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hammer_time Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2017-04-23 9:07 PM Subject: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Money Eating Baggage Owner Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix	Equine dentist recommended getting him on a hay cube diet by next year. He's got 3 upper molars on either side that are cupped/concave so they aren't helping with grinding at all (he's 18). I've never fed hay cubes before. I was thinking of doing alfalfa cubes and then giving him Bermuda in addition to that since it's softer and probably a little better chewed. I like the idea of Omnis but I don't think there's a supplier in Arizona. Standlee seems to be a quality product but they're about $12 per 40 lb bag. I don't know if that's high or average or what. But that about $180 in cubes alone per month at 18-20 lbs per day!!! Yikes I'd better get a third job. =P. So help me out here!! Edited by hammer_time 2017-04-23 9:08 PM
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WetSaddleBlankets Reg. Nov 2010	Posted 2017-04-23 9:17 PM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Gettin Jiggy Wit It Posts: 2734	hammer_time - 2017-04-23 9:07 PM Equine dentist recommended getting him on a hay cube diet by next year. He's got 3 upper molars on either side that are cupped/concave so they aren't helping with grinding at all (he's 18). I've never fed hay cubes before. I was thinking of doing alfalfa cubes and then giving him Bermuda in addition to that since it's softer and probably a little better chewed. I like the idea of Omnis but I don't think there's a supplier in Arizona. Standlee seems to be a quality product but they're about $12 per 40 lb bag. I don't know if that's high or average or what. But that about $180 in cubes alone per month at 18-20 lbs per day!!! Yikes I'd better get a third job. =P. So help me out here!! I have a horse on cubes and chaffhaye due to allergies. He gets 6 lbs of cubes and 6 lbs of chaffhaye. He also gets 6 lbs of grain. He looks good on that and I've been riding him. I up and lower it due to activity level. If I fed just cubes he'd obviously get 12 lbs of cubes. Make sure when your soak you use warm/ hot water. The cubes soak and soften 10 times faster. When I use hotter water it only takes 10 minutes and they are swollen and soft. With cold water I have to soak for 30 minutes or more and they still aren't even totally soaked through and soft. I use standlee cubes.
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blueskies Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2017-04-23 11:48 PM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Location: Big Blue Skies	Do you have a Hay-rite dealer out there? They have mini cubes with oats and are cubed in the field My horses look great on them.
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Blondes Are Wild Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2017-04-24 7:47 PM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Extreme Veteran Posts: 492	If you have a Hay Rite dealer, I would highly recommend them!
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SC Wrangler Reg. Jul 2004	Posted 2017-04-25 10:01 AM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Nut Case Expert Posts: 9305 Location: Tulsa, Ok	We use the Standlee alfalfa/oat cubes for our 35 year old. We do break them up to avoid any chance of choke as he doesn't always chew the best. Tried the Hayrite cubes and they were just way to hard. Breaking each cube required about 20 strikes with a hammer.
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CJE Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2017-04-25 10:23 AM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Famous for Not Complaining Posts: 8848 Location: Broxton, Ga	I feed a alfalfa cubes that I buy at my local feed store.......50lb $13.00 per bag......I soak mine prior to feeding....
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GLP Reg. Oct 2013	Posted 2017-04-25 11:03 AM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
I just read the headlines Posts: 4483	I buy the Mustang Sally cubes that are made by the same people who make Omni cubes. Where I get my MS, they don't sell the Omni's and where I get my Omni's they don't sell the MS cubes. But I am not sure they sell the MS in Arizona. I feed them because the new horse was not wanting to eat the Standlee big cubes, but the MS cubes are smaller and softer. They are as small as Standlee cubes for Minis. My TS quit carrying the Mini cubes, but you might see if you can get your Standlee dealer to order the Mini cubes.
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BamaCanChaser Reg. Nov 2012	Posted 2017-04-25 12:51 PM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Expert Posts: 2097 Location: Deep South	SC Wrangler - 2017-04-25 10:01 AM We use the Standlee alfalfa/oat cubes for our 35 year old. We do break them up to avoid any chance of choke as he doesn't always chew the best. Tried the Hayrite cubes and they were just way to hard. Breaking each cube required about 20 strikes with a hammer. I've fed 4 different kinds of cubes, I also thought Hay-Rite was the hardest of all I've tried.
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total performance Reg. Nov 2007	Posted 2017-04-26 8:22 AM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Namesless in BHW Posts: 10368 Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs	CJE - 2017-04-25 10:23 AM I feed a alfalfa cubes that I buy at my local feed store.......50lb $13.00 per bag......I soak mine prior to feeding.... I also soak my alfalfa cubes in warm water and make sort of a mash out of them. All mine love them that way. Good way to hide supplements for a picky eater too.
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Sandok Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2017-04-26 8:29 AM Subject: RE: Feeding hay cubes for the first time--advice needed!
Expert Posts: 1207	I also feed 4 different alfalfa cubes, (1) Omnis cubes (only at night now that I have grass); (2) Standlee alfalfa/oat cubes in the morning and I soak them so their supplements have something to stick to; (3) alfalfa/burmuda in the mornings and I soak these also (4) alfalfa cubes I get from Stillwater milling and I soak these also. The Omnis cubes I do not soak. The others I do. Don't ask me why I have 4 different kinds of cubes as I guess I wanted to give them a variety.
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