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Users must input their horse’s weight, number of hours of turnout and type of pasture, as well as the amount of hay being fed and the feeding goal. Results are instantly available and displayed alongside advice for feeding equines on a weight-control diet. The calculator also tells the user how much money they will save if they have been over-feeding forage. Does anyone really do this? Ad lib means unlimited right? I would love for my horse to be fed this way despite the fact that it would be expensive but can I realistically do it? All ours are pretty much on ad lib hay, except for the shetland in the summer because he needs to loose a few pounds- but even he gets ad lib in the winter as he's not rugged. Oh yes! This is the top of the range in luxury equine weight management, and your friends will want to stroke the soft silky netting whenever you're not looking! :) would have marked our 4th year at YHL and while we are really sorry that the event won’t run in its regular fashion this year, we’ve been reflecting on some of the great opportunities and benefits YHL has afforded our small business over the years. We started with a little 3x3 stand in 2017. We had no graphics and all the products piled up in boxes. It was a bit bohemian! Wow what a show though, we were so busy!
Haynet is a leading rural life blog, telling stories from the stables, kennels and the fields. If you love living in the countryside, riding your horse, farming the fields or walking your dogs through the woods – then you will feel right at home here! Owners often ask us about the amount of forage to feed and we found ourselves repeatedly running through the same calculations when giving advice. I thought it would be ideal to have an online tool for owners to do this themselves and learn more about dry matter intake (DMI) requirements. I then wanted to make this tool more comprehensive and useful for owners, so I began to look more closely at pasture DMI and started reading the research.” With the change in temperature for the past three days, I've started mixing straw in with Hattie's hay to give her extra fibre to burn off to keep warm without extra calories (she is the weight I want her to stay) along with her slices and there has been probably about half a slice of straw and the same amount of hay left in the morning when I get there so it's been lasting all night. Before, when I double netted that amount of hay and straw, it would be all gone by the morning, now she is still nibbling it when I get there. Built with guidance from Louisa Taylor BVM BVS (Hons) BVMedSci (Hons) MRCVS of Vetrition, the calculator requests horse owners to input their horse’s weight, hours turnout and type of pasture with the amount of hay fed and the feeding goal. The results are instantly available to the user and displayed with a host of recommendations and advice around feeding horses on a weight control diet. Ellen continues: “We have created a unique resource which gives owners a good baseline to start from. Using the specific feeding goal, weight loss, maintenance or weight gain the calculator takes the numbers we know work. It then approximates on the DM requirements based on the owner’sOur new knotless SOFTEE nets offer you and your horse a bit of luxury in the stable, while still providing much more nibble time. The Softee Net is made with a 5mm strong braided knotless twine, with 25mm holes for very effective slow feeding. The mesh material is a silky smooth composition, and the nets are incredibly easy to use with a wide open end, and plenty of soft rope for tying them up however works best for you.
Categories: Supplements / Horse Forage / Hay and Haylage Slow Feeders, Useful Items, Yard Essentials Description: In terms of brand awareness, we find YHL unbeatable. It's brilliant to see customers returning to tell us how great the products are and to hear their success stories. That’s the best part of YHL, getting to know the customers and hearing what a difference the products make. All of our products are kind to your horses’ teeth. Our products are all made with various modern plastic compositions which are no match for healthy tooth enamel.Pulling a few strands out in random areas on the net can encourage horses to get going. When they pull strands to nibble, more will follow. We’ve had a lot of interest from top riders at YHL over the years and it’s also where we met Sharon Hunt, who is now our high profile sponsored rider and a great ambassador for the brand. We hope to launch an owner focused equine weight calculator, based around ideal bodyweight, with owners accurately fat scoring their own animals. We feel this could also be incredibly valuable.” These nets are super strong, heavy duty and made to do a very specific job. They can take a few weeks to 'soften up’, and using them regularly will break them in best.
This feeder has a plug and drain that allows you to soak the hay easily. There is a choice of three regulator hole sizes – 70mm, 90mm or 100mm. I thought it would be ideal to have an online tool for owners to do this themselves and learn more about dry matter intake (DMI) requirements. I then wanted to make this tool more comprehensive and useful for owners, so I began to look more closely at pasture DMI and started reading the research. The new knotless SOFTEE nets offer you and your horse a bit of luxury in the stable, while still providing much more nibble time. The Softee Net is made with a 5mm strong braided knotless twine, with 25mm holes for very effective slow feeding. The mesh material is a silky smooth composition, and the nets are incredibly easy to use with a wide open end and plenty of soft rope for tying them up however works best for you. Not quite. The knotless material will always have a degree of 'give' in the braid, which allows some stretch in the hole size when in use. It is a very effective slow-feeding net, but for better control, use one of our knotted net products, such as The Original or the Mini which has holes that do not stretch at all. As an added bonus, the calculator also tells the user how much money they will save if they have been over-feeding forage. The tool can provide a good starting point for owners, though it does not replace working with an equine nutritionist. Owners are directed towards the services of Vetrition and Practical Equine Nutrition for personalised weight loss plans for their horses.Samantha founded the Equestrian Blogger of the Year awards in 2011 and is now joint judge of the Equestrian Blogger/Vlogger of the Year Award with host MirrorMePR recognising talent within the industry. Haynet created the #HorseBloggers and #RuralBloggers channels, dedicated networks to share countryside related content engaging with the blogging community. Being passionate about rural business Samantha works supporting equestrian, countryside and dog grooming brands increasing their presence through social media. If social media content marketing is something you would like further help with, then please get in touch. Samantha is also a qualified dog groomer and runs this part-time at Country Barn Dog Grooming in the East Sussex countryside.
Suitable for indoor and outdoor use (-18 °C to +30 °C), this feeder is available with interchangeable feeding discs with holes of 70mm and 90mm. It has a watertight bung for soaking and draining hay, plus four fixing points that mean you can secure it to a fence post or stable wall. We recommend using the round bale net with UN SHOD horses, ponies, and donkeys. We recommend you use a feeding ring if your horses are shod to prevent them from catching a shoe in the netting. While this won’t necessarily slow your horse down, this feeder is installed in a corner of a wall or fence and encourages your horse to adopt a more natural feeding position.
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So - for 8 years she was alone in 8 acres and was very fat. Then she went to someone as a ridden companion for a laminitic and she had sporadic turnout (out every day but for a couple of hours then in for the afternoon - then out again).
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