Allen's Equestrian Feed Store

01/12/2025

CHRISTMAS BREAK - closing on Tuesday 23 December, re opening Tuesday 6 January 2026.

Please get your feed orders in very soon, Hauliers’s and Suppliers are extremely busy over this period.

26/11/2025

Winter warm mash’s
Horses and ponies love them
Healthy Guts
Spillers, Topspec, Baileys and Coolstance

17/11/2025

Micronised Linseed
Back in Stock

06/11/2025

Sorry the store is closed until 15 hrs. No electricity so the till won’t open!
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06/11/2025

Orchard Eq Ireland News

New Horse Wormer Regulations from 1st December 2025
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Dear Customer,

From 1st December 2025, Irish legislation is changing: all horse wormers will become Prescription Only Medicines (POM).
After this date, you will need to send us a prescription from your Veterinary Surgeon to purchase any wormer.

✅ Good news: You will still be able to order from Orchard Equestrian after 1st December: simply email us your prescription, and we will process and dispatch your order as usual.

📦 We strongly recommend stocking up now while prescriptions are not yet required.
You can easily check product expiry dates on our website to help plan your purchase.

⚠️ Please note: Due to expected high demand, dispatch times may be slightly longer in the coming weeks.

Thank you for your continued trust and support,

The Orchard Equestrian Team
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Buy Now & Save!

06/11/2025

Power cut until 15 hrs Sorry
Cash or Cheques only - no cards

31/10/2025

1st November
Reminder
The store is closed tomorrow

31/10/2025

Back in Stock Shortly By Popular Demand
Pure Micronised Cooked Linseed

28/10/2025

Ron Fields Supplements now available to order.

Every ingredient we use is sustainably sourced from India and carefully blended by Ayurvedic specialists.

28/10/2025

Photo to accompany the article below.

28/10/2025

Interesting article.

This is why it’s always advisable to split your horses feed into 3 meals, some feed 4 to 5 per day. Same quantity but it’s following the rule of little but often.

A horse's full intestines can weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg), with the large intestine alone potentially accounting for that entire weight when full of feed.

The total weight depends on the horse's size and what it has recently consumed.
Key components of the equine digestive tract include:
Total capacity: The entire gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a fed, mature horse can hold nearly 50 gallons (190 liters) of fluid and feed.
Hindgut weight: The hindgut (cecum and colon) accounts for approximately 64% of the empty weight of the GI tract. This is the area where fiber fermentation occurs.
Large intestine capacity: The large intestine is a significant contributor to the total weight of the full intestines.
It can hold 80 liters (21 gallons) or more of food and water.
When filled with feed, it can weigh up to 100 pounds (45 kg).
Cecum capacity: The cecum, a comma-shaped organ on the right side of the abdomen, can hold up to 30 liters (about 8 gallons) of food and water.

Another thing to consider in our horses is that the small intestines is suspended via the mesentry to the vertebral column of the lumbar. The lumbar is one of the last places to mature in horses and is susceptible to problems. Lumbar pain is a common site of dysfunction in horses I see for several reasons…..

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