Mansfield Produce & Pet Supplies

30/08/2024

🌱At Johnson’s, we’re dedicated to providing totally safe feeds to our customers…both horse and human!

🌱We only chose top quality ingredients to go through our Feedsafe accredited Equine safe mill with multiple stages of testing in our state of the art laboratories, before, during and after production to ensure we are providing your horse safety, quality and premium nutrition in every bag.

🌱Alongside our premium horse feed range, we also produce top quality feeds for some of our other four legged friends, but unlike other mills, we have no harmful antibiotics (like ionophores such as Rumensin and Bovatec) or antiprotozoal agents (like Coccidiostats, also found in poultry feeds) that can be toxic to horses.

🌱Sticking with our environmental values and undertaking research and development we include all natural probiotics instead!
Safe feeds for all our animals and safe for our environment

To learn more about our range & what feed is most suitable for your horse or pony head to naturalformula.com.au

05/07/2024

Clucky chooks? Try this

05/06/2024

We will be closed for the King’s B’day holiday Monday

18/05/2024

Winter hours are coming.
from 27th May until early August we will be closing early at 5pm
Monday - Friday 0830-5pm
Saturday 0830-1:30pm

09/05/2024

We have this in store. Just brilliant for wound healing

Shop in-store and online

08/05/2024

24/04/2024

The Zilco Woolguard combo's have just arrived.

Made for Australasian conditions, this unique 1200D waterproof/breathable ripstop polyester combo is lined with KERSEY WOOL. The kersey wool being fully breathable helps regulate your horse's body temperature, wicking away sweat when necessary whilst keeping the horse warm and dry.

Shoulder Gussets
Double Front straps
Satin lined shoulders
Plain Tail flap
Rump darts for a contoured fit
Removable leg straps
Fleece poll protector
Low set cross-over surcingles
Fully Bound
1-year Warranty

24/04/2024

Out of respect - we will be closed on ANZAC day

13/04/2024

Price reduction
Supershine Black $49.99 ( out of date)

08/04/2024

Sshhhhh! The blue has arrived 🤫

03/04/2024

To Chaff or Not to Chaff? That is the question!

Many horse owners in Australia often ask:
“Do I need to feed chaff to my horse?” Especially in instances where there is an abundance of pasture or ad-lib hay.

In North America, the UK and Europe chaff is generally only fed to horses who are sick or old and unable to chew hay efficiently. The need for making chaff from hay (‘chaffing’) in Australia was initially due to the poor quality dry and fibrous hays which were often wasted and poorly accepted. This trend of feeding chaff was then adopted by other countries who have followed our feeding methods such as New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East.

Types of Chaff🌾
Oaten and wheaten chaff are often referred to as ‘white’ chaff due to their light colour. Oaten hay is grown specially for chaff production and is cut during the milk seed head stage before the plant has reached full maturity. This produces a sweeter and more palatable chaff as the sugars are higher in the leaf and stem during this time.
Alternatively, wheaten chaff tends to consist of more lignified mature fibre (more stalky) due to it typically being made from wheat stubble or a failed wheat crop (for example, due to drought).

Lucerne chaff also referred to as ‘green chaff’ and has a higher protein and natural calcium content than cereal chaff, making it a preferable choice for performance horses as well as aged or growing horses. Lucerne chaff is made from lucerne hay which has been harvested to produce a prime quality chaff with a high leaf content. Many chaff manufacturers also offer mixed chaff consisting of both lucerne and oaten or a combination of lucerne, oaten and wheaten chaff.

Pros and Cons of Feeding Chaff🐴
According to Dr John Kohnke, feeding an equal volume of long chop chaff with your horse’s concentrates (grain feeds) can increase the chewing time and optimise digestive attack and energy uptake from the small intestine. However, feeding more than 1.5 times the volume of chaff (especially short chop) to concentrates can reduce digestive efficiency as the chaff is not chewed properly and smothers the starch, protein and fat digestive enzyme attack. This moves the feed bulk through the small intestine more rapidly (up to 45 cm per minute), reducing the ‘dwell time’ and overall digestive processes.

Chaff can also make a relatively simple and low energy carrier for giving overweight horses and ponies their required supplements. Many horses will happily consume their daily supplements in as little as 200 grams of lucerne chaff which adds very minimal energy to the overall ration.

Furthermore, lucerne chaff can be used in a pre-exercise feed to aid in the prevention of gastric ulcers. Feeding 1 litre per 100 kg of body weight of lucerne hay 30 minutes before exercise was found to reduce the incidence of gastric acid irritation and gastric ulceration in exercising horses by up to 50%, compared to grass hay.

For even better benefit to this pre-exercise ‘snack’, we recommend mixing in 2 scoops of Kohnke’s Own Gastro-Coat into the lucerne chaff. Gastro-Coat helps to increase chewing and saliva production to naturally improve alkaline buffering capacity of stomach acid and also provides a sticky, coating layer to the stomach lining which can resist acid splash and help your horse feel more comfortable during training, travelling and competition.

28/03/2024

Have a happy and safe Easter.
We’ll see you on Tuesday

28/03/2024

Happy Easter!
Stay safe on the roads &
We"ll see you Tuesday

11/03/2024

What a fantastic idea. Register via QR code

PUPPY POOL PARTY
Mansfield Aquatic Centre is offering dog owners to bring their furry friends along for a swim before we close for the season. The pool will be open exclusively for dogs to splash around and play in the water. The puppy pool party will be held on Sunday 17 March 3:00pm - 5:00pm.

As a dog owner, you can enjoy watching your dog play in the water with other dogs. The pool is fully fenced, however, we need your assistance to ensure the safety of all dogs and members of the public.
To partake in this event you will be required to register your dog via the link below. Terms and conditions of entry are stipulated within. Please read them carefully. Spots are limited and are filling quick.
Link: FULL

So, come along and join us for a day of fun in the sun with your furry friends at Mansfield Aquatic Centre's puppy pool party!

08/03/2024

Celebrating the introduction to the 8 hour day on Monday so we will be closed - see you Tuesday

23/02/2024

20/02/2024

EDIT: ...And it's gone again - No EFTPOS at this time.

YES!
We have EFTPOS available however cash is just as effective.
(To those enquiring if our EFTPOS is working - it's reverted to 3G)

20/02/2024

Not a fan of silicone gel seat breeches?
In store now are the BVertigo Morgana knee grip breeches in denim. Come on in and try on your size.

15/02/2024

Managing horse's in hot weather - guidance from KER Targeted Nutrition

* Supplement electrolytes to hard-working horses. Depletion of electrolytes interferes with muscle contraction resulting in fatigue, poor performance, and severe loss of potassium. Electrolytes help replace minerals lost in sweat and increase water consumption. Restore® is a scientifically formulated electrolyte supplement designed to match the composition of horse's sweat. Restore is designed to replenish electrolytes in any situation where horses may have sweated, particularly after training, travel, racing, and competition or during hot weather. Restore is sugar-free and does not contain any alkalinising agents.

* Limit protein intake. When protein is fed in excess of daily requirements, the horse must break down the protein for energy production. This process generates more metabolic heat compared to regular digestion and absorption of dietary protein, resulting in increased breathing and sweating rates to remove the extra heat.
Provide fresh clean water at the proper temperature. Research shows horses drink more water when it is kept between 7° and 20° C. Ensure water is in an insulated and/or shaded container during hot weather.

* Switch to a high-fat feed or add a high-fat supplement. Fat is digested, absorbed and metabolized more efficiently than any other nutrient, producing less metabolic heat, which reduces the energy needed to lower body temperature potentially resulting in lower calorie and water needs.

* Make dietary changes gradually. Especially during hot weather, drastic changes in the type or amount of grain or hay could upset your horse's digestive system. Introduce new feedstuffs gradually, over a period of ten days.

25/01/2024

25/01/2024

SALT - this is a good informative article why horses require salt

16/01/2024

Please contact Fern or Shirley to book your place

It’s not long now! Obedience classes for 2024 will begin on 11th February at the Mansfield Race Course.

Puppy class starts at 8:45am, classes 1 & 2 start at 9:30am and classes 3 & 4 start at 10:30am.

If you are new to the club, please contact Shirley on 0475733405 or Fern on 0418129698 prior to the 11th February.

See you then!

24/12/2023

The staff at MPPS wish you a very Merry Christmas 🎄

We open again at 10am Wednesday

22/12/2023

Just a reminder
for the health and safety of staff
There is ZERO tolerance to bullying behaviour and if it continues you may be asked to leave

21/12/2023

Here’s a handy guide on how much to use (based on a standard 2L scoop):
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 5 dippers chaff
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1 regular biscuit/slab hay
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 2.4kg haylage
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.5 dippers beet pulp
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.3 dippers fibre nuggets
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.25 dippers hay cubes
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.2 dippers copra meal

Did you know that you can easily and safely replace a number of other fibre sources with Fibre Safe? 🐴

Here’s a handy guide on how much to use (based on a standard 2L scoop):

🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 5 dippers chaff
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1 regular biscuit/slab hay
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 2.4kg haylage
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.5 dippers beet pulp
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.3 dippers fibre nuggets
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.25 dippers hay cubes
🌱 1 dipper Fibre Safe replaces 1.2 dippers copra meal

Head to our website (link in bio) to learn more about Fibre Safe 🌱🐴

19/12/2023

https://www.britishhorsefeeds.com/laminitis/

Laminitis in horses is a disorder that is associated with overfeeding sugar and starch or water-soluble carbohydrates...

04/12/2023

We are so excited 🎉 to launch our latest addition to our range of Ultimate Fibre Feeds 🌱

Introducing Johnson's Natural Formula Fibre Safe - the perfect safe solution designed to offer an additional source of fibre or replace traditional fibre sources in your Horses & Ponies diet.

To celebrate 🎉 the launch we are giving away a Johnson’s Natural Formula Prize pack 👏🏻including a Hat and Feed Scoop! 🐴 Simply like this post and re share it to your story!
🤞🏼 Entries close 11.12.23 at 8pm AEDT open to Australian Residents only.

22/11/2023

We have oodles & oodles of OODLE shampoo - yours for 10% off