Chaffehay

[Fetherhd]

I asked this in rabbits thought I would ask here too. Chaffehay is a silage product for horses that has been used in the British isles for years. We are starting to see it here in Wyoming due to the drought problems. Has anyone on here tried it?

[Joshie]

I found this:
http://forums.barrelhorseworld.com/f...asp?tid=392738

[ForMyACDs]

I used Chaffehay for a period of time for my goats. It really wasn't great for the goats and I certainly wouldn't recommend it for horses. There is an awful lot of molasses in it and it's pretty rich. I was also dismayed at the number of bad bags I would get. If a bag even has a pin prick of a hole it will go bad quickly (mold) and I was running in to 1 out of about 10 bags being bad (direct shipped from the company, carefully unloaded and stored in an area where no animals had access). I can imagine colic being an issue with using this stuff for horses.

Even for my goats I finally gave up on it and went to alfalfa pellets (SO much cheaper! and SO much better for them!).

[Fetherhd]

Been doing a lot of reading on this...seems that 8 out of ten seem to like it...and the other 2 hated it. Will probably have to buy a bag or two and test it out on some meat rabbits to see how they do. The WASTE with dry hay drives me nuts!!