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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Is anyone a dealer on here? Does anyone feed them only? Tell me anything you know about them. I've fed them before, but never solely and just want to hear opinions. Is it worth being a dealer, if only to help your feed bill by selling some? |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Is it cheaper than the stuff at TSC?
Are you looking at the cubes or the complete feeds? |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | barrelracr131 - 2014-12-05 2:59 PM Is it cheaper than the stuff at TSC?
Are you looking at the cubes or the complete feeds?
TSC would be?
I don't know about the price comparison. A dude quoted me here in LA $14 a bag for 40 bags of the Premium. I kind of like the alfafa oat combo on their site, but this dude doesn't carry it. There's some pellets too. Just kind of wondering if anyone knew anything, really. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I'm not sure. I'd check with your local feed stores on the cubes for a bulk price.
We are spoiled up here. Alfalfa is everywhere. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | barrelracr131 - 2014-12-05 3:52 PM I'm not sure. I'd check with your local feed stores on the cubes for a bulk price.
We are spoiled up here. Alfalfa is everywhere.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know all about your cheap alfalfa. That's why I am mean to Northerner's, because they have cheap alfalfa.
I have been to the feed stores. I am close to just robbing one. I bought 8 bags of rotten feed from Tractor Supply last night that I have to load back in to my truck and return today. I'm not too pleased. So, I might take the package alfalfa bag I bought and just throw it at someone there just for fun. |
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Location: Midwest | Chuck hay cubes at faces |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | barrelracr131 - 2014-12-05 4:02 PM Chuck hay cubes at faces
I spent $212 dollars in there last night. I want some booty lol. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I'll make Bryan do all the talking. He's nicer than I am and then, I'll just yell at him when we get back in the truck for not being angry with them lol. |
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Location: Fort Worth | I have had a hard time finding consistent quality hay in DFW and now this is all I feed. My horses have never looked better. I used to feed cubes years ago from a different supplier and the quality of Hay Rite is far superior. I feed the premium alfalfa cubes, 10 lbs am and 10 lbs pm. If you buy a pallet they are only $11.50/bag. I'm not sure what kind of discount you get being a dealer, but they're cheaper than buying from a feed store. Hope this helps. |
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Location: TExas | I fed hay rite for a while. I did not like them that much. They were very hard for my horses to eat and I was having to feed more and still feed grain. I know my friend who was a dealer had lots of problems getting truck loads down here.
So we switched to another brand. Cheaper but love them. The cubes are softer and easier for the horses to eat. They are smell good and most of all my horses look amazing on them. I feed a backer am and pm. I do still feed a couple horses 1/2scoop of grain in the morning to mix supplements. But that is only 2 or 3. The rest only get cubes and all look awesome. And shipping in much more consistent. |
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| cowgirlup012002 - 2014-12-06 7:02 AM
I fed hay rite for a while. I did not like them that much. They were very hard for my horses to eat and I was having to feed more and still feed grain. I know my friend who was a dealer had lots of problems getting truck loads down here.
So we switched to another brand. Cheaper but love them. The cubes are softer and easier for the horses to eat. They are smell good and most of all my horses look amazing on them. I feed a backer am and pm. I do still feed a couple horses 1/2scoop of grain in the morning to mix supplements. But that is only 2 or 3. The rest only get cubes and all look awesome. And shipping in much more consistent.
What are you feeding?
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | Those of you who feed cubes, do you soak them first? |
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Location: Midwest | sophiebelle - 2014-12-06 1:04 PM Those of you who feed cubes, do you soak them first?
Yes, always
I do not soak pellets as long as they aren't huge. I just soak the cubes. I am afraid of choke.
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | barrelracr131 - 2014-12-06 2:37 PM sophiebelle - 2014-12-06 1:04 PM Those of you who feed cubes, do you soak them first? Yes, always
I do not soak pellets as long as they aren't huge. I just soak the cubes. I am afraid of choke.
Exactly.... though I have friends who just feed the cubes without soaking. They have never had problems, but I'm too scared not to soak. |
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Location: Sherman, TX | I have been feeding them for 2 years, $11.50 a bag by pallet. The guy in Weatherford often has sales too, got them for $9 a bag also. I feed nothing else with them. I don't soak them. Never had choke happen, did soak them when I first got them which caused the horses to eat them faster which is actually going to increase their chance of choke. (Studies have shown horses choke by bolting their food not by what is fed to them) They do drink more water when on them dry which isn't a problem for me as they are turned out 24 hours with large water tank. Before I fed Hay Rite cubes I fed the Sam's Club cubes for $12.58 which I is a nice cube but didn't keep the weight on them as well as Hay Rite. Hay Rite keeps them fat on very little. Tractor Supply cubes cost more as they are only 40 lb bags and most of them are not pure alfalfa. Hay Rite sells to most of the cutting farms in Weatherford, they are feeding only the cubes and they are feeding them dry. You can call the Hay Rite guy and he will tel you anything you need to know, very nice guy. If your horse bolts them down it would be up to you whether soaking them would be safer or not depending how fast they ate the dry vs. the wet.... |
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Location: Texas | I fed hay rite for a while, good feed. But I know feed dancos mustang Sally cubes they are smaller, compare in quality, and the horses seem to be doing better on them. I don't feed any grain and I've had to cut some of them back. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | LRQHS - 2014-12-05 3:58 PM barrelracr131 - 2014-12-05 3:52 PM I'm not sure. I'd check with your local feed stores on the cubes for a bulk price.
We are spoiled up here. Alfalfa is everywhere. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know all about your cheap alfalfa. That's why I am mean to Northerner's, because they have cheap alfalfa.
I have been to the feed stores. I am close to just robbing one. I bought 8 bags of rotten feed from Tractor Supply last night that I have to load back in to my truck and return today. I'm not too pleased. So, I might take the package alfalfa bag I bought and just throw it at someone there just for fun.
Dam* Yankees. I have your rice bran sitting on a pallet in the farm shop in plastic wrap still. My dad loves it when I put stuff in his way. #winning |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | newbie - 2014-12-06 3:58 PM I have been feeding them for 2 years, $11.50 a bag by pallet. The guy in Weatherford often has sales too, got them for $9 a bag also. I feed nothing else with them. I don't soak them. Never had choke happen, did soak them when I first got them which caused the horses to eat them faster which is actually going to increase their chance of choke. (Studies have shown horses choke by bolting their food not by what is fed to them) They do drink more water when on them dry which isn't a problem for me as they are turned out 24 hours with large water tank. Before I fed Hay Rite cubes I fed the Sam's Club cubes for $12.58 which I is a nice cube but didn't keep the weight on them as well as Hay Rite. Hay Rite keeps them fat on very little. Tractor Supply cubes cost more as they are only 40 lb bags and most of them are not pure alfalfa. Hay Rite sells to most of the cutting farms in Weatherford, they are feeding only the cubes and they are feeding them dry. You can call the Hay Rite guy and he will tel you anything you need to know, very nice guy. If your horse bolts them down it would be up to you whether soaking them would be safer or not depending how fast they ate the dry vs. the wet....
How much of the cubes do you actually feed? I've been having problems getting consistent quality alfalfa and I've been thinking about feeding the cubes along with free choice coastal. |
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| Why are the Hay Rite or Danco cubes better than the Standlee cubes you find at Tractor Supply? I am feeding the Timothy/Alfalfa or the Burmuda/Alfalfa cubes from TSC. So what is the difference? |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | Nevertooold - 2015-04-28 2:27 PM
newbie - 2014-12-06 3:58 PM I have been feeding them for 2 years, $11.50 a bag by pallet. The guy in Weatherford often has sales too, got them for $9 a bag also. I feed nothing else with them. I don't soak them. Never had choke happen, did soak them when I first got them which caused the horses to eat them faster which is actually going to increase their chance of choke. (Studies have shown horses choke by bolting their food not by what is fed to them) They do drink more water when on them dry which isn't a problem for me as they are turned out 24 hours with large water tank. Before I fed Hay Rite cubes I fed the Sam's Club cubes for $12.58 which I is a nice cube but didn't keep the weight on them as well as Hay Rite. Hay Rite keeps them fat on very little. Tractor Supply cubes cost more as they are only 40 lb bags and most of them are not pure alfalfa. Hay Rite sells to most of the cutting farms in Weatherford, they are feeding only the cubes and they are feeding them dry. You can call the Hay Rite guy and he will tel you anything you need to know, very nice guy. If your horse bolts them down it would be up to you whether soaking them would be safer or not depending how fast they ate the dry vs. the wet....
How much of the cubes do you actually feed? I've been having problems getting consistent quality alfalfa and I've been thinking about feeding the cubes along with free choice coastal.
If feeding as a supplement to hay, feed 4 to 6 lbs. of cubes per day.
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| I have recently had two horses choke with no previous episodes of choking. I really feel it was the sweet feed. I have since taken them off all grain and started soaking alfalfa cubes down to pretty much mush and feeding this with small bricks so they do not bolt this. I know alfalfa is some good stuff but I've never fed sole alfalfa. They are turned out 24 hrs but the grass and hay quality is not the best. One is older 22(retired) and one is 12 (get to barrel race occasionally on him), what ration should I be feeding them and is alfalfa only enough? I have researched until I am blind from it. We feed other horses mainly the geriatric section beet pulp, alfalfa, senior and 10% daily to keep weight on them. Are alfalfa pellets as good as the cubes, especially for choke horses? Need some input from fellow horse owners please.
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| I am in the deep southeast and have not come across any of your product. Yes, the soaking of the cubes is a hassle, oh the things we do for our horse babies:) They seem perfectly content on the Alfalfa only program, leave the bucket, go to the water then on the nibble on pasture grass. I was concerned they may not get all the vitamin and minerals they need from alfalfa alone. I have not had any episodes of choke from either one since taking them off the grain, thank goodness!!! I was concerned too if I take my 12 year old to a barrel race will he have the energy he needs from this feeding program? He is appendix bred and slims down easily. Thoughts on beet pulp or any other additive. I realize you promote a specific product and I have nothing against trying it but like I said I have no access to it here in Mississippi. I work full-time so my horse time is limited and I am looking for healthy, quick and relatively cost efficient as I do have about 15 horses :) Thank you so much for taking the time to respond, your help is greatly appreciated.
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