Kent forage extender vs alf cubes

PeggySue · 05-12-2008, 04:41 PM

it is basically the same thing as alfalfa pellets ?!

HOw much are yours down there??

Dawn · 05-12-2008, 04:43 PM

How is it the same thing as alfalfa pellets?

I don't know the price of our bagged forage off the top of my head. But I do know that the last one I checked on (definately not the cheapest representative, but the only one I have committed to memory) was $16.

PeggySue · 05-12-2008, 04:47 PM

When this stuff was "pitched" to me by a sales rep it was only $13 a bag same brand I think and everything

Dawn · 05-12-2008, 04:53 PM

And the price has gone down?

JessD · 05-12-2008, 05:51 PM

The alfalfa pellets will likely be cheaper and provide more calories/lb. The horse will also be able to eat more in a shorter amount of time and with less of a 'fill' factor.

-personally that is why I'd want cubes..because they would offer more of a fill factor and they would take more time to eat.......those pellets can get scarfed down pretty fast then the horse is done....feeling a lack of satisfaction....time to look for something else to do, chew on the wood of the stall or fence, weave, pace.....of course they have to be provided with time to eat it...so I guess it depends on the situation...does the horse come in at night to eat...do they come in to eat and get sent back out at night..does the horse have a pan the cubes can be put in and they can eat at their leisure. cubes are fed pound for pound of regular forage...I don't know, are pellets fed that way as well?

Dawn · 05-12-2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JessD

The alfalfa pellets will likely be cheaper and provide more calories/lb. The horse will also be able to eat more in a shorter amount of time and with less of a 'fill' factor.

-personally that is why I'd want cubes..because they would offer more of a fill factor and they would take more time to eat.......those pellets can get scarfed down pretty fast then the horse is done....feeling a lack of satisfaction....time to look for something else to do, chew on the wood of the stall or fence, weave, pace.....of course they have to be provided with time to eat it...so I guess it depends on the situation...does the horse come in at night to eat...do they come in to eat and get sent back out at night..does the horse have a pan the cubes can be put in and they can eat at their leisure. cubes are fed pound for pound of regular forage...I don't know, are pellets fed that way as well?

I realize it's not included here in this thread, but the point with the horses in question is that they need to gain weight, intake more calories, etc... They have plenty of hay to eat (free choice) so the issues you've mentioned are not an issue. Though they are excellent points as to why chopped forage or forage cubes are preferable to pellets in terms of forage replacement.

PeggySue · 05-12-2008, 06:20 PM

NO the kent one is the price I gave earlier and the chaffhaye is what was priced to me before

Dawn · 05-12-2008, 06:20 PM

Oh I see. I got a little lost in there.

PeggySue · 05-12-2008, 06:26 PM

LOL understandable as much stuff as we are talking about in here

I had never priced Kent's until today

05-12-2008, 04:41 PM	#21
PeggySue Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dennison, Illinois Posts: 11,194 Images: 1048 Blog Entries: 9	it is basically the same thing as alfalfa pellets ?! HOw much are yours down there?? __________________ Moosa says stop and smell the flowers life is too short not to enjoy it

05-12-2008, 04:47 PM	#23
PeggySue Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dennison, Illinois Posts: 11,194 Images: 1048 Blog Entries: 9	When this stuff was "pitched" to me by a sales rep it was only $13 a bag same brand I think and everything __________________ Moosa says stop and smell the flowers life is too short not to enjoy it

05-12-2008, 06:20 PM	#27
PeggySue Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dennison, Illinois Posts: 11,194 Images: 1048 Blog Entries: 9	NO the kent one is the price I gave earlier and the chaffhaye is what was priced to me before __________________ Moosa says stop and smell the flowers life is too short not to enjoy it

05-12-2008, 06:26 PM	#29
PeggySue Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dennison, Illinois Posts: 11,194 Images: 1048 Blog Entries: 9	LOL understandable as much stuff as we are talking about in here I had never priced Kent's until today __________________ Moosa says stop and smell the flowers life is too short not to enjoy it

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05-12-2008, 04:43 PM	#22
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,652 Images: 1283	How is it the same thing as alfalfa pellets? I don't know the price of our bagged forage off the top of my head. But I do know that the last one I checked on (definately not the cheapest representative, but the only one I have committed to memory) was $16.

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05-12-2008, 05:51 PM	#25
JessD Full Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 123	The alfalfa pellets will likely be cheaper and provide more calories/lb. The horse will also be able to eat more in a shorter amount of time and with less of a 'fill' factor. -personally that is why I'd want cubes..because they would offer more of a fill factor and they would take more time to eat.......those pellets can get scarfed down pretty fast then the horse is done....feeling a lack of satisfaction....time to look for something else to do, chew on the wood of the stall or fence, weave, pace.....of course they have to be provided with time to eat it...so I guess it depends on the situation...does the horse come in at night to eat...do they come in to eat and get sent back out at night..does the horse have a pan the cubes can be put in and they can eat at their leisure. cubes are fed pound for pound of regular forage...I don't know, are pellets fed that way as well?