Hay stretcher is a specially formulated forage that can provide essential nutrients and calories to horses in need of weight gain. With its high fiber content and easily digestible ingredients, hay stretcher can help improve your horse’s body condition and promote healthy weight gain.

Hay Stretcher is a pellet with a nutritional profile similar to grass hay, but slightly lower in fiber and higher in energy. It may be used to replace up to half the hay in an animal’s diet on a pound-for-pound basis. There are a number of pelleted fiber/roughage products available for horses.

When using a complete feed as a hay stretcher, replace 50% of the hay with an equal amount of the complete feed, then reduce the amount of grain by. 5 to 1.5 pounds per day. A general application is that one 3-quart scoop of a complete feed will replace one average 4 pound flake of hay.