago. after reading up on the brands I went with horsehage blue. I'm very happy with it and they are all well on it and, thankfully, we have grazing and they are small so don't eat loads as it is very expensive. I notice other brands are quite a bit cheaper...does anyone have good experience with these ones...ie Mole valley own brand for example? The big bales are out...they simply couldn't get through t fast enough..I'd be interested to hear how others get on with haylage and the different amounts needed and the expense...thanks...

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I change from horseage to Haysoft aqua timothy grass for laminitics

 

[cobgoblin]

We use the Mole Valley one.... The purple is quite a rich ryegrass, the blue is a regular high fibre. Both are fairly dry and far nicer than horsehage.
They sell a meadow haylage too, in a pinkish pack... I can't remember the brand, but that's OK too.

 

[Sail_away]

Easy pack Timothy haylage, they do ryegrass too I think. It is more than hay but cheaper than horsehage. It’s definitely made a difference, he doesn’t cough during the warmup anymore. The quality has been very good and consistent, and the bales are tightly packed so go a long way. Well, they would do for a Shetland... the ISH pig goes through 3 bales in a week just for overnight haynets.

 

[holeymoley]

Silver moor lite is pretty much the same as Horsehage. And roughly £1-2 cheaper.
I have an ems laminitic so need to be very strict with his food, however when it’s too cold to soak hay I go on to high fibre haylage. I initially used Horsehage blue/ purple but it went up to £9.95 at the nearest shop so I decided to source something else. Silvermoor lite/Timothy is the Pretty much the same analysis as Horsehage blue/purple and costs £7.50 per bale.

 

[RumbleTheTumble]

We use the Mole Valley one.... The purple is quite a rich ryegrass, the blue is a regular high fibre. Both are fairly dry and far nicer than horsehage.
They sell a meadow haylage too, in a pinkish pack... I can't remember the brand, but that's OK too.

Thank you... I might try that next time...

 

[tankgirl1]

Worth asking around your local farmers too - I found a guy who did small bale haylage at £4.50 a couple of years back, much cheaper than the stuff from the tack shop. Mine are on hay now