Hi Kelly! I agree with what Cass has suggested to you about going slow with the hay. Sometimes there are variables that play a part that we often may not think about or even directly change

Jennifer, those results do a good job of showing the differences that can happen with NIR. Nancy, very good info. And I sure remember Lars and his very informative posts about hay. Laura K.

Hi KIrsten and all Thanks for making me go back and review an area that has always puzzled me. Taken me nine years to get the concepts behind the recommendation in my head. I don't think we can say

sirry about vrt names i replied back privately -- LJ Friedman Nov 2014 Vista, Northern San Diego, CA Jesse and majestic ‘s Case History Jesse's Photos

-- Thank you for responding! I have done most everything that you outline above. I will try one more time. I am running out of time I pick up my Teff hay on friday. Farmer used #601 test. Both my

I count hay cubes (ODTBC) in my horses' daily forage calculation. If I were feeding beet pulp, I'd include it too! For new members, we need to emphasize slow and steady weight loss, no crash

On the new hay. It takes time for our horses' digestive systems to grow new populations of microflora to process new hay, even if it's the same type of grass as the old hay. I do it very slowly,

Kirsten, Tipperary"s ideal weight would be around #1050, which would equate to appx.16 lbs of hay. He currently gets daily 15 lbs , plus one pound of hay cubes, and one pound of Equal balance chopped

Our stim results came in today and it looks like we are in good shape there: Pre: 20.0 Post: 63.0 (this is after increasing to 2.5 mg a week or two before the test). Our insulin results are still

I have a question for Lori and Dawn. If their breeding is to be very thrifty keepers then by definition they are able to maintain a higher BCS while being worked. 19-21 lbs of hay seems like a lot

I meant to add that the protein is a little low, but as you have your hay balanced this is something your balancer can address, along with any other deficiencies. The only real problem I can see is

The toxic limit for iron in horse hay is 500 ppm, and ideally it would be 100 or less. Likely iron this high is from surface dirt on the hay. In looking through the messages I saw there are a couple

I only saw the cherry vanilla 4 lb. bag for 5.99 and the 12oz. bags (peppermint and apple-banana) are 4.70. Either it was a pricing error and they fixed it or they are out! -- Lisa And Louie Eastern

Hi Kirsten, I was advised to let my hay cure for 6 weeks before testing from my mineral balancer. We bale large round bales and at 15% tested in the field we haven't had mold problems. -- Nancy and

Is it okay to put my horse back on hydroxyzine as he is on Metformin? It is the only thing that helps to control his itchy skin during the summer. Over the years I have tried addressing it through

Hello, please find in my history case the hay analysis #2 (august 2020). Can someone review and provide comments and recommandations. I notice that the iron seems high. Is this a concern?. Thank You

I have a similar situation, and now I'm curious as to what that answer might be considering ESC. My hay supplier cut, dried, and baled one field just for me. He cut early in the morning so the sugar

Thank you as well Bonnie, they seem like an awesome resource. I bookmarked their web page too. -- Nancy and Vinnie and Summer Oakley, Ca Joined Nov

Yes it will be interesting to see the moisture and ESC. I've never tried a follow up test like that. If it smells really good, I'll bet it cures nicely and won't mold. At least its starch is

Thanks Maxine. The 1s are the right size for sure after letting them settle for.the day. Coincidentally, I had purchased the easy boot RX to try just in case the cloud was too much andsl he actually