Dodson & Horrell Hedgerow Herbs for a Horses Everyday Health, 5 kg, Clear

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The supplement is specially crafted to meet the unique nutritional requirements of your horse, ensuring that they stay healthy and active. b. A second issue is that large meals bind a lot of water which adds to the weight a horse is carrying, again the relatively low intake means that this is not an issue either. Whilst there has been some debate about the suitability of straw, recent studies are showing it is a useful feed material for good doers if used correctly.

By adding this palatable mix to your horse's feed, you can ensure they receive all the natural goodness that nature intended. If you are prone to “portion distortion” and just can’t resist feeding too much to your horse, then you may well be better off avoiding them altogether! Replicating this diversity for the stabled horse has become a popular trend in the form of a hedgerow haynet, where hedgerow plants for horses are mixed with or fed alongside the normal forage ration. The British Horse Society and the RSPCA have some useful pictorial guides to common poisonous plants. Looking at the table above, Sticky Weed provides the highest combined WSC and starch levels of the hedgerow items tested.Hedgerow Herbs is a blend of herbs designed for horses that do not have access to the range of seasonal pants that would naturally be available to them when foraging along the hedgerow. This blend of herbs provides some of the natural plants and medicinal herbs that may be lacking from the horses grazing. All horses can enjoy a Vitamunch hedgerow fibre block due to its high fibre and low sugar content, including those prone to laminitis. The blend contains Hawthorn, Buckwheat, Rosehips and Nettle and can be used as a general tonic and conditioner. Do not exceed the recommended feeding guidelines or feed in conjunction with other products containing similar ingredients.

This recommendation is to avoid sudden dietary change which increases the risk of digestive disturbance and to reduce significant fluctuation in nutritional intake. Munch is fortified – additional vitamins and minerals will top up reduced supply from a restricted diet. Timothy grass, high temperature dried (95%), alfalfa, high temperature dried, salt, dried rosehip shells (0. Carrots are another similar example where, on a dry matter basis, the sugar level is high, but because they contain lots of water, the sugar level in the carrot as fed is much lower making them suitable as a treat if used in moderation.

Hedgerow plants for horses should be considered as a supplement to the forage ration and so should be fed in relatively small quantities e. The highly compressed nature of the block will naturally slow eating down and act as a boredom breaker too! With so many hedgerow items on offer and with none of them traditionally being used as part of the horse’s normal forage ration, we wanted to explore their nutritional value. Pissenlit, thym et tête de trèfle rouge - constituent un régime varié et favorisent la santé et le bien-être.