So, we’ve learnt how to read the sugar and starch levels in our hay - but what if I told you low sugar hay can still have high calories and protein? Yep, you heard right - sugars aren’t the only thing we look for in a feed test!
If you have a horse that is struggling with their weight, perhaps they have EMS or a similar diagnosis - you need low calories too!
In this next episode, we talk about Horse Digestible Energy and Protein Levels. Sit down and join us with your coffee for this short video this morning ☕️
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Have you ever looked at a feed test and thought "what on earth am I supposed to be looking at here?" - so many numbers, acronyms, percentages...
But you have a laminitic prone horse and you've been told you need to feed "low sugar hay" - but what does that even mean? How do you know the "tested" hay that you've bought is indeed low sugar? 🤯
We've decided to make a series of short videos to help you read these feed tests, so you can be equipped with knowledge when purchasing hay for your beloved equine friend.
In this first video we talk about sugars and starch - what numbers you need to pay attention to, what thresholds those numbers should be under and the reasoning behind it!
So if you can spare 4 minutes of your Saturday morning, we highly recommend that you sit down with your coffee and give this video a listen ☕
Share with your friends, it’s valuable to be able to read these tests ❤️
#Testedhay #testedlowsugar #testedlowsugarhay #canberrastockfeeds #laminitissafehay #laminitis #neighhay
📣RHODES TRUCK📣
Yep, you read correctly, we are back on track with our Rhodes truck 💃🏾
✅ Tested low sugar
✅ Taste-tested by Pops
Coming in Sunday 10th March!
👉Murrumbateman OR Sutton pick up only
Order via neighhay.com.au along with any hardfeed you may need too 🫶
Are you feeding enough forage? 🤔
Did you know that horses need to eat 2% of their body weight each day? For an average 500kg horse, that’s 10kg per day!
Poppy knows low sugar is life, and lucky for her we’ve just restocked on her green low sugar teff, as well as her fav prime lucerne 😍
With the frost and the low grass in winter Pop has been coming back for her low sugar teff in the day. This tells me there’s not a great amount of pick out there, even though we have ground coverage. Poppy’s a TB and not strictly a “laminitic prone” breed, but she enjoys a high amount of low sugar fibre in her diet. She has 24 hour ad lib access to hay and grass and her hard feed is high fibre too! She loves her CEN lupin pellets and speedibeet (as well as her balanced minerals from Integral Equine Nutrition!)
Order your high fibre goodies at neighhay.com.au and check out our delivery and pick up options 💜
Prime lucerne, fresh off the grab! Leafy, dense, HEAVY - all the things prime lucerne should be 😍 $28.50
Also, a truck full of GREEN but very low in sugar teff 🤩 $27
Head over to our website to order collection from Gundaroo or deliveries within our delivery radius 🧭
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Merry Christmas everyone! Enjoy spending special time with family and friends - spoil yourselves 💜
VIC truck is coming on the SUNDAY and due to a change in trucks there is now some SPACE for last minute orders! 🎉
Please head over to our website to order as I have updated the inventory with what is available 🙂 👉 neighhay.com.au - don’t forget to order your hard feed and supplements too! 💗🦄
What’s available? Limited numbers of steamed and double conditioned (orders in multiples of 7):
🍃 Teff (5.6% WSC, 5.1% ESC, 1.3% Starch, 11.40% Protein)
🍃 Prime lucerne
🍃 B grade lucerne (stalkier)
🍃 Yummy soft rye
And a just a few RHODES left arriving on the Sunday too, which can be ordered through the website 🙏
Please note this is for picking up off the truck only, not delivery 🚚
Yes it is. There will be hay trucks coming in this weekend, but there will be some changes while I dance with Windy, BOM and Weatherzone to make it happen 💃🏾
It is likely that both deliveries will come on the Sunday afternoon, but I need tomorrow morning to make the call. I’m finding this weather challenging but the plan we’re working off is 2 completely covered trucks with delicious hay.
So, please bear with me, times will be with you but just a bit more delayed than usual. QLD truck is locked in for arrival Sunday afternoon, VIC truck could be Saturday or Sunday but I will be able to confirm tomorrow! 💕
Thank you for your patience 🙏. I’ll leave you with Pop’s inquisitive snoz, because who doesn’t love a cute pony 🥰
Well, the rain today has curtailed our Bega delivery plans. But, it means we can do our Stromlo delivery in the short window from the rain tomorrow!
How does it work?
1. Go onto our website and select what you would like (hay, hardfeed, supplements etc) at neighhay.com.au
2. Select the $6 5km Gundaroo delivery option and pop your Agistment centre in the notes
3. Meet us personally (or a friend) at your delivery shed Saturday for door to door delivery 🙂
We plan for late afternoon delivery 🚚
My absolute favourite thing about deliveries is when there are goats 😍
I met some new favourites today and I nearly ended up taking them home 🥰. They were just too cute ❤️
When low sugar is usually life but your Mom gives you a broken bale of *steamed and double conditioned* delicious rye, you gobble it up before she changes her mind! 🤯😘
Need delicious rye? We have plenty in stock and you can order here: neighhay.com.au
I probably shouldn’t have favourites … but I do! 🐐
Absolutely love my helpers delivering to this Sanctuary 🥰
We supply top quality hay, hard feed and supplements to Canberra’s surrounds
