Silva Bed

04/12/2024

🤑 We know it can be difficult to estimate how economical a type of bedding is and usage does vary somewhat between horses - but as we are often asked how long should a pallet last, here is a bit of Louise math's to answer this question!

🌲Silva Crumb is an exceptionally dry bedding at 8-10% moisture, compared to shavings which are typically 18-20% moisture. This means our pellets can do a LOT of soaking up before the bedding is ready for the muck heap. Plus the super thing is the pine in our pellets stops the ammonia smell too (getting technical here... the natural resin found in Silva Crumb pine is very high, inhibiting the bacteria growing that makes the ammonia gas / smell).

👀 🔥Our pellets are of a much higher quality than your average / fuel / burning pellet - they are not made from sawdust/ any type of waste wood and that is why they are so long lasting, plus our bags are 18 kg each and not 15kg (important when comparing price).

📲On average use a full pallet will last 10 + months to a year per horse, pretty economical stuff. As someone recently said to me she was fed up of throwing away most of her shavings bed each day as it was so wet, using Silva Crumb definitely reduces waste and the amount you spend on bedding - even a couple of bags makes a difference - do have a read of our customer reviews!

👉Any questions get in touch and if you would like our FREE guide on using Wood Pellets for horse bedding, just drop me a DM and I'll send it to you.

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03/12/2024

👀Looking for Silva Bed Pellets in Gloucestershire .....we have 2 super stockists both based in the Gloucester area 🤩

🐴 Gloucester Mixfeeds can be found near Brockworth, just off the A46 Painswick Road.
This is a long standing family business selling a good range of pet and horse feed, horse bedding and sundries plus essentials like logs and kindling - the owner, Anthony, is very helpful and knowledgeable about the feeds and products sold there.

🐴 Pound Farm Shop can be found on the A4173 just near the village of Whaddon, to the south of Gloucester.
This is another family business with a thriving plant centre, farm shop, a cafe and a good selection of horse bedding and hay. including Silva Crumb Pine Pellets 😃

As a small family business ourselves, we enjoy building relationships with other family businesses and supporting each other.

👉 Do look them up and go and buy your horsey & pet essentials including our super absorbent pine pellets 🌲💧🐴

👀 All of our retailer stockists can be found on our website and do let us know of any shops that you would like to see stocking Silva Crumb going forward 🔜

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29/11/2024

❄️💨💧🌤️ British weather can be so variable as we all know so this is a good summary of rugging requirements as a guide and is adaptable, but just how many rugs do you need?! 🧐🐴

A helpful guide for when checking the weather apps 10x a day to try and decide what rug to put on 😀. Wide variety of rugs in store and small pony rugs arriving next week sizes 3'9 up.

29/11/2024

A new stockist in Essex!

Hedingham Animal Feeds, near Halstead, are one of this week’s new stockists 🤩

They have a super website and are very knowledgeable and helpful so definitely do check them out if you live in the area 🤗🐴

28/11/2024

A review and how to use video from one of our customers 🤗
Do check out our other 5 🌟reviews from our customers 🌲💚

Check out Joanna Marie’s video.

28/11/2024

🤩 Essex has a new retailer stocking Silva Crumb 🤩

👉Greenstead Animal Feeds, based in the Halstead area, of Essex, have been in business for 16 years and stocks a large range of pet and horse feed, accessories, equestrian clothing and supplies for horse and rider including hats and body protectors.

Plus do sell bedding which now excitingly includes our Pine Pellets in 18kg bags so do call in and pick up a bag or two and start to see the benefits of Pellets that are non-edible, ammonia controlling and highly absorbent! 💩🐴🌲💧

👀Do check out our website for the location of your nearest retailer - the map is super easy to use. Send any retailer recommendations to us as well.

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27/11/2024

💚 We love hearing from horse owners and learning how our bedding pellets have made their life easier- cos let’s be real, the product on the face of it, is not that exciting 😆…. But when you’re faced with stinky mats, leaky wee out of the door and a dirty bed then finding a bedding that outperforms your expectations that’s worth talking about!!

🌲🐴 Always keen to help and hear from you… let us know if Silva Crumb has helped you and even better tell your friends 📣

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27/11/2024

Bayley's is a long established family run Dairy Engineering & Agricultural Supplies business based in Derbyshire.

The Country Store is located in South Derbyshire in Rosliston and sells on farm supplies, pet, poultry & pests items, clothing, essentials for home and garden and importantly an expanding equestrian department including bedding!

Sounds like a visit there would be useful especially for Christmas purchases and of course our Super Pine Bedding Pellets to make your mucking out a breeze this winter!

There is a large free car park too 🤩

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25/11/2024

So many interesting facts - hope you learn something new from this - Thankyou Sophie Seymour Equestrian 🐴🌟

You learn something new every day 😱😍 Here are some fascinating and little known facts about horses 🥰 they’re amazing animals!! ❤️

🍎 Stallions/geldings have 4 extra teeth than mares do. These are called canine teeth and are historically used for fighting.

🍏 Arab horses have one less rib, lumbar vertebrae and tail bone than all other breeds.

🍎 A horses Cerebrum (the part of the brain used for thinking and processing information) is the size of a walnut.

🍏 Secretariat and Phar Lap, two of the best racehorses that ever lived, both had a heart that was twice the size of an average horses heart.

🍎 Horses can only breath through their nose.

🍏 A horses eye is the largest of all land mammals (yes, larger than an elephants!)

🍎 If a horse is deficient in minerals they will start to eat dirt and even their own poo.

🍏 Mounting a horse on the left side is just tradition. This is because soldiers would mount their horses on the left so that their swords, anchored over their left legs, wouldn’t harm the horses backs.

🍎 Piaffe and passage were first used to keep horses fit when on boats going to war.

🍏 A Horses oesophagus can only flip backwards, not forwards, that’s why they can’t vomit and why colic is so prevalent.

🍎 Horses sleep for an average of only 2.5 - 3 hours in a 24 hour period.

🍏 A horses resting respiratory rate can be as low as 8 breaths per minute.

🍎 A horses stride directly matches their breathing rate, and horses hold their breath when jumping. If your horse struggles with oxers, their breathing can be a cause.

🍏 The lower leg of a horse has no muscles, only tendons and ligaments. The frog of the horses hoof helps to pump the blood back to the heart.

🍎It is NOT possible for a horse to have a ‘heart attack’ as it is commonly thought. This is because heart attacks are caused by a build up of cholesterol and horses do not produce cholesterol. Instead, horses can suffer from ‘sudden death syndrome’.

🍏When in a herd, horses synchronise their heartbeats and if one horses heart goes up they know there is danger. This is why it is commonly said that horses can sense your fear.

If you know any other interesting facts about horses then add them in the comments! 😁 and feel free to share 🥰

21/11/2024

Wow! 🤩 This write up is a great surprise and really good to read… we agree with it all 🥳💚🌲🐴

Thankyou Happy Horse Hub ! 🐴

Today's spotlight is on Silva Bed

I'm not sure we can talk this bedding up enough!

Are you looking for an easy bedding option that is ......

🌟 Easy to Store ?
🌟 Quick to use and fast to muck out ?
🌟 Highly absorbent and can cope with the most 'wet' and messy horses?
🌟 Stops the stable smells by effectively controlling ammonia?
🌟 Always makes a soft and comfortable bed for your horse to rest upon (or dog or even human 😆 We can personally vouch for it's comfort while Sat waiting for the farrier lol)

🌟Versatile so can be used with other beddings as a base or on its own?
🌟 Is a bedding that stays put even when horses roll or walk about?
🌟 Is not a dusty pellet?
🌟 Not a fuel pellet as it is made especially for horses, but is not edible like some pellets?

Well, what can we say, this is IT!

🌲Silva Crumb from Silva Bed is a 100% Pine Pellet (this is important because it means its safe and absorbent for your beloved horse who only deserves the best) that can do all the above and more....it comes in large 18kg bags and is available through a growing number of retailers and by direct delivery to your address (You can even order a pallet so you'll be set all winter!)

😍 They also have super 5🌟 reviews and we can personally vouch for this bedding as we use it and love it!

Do go and check them out and get your horse's winter bed sorted all while supporting a small business 💚

💚 If you'd like us to give your business a shout-out just drop us a dm with the details ✨️

*** This is not an ad, we are not paid or given anything to promote this business.
This is part of our initiative where we are spreading the word of all the fantastic equestrian businesses out there.

Don't forget our website launch on December 1st where we'll be showcasing some more absolutely fantastic businesses, professionals and inspiration so that horse owners have everything they need all in one fab online hub so do go and check it out when we launch 💚

20/11/2024

🐴💩We all know that horses can be dirty beasts, but your bedding does not need to be!

🤩Silva Crumb is a different type of wood pellet to most on the market - it's actually made for horses!

🌲Milled wood fibre from selected Pine trees only, not made as a fuel / burning pellet and that gives our pellets the edge and why they out perform others out there in terms of absorbency, ammonia control and waste reduction.

👉We supply an increasing number of retailers around the country - to find your local one check out our stockists page on our website.

👀No local retailer? We can still supply you directly from 25 bags upwards.....see the website for all the details.

❓Any questions.... do get in touch - happy to help you sort out your bedding queries.😀

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20/11/2024

🌟 Lincolnshire has another retailer now selling our Super Pine Pellets 🌲

G. Howsam & Son or Howsam's as they are often called are a long standing family business and the Howsam family have occupied the Mill at Old Leake since 1870. As the name suggests, the Mill was originally used for milling and baking. The mill tower is a Grade 2 listed building.

The present retail business started in 1972 by the Howsam family and sells a wide variety of animal and pet feeds, garden essentials, composts, coal and of course horse bedding!

👉 If you live in the Boston area of Lincolnshire, do pay Howsam's a visit as they are bound to sell something you need!

❓Do you have a local equestrian retail store that could stock Silva Crumb? We are always interested in recommendations - do let us know as that is often the way we end up supplying retailers.

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18/11/2024

❄️ Are you winter ready? ❄️

As the weather turns colder and wetter this week you may be planning on stabling your horse instead of keeping them out.

Are you looking for an easy bedding option that is ......

🌟 Easy to Store ?
🌟 Quick to use and fast to muck out ?
🌟 Highly absorbent and can cope with the most 'wet' and messy horses?
🌟 Stops the stable smells by effectively controlling ammonia?
🌟 Always makes a soft and comfortable bed for your horse to rest upon?
🌟Versatile so can be used with other beddings as a base or on its own?
🌟 Is a bedding that stays put even when horses roll or walk about?
🌟 Is not a dusty pellet?
🌟 Not a fuel pellet as it is made especially for horses, but is not edible like some pellets?

🤩 Look no further!

🌲Silva Crumb from Silva Bed is a 100% Pine Pellet that can do all the above and more....it comes in large 18kg bags and is available through a growing number of retailers and by direct delivery to your address.

👉 Check out if you have a retailer stocking Silva Crumb near you by visiting our website. Direct orders can be placed using the website.

❓Any questions - do get in touch...we are a family business delivering a great product and service and want to help you make your life easier this winter. 🤩❄️

😍 P.s we have super 5🌟 reviews from our customers - do check them out!

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15/11/2024

❓Question for you?

👉Are your wood pellets not working as you had hoped? Maybe you thought all 'wood pellets' are the same and really its all down to price, just go and buy the cheapest out there? After all, on many forums, many equestrians do suggest doing just that....

But - are you actually wasting your money and are the unbranded wood pellets actually safe for your horse?? Do you feel confident that you know what is in them?

Unbranded pellets are typically made from a mix of wood types, hard woods, waste wood, sawdust and put into a pellet form. Those that are certified for burning with a EN number are made for burning and not bedding.

Hardwoods are not good at absorbing, especially when compared to softwoods. Hence why horse bedding is made from softwood.

Beyond the absorption factor, there's the dust. Unbranded pellets are often very dusty when broken down, not great for horse or human health.

You are probably choosing to use unbranded / fuel wood pellets because they are seen as cheap, low waste, absorbent and easy, but if in reality the absorbency is lower than expected, waste is more as a result and you find you are using more bags than you initially thought, probably not as economical afterall....?

❓So... possibly a little controversial but worth thinking about...

🌲And if this post has got you thinking then follow our social pages and check out our website for all the reasons we stick to selling high quality, safe, economical softwood pellets that are made for horse bedding. 🐴

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12/11/2024

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳A new week and another retailer in Wales is now stocking Silva Crumb 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤩

Castlemorris Equestrian and Pets in Pembrokeshire have just taken delivery of our pellets!

They are a long established business and sell a large range of animal feeds, wormers, sundries, clothing and safety wear as well as bedding.

👉This is our most furthest west retailer on our map to date - check out your nearest Silva Bed Stockist by looking at our website and our map will show where our retailers can be found - each week we are adding new names 😀🌟

❓Where would you like to see Silva Crumb pellets stocked ? Do get in touch and let us know.

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11/11/2024

🌟🥳 Thankyou Castlemorris Equestrian and Pets - we are delighted to add you to our stockists 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐴🌲