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| Anyone use them? How does the price compare to alfalfa hay? I'm paying about $12-14 per bale now. How do you transition a horse to the cubes? |
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| I do. They get a five star review at my house. Everyone here is dappled out and healthy.
Hay Rite regular alfalfa cubes ran me $10.50 a bag (50 lb bags) when I picked them up at the warehouse in Weatherford today, I'm not sure about the delivery price etc. You'd have to call them and get a quote.
I've never worried about transition, I just feed it pound for pound.
I do make darn sure that their teeth are taken the best care of. I think cubes are probably pretty difficult to eat otherwise... |
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| I think they are about $12 a bag at our feed stores, but I wonder if they are cheaper if you get them by the bag right in Weatherford? I'm only about an hour away. We just moved to Texas and I was paying $7 a bale for alfalfa in Idaho so it is quite the shock to have such high prices here. lol Might have to buy a semi load from my grower in Idaho to keep costs down! |
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| classicpotatochip - 2017-01-21 6:44 PM
I do. They get a five star review at my house. Everyone here is dappled out and healthy.
Hay Rite regular alfalfa cubes ran me $10.50 a bag (50 lb bags) when I picked them up at the warehouse in Weatherford today, I'm not sure about the delivery price etc. You'd have to call them and get a quote.
I've never worried about transition, I just feed it pound for pound.
I do make darn sure that their teeth are taken the best care of. I think cubes are probably pretty difficult to eat otherwise...
Did you buy them by the bag or by the ton? |
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| nicole.b - 2017-01-21 9:08 PM
classicpotatochip - 2017-01-21 6:44 PM
I do. They get a five star review at my house. Everyone here is dappled out and healthy.
Hay Rite regular alfalfa cubes ran me $10.50 a bag (50 lb bags) when I picked them up at the warehouse in Weatherford today, I'm not sure about the delivery price etc. You'd have to call them and get a quote.
I've never worried about transition, I just feed it pound for pound.
I do make darn sure that their teeth are taken the best care of. I think cubes are probably pretty difficult to eat otherwise...
Did you buy them by the bag or by the ton?
By the bag. |
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| nicole.b - 2017-01-21 7:56 PM
I think they are about $12 a bag at our feed stores, but I wonder if they are cheaper if you get them by the bag right in Weatherford? I'm only about an hour away. We just moved to Texas and I was paying $7 a bale for alfalfa in Idaho so it is quite the shock to have such high prices here. lol Might have to buy a semi load from my grower in Idaho to keep costs down!
Yes. I moved from western Wyoming to Texas. I was in shock at the hay rape!!
I was used to getting the best alfalfa in the world for $100 a ton. Haha no more!
The nice thing about Hay Rite is its consistency and it's from Utah, so it's practically from home.
Also down here, it's difficult to store hay, you have to keep it really dry or it goes to pot, and there's so many untoward creepy crawlies that can make nice homes in your nice hay...
Hay Rite is awesome because storage is way, way easier and safer too in the case of keeping it EPM free etc.
I love the complete pellet, I got to quit feeding grain to my pasture ponies, and my barrel horses look wonderful on the cubes and some rice bran.
As long as I can get it, I'll be feeding it! |
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| classicpotatochip - 2017-01-21 8:16 PM
nicole.b - 2017-01-21 7:56 PM
I think they are about $12 a bag at our feed stores, but I wonder if they are cheaper if you get them by the bag right in Weatherford? I'm only about an hour away. We just moved to Texas and I was paying $7 a bale for alfalfa in Idaho so it is quite the shock to have such high prices here. lol Might have to buy a semi load from my grower in Idaho to keep costs down!
Yes. I moved from western Wyoming to Texas. I was in shock at the hay rape!!
I was used to getting the best alfalfa in the world for $100 a ton. Haha no more!
The nice thing about Hay Rite is its consistency and it's from Utah, so it's practically from home.
Also down here, it's difficult to store hay, you have to keep it really dry or it goes to pot, and there's so many untoward creepy crawlies that can make nice homes in your nice hay...
Hay Rite is awesome because storage is way, way easier and safer too in the case of keeping it EPM free etc.
I love the complete pellet, I got to quit feeding grain to my pasture ponies, and my barrel horses look wonderful on the cubes and some rice bran.
As long as I can get it, I'll be feeding it!
I think I'll definitely give them a try!! The price is comparable to a bale around here, so might as well! Thanks for the info! |
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Location: Willows, CA | For those of you in Texas that feed coastal, some alfalfa based quality hay cubes can really change the overall effectiveness of your horses diet. There are a number of benefits from a mixed roughage source like this. The biggest advantage is by having a safer source of energy than that provided by high grain based diets that normally are fed with straight coastal Bermuda. I often trade out pound for pound alfalfa cubes for grain feeds in this type of diet. While the grain may have more calories than the cubes, the increased digestion of the coastal that happens when some alfalfa is in the program makes up the difference. |
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | winwillows - 2017-01-23 1:15 PM
For those of you in Texas that feed coastal, some alfalfa based quality hay cubes can really change the overall effectiveness of your horses diet. There are a number of benefits from a mixed roughage source like this. The biggest advantage is by having a safer source of energy than that provided by high grain based diets that normally are fed with straight coastal Bermuda. I often trade out pound for pound alfalfa cubes for grain feeds in this type of diet. While the grain may have more calories than the cubes, the increased digestion of the coastal that happens when some alfalfa is in the program makes up the difference.
I found this to be true for me. Was feeding Renew Gold with alfalfa pellets and my horses looked ok. But when I changed to Hay-Rite mini alfalfa cubes it made a huge difference. Even with their winter coats they have a ton of dapples and shine. It cost me $14.95 a bag and I feed about 4-6 lbs a day with a little bit of coastal and 1 cup Renew Gold morning and nite. |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | Has anyone done research on the Bentonite mineral in horses long term? |
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Location: Willows, CA | cowgalsissy - 2017-01-24 1:29 PM
Has anyone done research on the Bentonite mineral in horses long term?
Bentonite has not always had a good reputation. I think this was misplaced. Current thinking is that there is value in it as a toxin binder that has shown to be fairly effective when used at reasonable amounts. |
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| cowgalsissy - 2017-01-24 12:29 PM
Has anyone done research on the Bentonite mineral in horses long term?
I haven't seen any scientific research about this yet. I also have not seen any scientific research that warns against feeding it in horses. I can do a little more searching but so far nothing alarming! |
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