I recently Inheirited several bags of alfalfa pellets.
I usually feed alfalfa by the flake.
How many quarts of pellets approximately would equal one decent sized flake? They get grain, free choice other hay, etc everyone is in good shape with no issues feeding wise .
it’s really just supplemental but I would like to know approximately at least until I use this up
You feed alfalfa pellets on a lb to lb equivalency. So, whatever your flake weights = lbs of dry alfalfa pellets.
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Ok thanks. I haven’t weighed them in awhile so I’ll go do that!
Appreciate it!!
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Don’t forget to soak them before feeding.
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Of course
I wouldn’t replace hay with pellets just because you have them. Pellets will keep a really long time. You can feed them as a snack until they’re gone
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I agree with JB on this one.
I also do not soak my alfalfa pellets. The pellets I use (for the easy keeper that just needs something to carry their supplements) are the same size/shape as a typical horse feed pellet.
When I was feeding cubes to my senior horse that was having dentition issues I did soak those.
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Oh I’m not replacing anything. It’s in addition to. I just want to know an approx amount of one for the other
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What type/brand of alfalfa pellets do you use that don’t need soaking? All the ones I’m familiar with are slightly larger than regular feed and are always soaked. Skipping that step but still getting the stomach soothing benefits of alfalfa with each meal would be great.
My east keeper gets soaked T/A cubes and a scoop of Orchard pellets top dressed with a bit of feed and a feed equalizer twice a day. I do not soak the pellets. There is usually some water in with the cubes. It all goes in one feed pan.
Seminole pellets and equalizer.
I have never soaked either pellets or hay cubes a day in my life; this includes both Timothy and alfalfa pellets and alfalfa cubes. I have been feeding this for over 30 years to a variety of horses and have never ever soaked anything. Zero issues
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i definitely soaked cubes when i fed them to my 30 year old mare for a bit. She really didn’t like them so we stopped. My guys all are doing really well on their current feeding regime so it’s all good. A friend had several bags of the pellets she bought and her horse wouldn’t eat them or something so she asked me if i wanted them.
I probably will soak them just because mine are seeming to enjoy them like that and they play in the mash lol. But i just mostly wanted some idea of what amounts were what, since i already/also feed straight alfalfa by the flake.
That is the best noise ever. Slurp Slurp.
Horses enjoying a mash.
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I feed the Standlee pellets, and never soak them. Of course, my horses have always gotten just a cup or so at a time, so it’s not like they’re scarfing down a bucket of pellets.
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I also use Standlee, sometimes Dumor for my alfalfa pellets.
And like the poster just above me, I feed them in not large quantities (as I stated, they are there to be a carrier for supplements).
Just add a little ( cup or 2) to everyone’s existing grain ration until it is all gone and just continue to feed the hay you always do?
ETA: One of my horses won’t eat them. A first for me.
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I use the Standlee alfalfa/timothy pellets and didn’t soak them. Then one night the problem child (who has 24/7 access to her pasture) grabbed a mouthful, spun and ran out the dutch door to gawk at a bird? deer? And choked on them. Luckily horse and I were able to resolve the problem without a vet bill. I soak them now.
that’s pretty much what I’m doing, they stay in all afternoon and munch on it. I just wanted to have some idea of how much was equivalent to what since I also feed it by the flake and I have one that gets a little weird if he gets too much alfalfa
I am sure he will let you know eventually if he is getting too much…
lol yeah that’s not usually a good thing. Trying to avoid that. Plus I don’t like to just indiscriminately thrown stuff in their feed buckets without having some kind of ratio etc info.
Anyway I got the info i needed pretty early on, so I’m good, but I do appreciate the additional information.
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