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Meadow Forage Pellets

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Meadow Forage Pellets are a nutritious blend of easily digested forages, grown together, to increase variety in the diet.

  • Supports a wide range of beneficial gut microbes
  • Highly palatable, ideal for fussy eaters
  • Forage species chosen specifically for horses
  • Grown in the UK as a sustainable mixed ley

Suitable For

  • Increasing variety in the diet
  • Promoting optimal gut health
  • Encouraging fussy eaters
  • A source of condensed tannins
  • Aiding condition & performance
£21.50

p
8 - 15
f
24 - 30
s
5 - 12
t
<7
m

Feeding Instructions

As with any new feed, introduce gradually over a week.

Soak until free from lumps, using 1 part Meadow Forage Pellets to 2.5 parts water.

Feed according to requirements and condition. Start with 100g per 100kg of bodyweight per day and increase as required up to a maximum of 4.5kg per day.
For example, for a 500kg horse start with 500g per day (dry weight, before soaking) and increase as required.


A level Stubbs bowl scoop = 1.5kg (dry weight) approximately

Composition

Grass (meadow fescue & tall fescue), Sainfoin, Birdsfoot trefoil, Chicory

Nutrients

All products are natural and seasonal variations can occur, the packaging of each product will detail the typical analysis which is relevant to the batch/cut within the bag. Below are this product's specification ranges to give an indication of the seasonal variations that can occur for this product.

Specification Ranges

Crude Fat (Oil) % 2 - 4 %
Crude Ash % 5 - 8 %
Crude Protein % 8 - 15 %
Crude Fibre % 24 - 30 %
Sugar % 5 - 12 %
Starch % <7 %
Digestible Energy Medium 9 - 10 MJ/kg

Vitamins & Minerals

We do not add vitamins as the forages themselves have them naturally occurring, often in their precursor form, so the packaging of each forage product details average vitamin & mineral figures produced by the British Association of Green Crop Driers to give an indication of the levels found within Lucerne or Grass. However, Simple System undertakes mineral analysis every two years or when/if the source of the product is changed. Below are the most up to date figures specific to this product.

Major Minerals

Calcium % 0.87
Phosphorus % 0.29
Sodium % 0.04
Potassium % 2.12
Magnesium % 0.15
Chloride % 0.83
Sulphur % 0.19

Minor Minerals

Copper mg/kg 5
Manganese mg/kg 65
Zinc mg/kg 22
Iron mg/kg 246
Selenium mg/kg <0.09

''Having owned Oakey for 11 years feeding has always been difficult. Whether that was because he wouldn’t eat what he had been given, or he just wouldn’t hold weight, or I was having to feed him buckets and buckets!'' 

Danielle Noble, Simple System Customer

Miss Danielle Noble

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