Looking from the outside, most of us as horse owners are pretty good at knowing how much feed our horse needs. We can see weight change which gives us a visual clue that the horse is not being fed enough (resulting in weight loss), or too much (resulting in weight gain). What we can’t see […]
Come winter, breeding stallions are ramping up for the season that lies ahead. While maintenance of fertility is of utmost importance in the care of breeding stallions, they must also be kept looking their best, sound, energetic and disease free. As with many aspects of horse care, a holistic approach is required to achieve these […]
Is your horse in drought conditions? Mine too! It has been drought here for more than 2 years now… and something I am really, really bad at remembering to do is feeding psyllium husk regularly to clean accumulated dirt and sand out of their gut. So here is a reminder, feed psyllium husk! If your […]
While it’s maybe not the most refined subject, your horse’s manure can tell you a lot. How watery, soft, formed, unformed or hard it is can give you some insight into what is going on inside that gut! Use our quick check guide to assess your horse’s manure and see if it is telling you […]
If you can, you should just feed your horse forage. Pasture, hay, haylage, chaff, forage cubes. Forage is the most natural source of calories and protein for your horse. And it does the best job of keeping your horse’s gut and its bacteria and fungi (the microbiome) functioning as it should. We know, from mounting […]
I am sure you have noticed, every time you walk into a feed store, how many feeds there are available to you. Multiple brands. And within every brand, multiple choices. Even for me, the amount of choice gets overwhelming. And trying to read ingredient lists and nutrient amounts from the labels to compare them will […]
I am sure you have noticed, every time you walk into a feed store, how many supplements there are available to you. Multiple brands. And within every brand, multiple choices. Even for me, the amount of choice gets overwhelming. And trying to read labels to compare them will make your eyes go crossed. Enter FeedXL, […]
Did you know FeedXL started out as cloud-based software before smartphones or tablets were around? Since starting as a CD Rom software in 2004 and launching online in 2008, we’ve poured our hearts into creating what FeedXL is today. Over the last 15 years, FeedXL has evolved a lot. Our prices, on the other hand, […]
The gut health of our equines plays a significant role in determining how healthy or unhealthy our horses will be. The equine digestive tract is a large and relatively complex system. Your horse’s health depends on how well you look after this digestive system and importantly, how well the microbial population within it remains “balanced”. […]
Do you want to build a diet for your horse the easy way in FeedXL? This post will walk you through the 4 simple steps to follow to make your life a little easier, and your feeding regime simpler! Step 1: Enter ALL Forage First enter ALL of your forage; including pasture, hay, haylage, chaff, […]
