At Classic Equine Equipment, we’re proud to now offer the iFeed feeder. This feeder, designed for horses, has the potential to improve your horses’ health while freeing up your schedule and saving you money. How? Let’s take a look at iFeed and its many benefits for you as a horse owner.

The Basics of the iFeed Feeder

The iFeed…

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Do you feel bad tossing out tons of old feed sacks each week? Those feed sacks don’t have to go straight into the trash. Here are some creative ways to repurpose old feed sacks around your barn.

Use Sacks As Trash Can Liners

One of the easiest ways to repurpose old feed sacks is to use them as trash…

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I'm sure a lot of folks who self board their animals have had this happen once or twice.. 'Oh look, the feed bill came, how much is it this month?'... -insert jaw drop, eye pop, and then possibly a thwack after hitting the ceiling + string of expletives- Mine got to 700 dollars for TWO HORSES a few months ago FOR ONE MONTH. 'WTF!'

 

My first…

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Extra sweet feed kicking around? Here's a great recipe for some horse treats! Be sure to follow the recipe, set your timers and make sure they don't burn. Oh and if you're curious, yes, they taste pretty good to a human to. :)



Sweet Feed Horse Cookies



Ingredients

• powdered sugar

• 4 cups sweet feed

• 1/4 cup brown sugar

• 3 cups molasses

• 2 grated carrots

• 2 grated apples

• 1/2 cup flour



Directions…

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Nutrients in Oats:

On average, oats normally contain around 12% Crude Protein, 49% NSC (non-structural…

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Last week we told you in part one of this blog that there were five factors that influence starch digestibility in the small intestine. Here they are in more detail.



1) Source of starch

Over 80% of the starch in oats is digested in the small intestine, whereas less than 30% of the starch in whole-corn and barley is digested in the small intestine. Starches are made of sugars, predominantly glucose. So why is glucose from oat starch digested differently than glucose from corn… Continue

With all the things we hear and read about cutting our carbs we automatically assume that these things apply to our horses too. When in fact, carbohydrates are a fundamental part of any horse's diet and therefore cannot be cut out of their ration. Carbs should make up anywhere from 55 to 75% of a horse's diet. So this means that we really need to understand the way carbs are broken-down and metabolism when making our horse’s ration.



Firstly, carbohydrate (CHO) is a chemical…

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The concept of a balanced ration in equine nutrition is similar to humans eating the daily portion of the four food groups.



The first step is to balance water intake. Here the balance is very much like money, you cannot have too much. Water is the most important nutrient in your horse’s diet and needs to be closely monitored.



The second nutrient to balance is long stemmed-fibre. However, much needed research is necessary to substantiate what long stemmed-fibre implies in… Continue

Provide free access to clean fresh water at all times” is the advice given by most horse management or equine nutrition books. The simplicity and brevity of this statement fails to reveal the complexity and importance of water in equine nutrition. Water is the most important nutrient and it is too often overlooked in a horse’s diet. Deprived of all nutrients except for water, horses can survive for 20 to 25 days. Deprived of water but not feed, horses will only survive 5 to 6 days at best. More… Continue

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I'm adding it because so many people are asking questions about "how to feed oil to a horse". This post is by Marijke van de Water, one of the most amazing equine nutritionists I have known. Her findings are both 'results driven' and controversial. This one in particular, goes against many of the articles you read on the web,… Continue

Welcome once again to the Equine Science News blog – I hope you’ve all had a good week with your four legged friends and are now ready to hear about the latest science news from the equestrian world.



A fortnight ago you may remember that I mentioned the concerns some vets have equine roundworms developing resistance to worming drugs. Well earlier this week it was announced that £1.2million worth of… Continue

Greetings to all our regular visitors and any of our first time readers – I hope you’re all well and for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere fitting in lots of riding before the winter nights start drawing in soon.



This week on Equine Science Blog I’ll be taking a look at equine obesity, horse feed packaging, how microchips may soon be replaced with iris readings and finally the science behind mucking out a stable!



With many of us now experiencing autumn weather… Continue