Respiratory disease in horses - No cough, no worries? Don't believe it!
It’s easy to believe your horse never coughs just because you never hear it cough, but does that mean it never coughs? How much time do you really spend with your horse—an hour a day or more? Most ...
Hay Steaming - The Solution for Your Allergic Horses
What does a Hay Steamer do? Destroys fungal spores, mites, and bacteria in hay Produces proven healthy, hygienic, nutritious hay Creates hay free from airborne dust particles Helps to sustainably ...
Electrical Requirements for the Safe Use of a Steam Generator
The steam generator requires a constant power output of at least 2.7kW. Similar to your home washing machine, there should be a dedicated circuit with a safety switch for this. If these requirement...
Hay Steamer? Oh, I'll just build one myself!
Hay Steamer? Oh, I'll just build one myself! The DIY version, made from a rain barrel, a bicycle basket, and the trusty old Kärcher, is certainly the cheaper solution. But what does it really produ...
The Eternal Comparison – Soaking vs. Steaming
Did you know that: ... "soaking hay" increases the bacteria count by 150% in just 10 minutes? ... more than one in six horses suffer from a performance-reducing respiratory disease? ... an astonis...
Hay Steaming – Clean Hay Means Healthier Horses
Clean Hay Means Healthier Horses That’s Healthy Horse Sense Forage is the Basis of Horse Feeding A key component of every horse's feed ration is crude fiber. Grass and preserved forage such as hay ...
Did you know THIS about horse?
Horses have been roaming the earth for a surprisingly long time, in fact, the earliest horse is estimated to have lived 55 million years ago and was about the size of a Labrador. Based on eviden...
Why you should be steaming your horse's hay
Steaming hay is an effective way to reduce the amount of dust, mould, and other harmful particles that can be present in hay. Horses that have respiratory issues such as allergies or asthma, which ...
Feeding hay and haylage to horses outside in winter can be a costly exercise. Horses outwintered consume 2 to 2.5% of their body weight in hay per day. This means a 500kg horse will consume around ...