dingbat
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Post by dingbat on Dec 29, 2007 21:27:47 GMT 1
i think its meant to be added to alfa a/sugarbeet etc isnt it? not be fed alone? who knows.
but the girl on my yard who feeds a similar type (soaked) A&P feed, it turns into a strange gritty type stuff that isnt real wet like sugar beet (if that makes sense).
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Post by arabheaven on Dec 29, 2007 21:33:59 GMT 1
nope you can feed it mixed with others or feed it as a hay/chaff replacer x
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Post by sulasmum on Dec 29, 2007 22:32:05 GMT 1
When I soak alphabeet for Sula it goes nice and crumbly and not too wet. Tried several times to get it just right using my dengie alpha bucket with the measurements on and get it spot on now
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Post by dingbat on Dec 29, 2007 22:40:42 GMT 1
as a hay replacer?! surely you'd be well overdosing on the garlic and other vits?
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Post by fin on Dec 29, 2007 23:28:02 GMT 1
i cant see a lot of point in feeding this product. a decent general vit/min supplement or something like Lo-Cal if there not alfalfa intolerent , mixed with handful of chaff , would do the same job, surely? I think it might well be useful for neds who're a bit challenged in the teeth department, as well as alfalfa sensitive ones and horses that really do need low sugar/starch. 7% is pretty low, lower than a lot of hays. When I analysed my hay last time, I found that on 9kg of the stuff we were overdosing on iron and manganese, and the only things we really needed to add were zinc, copper, and magnesium. If we'd been using a vit/min supplement we'd have been seriously overdosing on some quite toxic stuff--probably why we had such problems with Top Spec--so the only reason I'd feed anything at all is a small amount of a low nutrient feed to get the neddy's other supplements into him..... I'd have to do the maths to see how much I could feed as a hay replacer (I think it's too starchy for us in any quantity anyway, but...) I reckon you could probably feed a fair bit safely. Phosphorous/calcium/copper wise it's about the same as a hay analysis--but they're not exactly forthcoming on the rest of the analysis. No idea what the iron or manganese or selenium levels are, and those are the potentially problematic ones......I definately wouldn't feed it as a hay replacer unless I knew the EXACT mineral analysis per kg, but then I have to balance JJ's mins pretty accurately or we run into problems.....
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Post by dingbat on Jan 2, 2008 20:52:53 GMT 1
My reply came!
The type of yeast used in Fast Fibre is Saccharomyces cerevisiae which is a 100% natural product that contains high quality protein, a good ratio of amino acids and high levels of B vitamins. The yeast that we use is also GMO free and acts as a prebiotic, that is, that it is supplying 'food' for the beneficial bacteria.
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Post by dingbat on Jan 2, 2008 21:21:57 GMT 1
On a different note - their 'L' mix marketed for laminitics says its 37.5% starch. surely this cant be right! how much!? my horse has had that before.
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Post by fin on Jan 2, 2008 23:00:46 GMT 1
Yeeey, Brewers' Yeast! I think.
I'm sure the 37.5 means 3.75........surely? I noticed that too. Must be the world's most unfortunate typo!!!!
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Post by dingbat on Jan 2, 2008 23:05:11 GMT 1
dunno! I'm intrigued now. might be trying to look at a random bag in the feed shop!
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