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Q&A: Ration Balancers vs Vitamin Mineral Supplements

The following article: Q&A: Ration Balancers vs Vitamin Mineral Supplements is republished from the FeedXL website Question: What is the difference between a ration balancer and a vitamin/mineral supplement? Watch the video below with FeedXL founder Dr Nerida Richards and SmartPak’s Dr Lydia Gray for the answer!      QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? Click here to join the FeedXL Horse Nutrition Forum on Facebook
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Q&A: Grass and Legume Hays

Find more on: FeedXL Nutrition Question: Can you touch base about grass and legume type hays, what each grass/legume benefits the horse’s overall health. Is a certain mixture better (or preferred) for certain horses; pasture pet, light work, moderate-heavy work, hard keeper, easy keeper, etc. Example: benefits of having mixtures – pros to having certain types within the mix such […]
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Are You Feeding Your Horse Unnecessary Supplements?

Are You Feeding Your Horse Unnecessary Supplements? is republished from FeedXL One of the pitfalls of feeding your horses without actually calculating what you are feeding is paranoia that maybe your horse isn’t getting enough of the most important nutrients. That maybe he is missing something and this is going to cause problems, or make him sick! As a horse owner I am sure you experience […]
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What are you ACTUALLY feeding?

This article: What are you ACTUALLY feeding? was first found on FeedXL Horse Nutrition Looking from the outside, most of us as horse owners are pretty good at knowing how much feed our horse needs. We can see weight change which gives us a visual clue that the horse is not being fed enough (resulting in weight loss), or too much (resulting in weight gain). What we can’t see […]
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Feeding The Breeding Stallion

Feeding The Breeding Stallion was first published to the FeedXL website Come winter, breeding stallions are ramping up for the season that lies ahead. While maintenance of fertility is of utmost importance in the care of breeding stallions, they must also be kept looking their best, sound, energetic and disease free. As with many aspects of horse care, a holistic approach is required to achieve these […]
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Psyllium Husks

See more on: FeedXL Website Is your horse in drought conditions? Mine too! It has been drought here for more than 2 years now… and something I am really, really bad at remembering to do is feeding psyllium husk regularly to clean accumulated dirt and sand out of their gut. So here is a reminder, feed psyllium husk! If your […]
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Manure Score Chart: How to Quickly Check Your Horse’s Hindgut Health

Read more on: FeedXL While it’s maybe not the most refined subject, your horse’s manure can tell you a lot. How watery, soft, formed, unformed or hard it is can give you some insight into what is going on inside that gut! Use our quick check guide to assess your horse’s manure and see if it is telling you […]
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