WHAT I FEED MY HORSES AND WHY | HACKETT EQUINE VLOG

[@darrellmusson4348]

Very interesting about the spirulina, thank you for explaining. I will have to trial it on my horses as I have one who is also "bad in the windpipes" :)

[@emilylipsitz]

How many horses do you own?

[@KikiyaCockov]

The spirulina has totally worked on my horse's cough! Amazing!

[@brookecollins1221]

That's feed talk was very interesting ,you made such a true and great point about why they need certain things and things they don't need 👍

[@laurentead65]

Ooh my favorite training tool, the elbow pull! I used it on my mules all the time none of my horsie friends have figured out what a great tool it is. Love seeing you using it.

[@clarehigginbottom3098]

I first watched this video a year ago and have fed spirulina ever since, my mare has not scratched once and the hair has grown back on her tail, THANK YOU

[@gingercob_jax5970]

FINALLY! a horse person that actually thinks about what they are feeding, the volume, and the fact that horses aren't designed to eat sugar! like music to my ears. my cob gelding has heat related itch and I feed a stabilised linseed oil, but might try the spirilina

[@milana.hansen1252]

paused the video and bought spirulina for both me and the horses :'D great vlog!

[@yazy201]

OMG that coloured and the bay ponies you were teaching is fab and I agree are so cool.

[@emmahjerpe]

I have just found your channel here on YT. I love it!😍 always so full of energy and a lot of tips and usefull things to put in my everyday horseing 😁👌🏻 today for example, i bought Spirulina to my horses, because the pony i have always coughs one time when start trotting. Its a Shetland pony, so she is close to the dry and dusty ground 😜. Sorry for the terrible spelling. I am from sweden. And it was a long time ago i was in school 🙈

[@taylorjanejennings]

Watching this is so surreal, I used to be based at Harold’s Park, such a shame it’s closed down. Love your way of teaching and explaining things👏

[@olliethehorse2198]

I'd recommend checking forageplus out as grass and forage is actually very high in antagonistic minerals manganese and iron, which inhibits the absorption of copper and zinc, along with a lot of other minerals, and iron is very very bad for the horse - it is very rare for a horse to be deficient, and almost all are having too much every day. Forageplus has no fillers and is perfectly balanced to forage (they've done loads of mineral analyses from throughout the UK and have produced an average) I'm not sponsored or anything haha I'm just recommending this company to people as it's such a good company and you seem very passionate about feeds ☺️

[@kathybertone8837]

Great info! I'm in the States and assume I can get all over here. Thanks very much, especially about molasses. Makes perfect sense.

[@instinctivelyequine9683]

Great tip on the Spirulina, I've got a little cob who suffers with respiratory problems, she's on some herbs at the moment for it but not 100% they're doing much so certainly going to look into Spirulina instead :)

[@hackettequine2059]

Instinctively Equine I have found it really does help. Hope it can help your girl xx

[@catherineramiah5559]

Hey! Thank you for sharing...i have just bought my first horse and am learning so much every day. Your video is so useful on feeding :) Thank you! Good luck with everything!

[@sivanbee2648]

love your videos!! by far my favourite horsie youtube

[@Dojustdoandbe]

Thanks for your interesting videos. Your music volume however is much louder than your talking and it makes it uncomfortable to watch from an auditory point of view. Not sure if anyone else find this. It’s also more noticeable when casting to the tv but still not great on phone.

[@hackettequine2059]

Catherine Jane I am on the case your not the first person to say this x

[@Dojustdoandbe]

Hi your last video sound was fabulous.you do such a great job at filming yourself and everything though the videos. Really impressive. Thanks for all the effort as it’s been very enjoyable viewing.

[@edgeworldpictures6831]

My friend has been feeding her horses molasses. I've tried to say don't but on deaf ears. If I can finally convince her to stop is this a case of weening off molasses or cold turkey. Also, if you have your horse on your feeding routine do you also let them free graze good old fashioned grass. Cheers.

[@noelleursel7848]

Hey! Awesome video, I think you're definitely on the right track! But are any of your horses getting a complete vitamin & mineral? If I were to change anything about your feeding program, as I am an equine nutrition consultant here in Canada, it would be to add a vitamin and mineral. Long-term deficiencies of trace minerals and vitamins can cause a ton of problems down the road with energy levels, hoof and hair quality, immunity, etc. Even if you're feeding the right amount of a complete feed, I've found through many diet evaluations that they are not well fortified and sometimes barely reach requirements. If you really want to cut out sugar, you could easily just feed the chaff, some beet pulp, flax and a vitamin and mineral premix (and salt!) and you would be good to go. Anyone that needs extra calories, fat is your friend. I'd be happy to chat if you have any questions regarding nutrition :)

[@debrabish1494]

Love your feed program. I feed grass hay and in winter a tiny bit alfalfa esp to big older horse-than to big draft crosses beet pulp soaked with alfalfa pellets vitamens lysine tumeric magnesium-epsom salt some get msm and ground flax seed-will see if I can find the linseed flakes or grind it? and also spirilina-bet that's a pretty penny-would love to feed it-will look it up on amazon-I adore every video you make-so much fun-I work hard too!!!Debra I have a chiro needle guy who advises what to give-thus the magnesium-lysine-we are low in Oregon-wish i could get chaff America is a bit behind

[@alexortizz]

I know I am soo late to this video but I was wondering where you bought the neck stretcher shown at around 11:00

[@lauraallen3793]

Thank you for being a smart feeder! I also like making my own mixes instead of complete feeds. When it comes to flax seed, doesn't it lose its nutrition after 48 hours of being ground up? Is it true and how do you get around that?

[@KL-vu8jm]

What is chaff? What does it consist of? Also, are you feeding beet pulp in pellet form? I want to do a better job in nutrition and I’m very interested in this video. You are so well informed and I am very impressed. Thank you

[@BILALKHAN-ru2qh]

Great information about all things

[@lauraallen9434]

Is linseed the same as flax? We use daily ground flax seed for Omega 3 fats. Love it!

[@gillianlillis1984]

Great video, what is the benefit of speedibeet in winter? Is it just for more fibre as not as much good grass in winter? My horses are the same as yours feed wise, very basic (I feed the same dengie unmolassed chaff, one gets a basic stable mix with his and the other a lite balancer), never been sure if I should feed a beet pulp or not too? Both good doers, medium work x

[@fionabeale1623]

Great vlog. I’ve learnt a lot, going to try spirulina & linseed. Have a mare with ocpd so pleased to hear your comments regarding this. 😊

[@Twilightismylife93]

I absolutely adore these kinds of videos about what other people feed their horses and their nutrition. I am now considering Spirulina for my mare who has respiratory problems during the spring/summer months. (I recommended it to my mom too!) What is the stretchy leadrope looking thing you use for lunging called?

[@goatgirl5968]

Maybe you got an answer to your question already but I Googled lunging bungee and quite a few options came up. Sometimes called a neck stretcher also.

[@ainsleyelizabeth]

I have a bit of a kenco, and am very interested in the suprelina you are feeding! He's currently on hay, roughage and hemp hulls and proteins. I've found its the only thing that has maintained his weight with out adding energy or messing with his horomoes (he's a cryptorchid) I keep his feedings small and add more or less of the hemp protein depending on the season. I love your channel!

[@hackettequine2059]

amzn.to/2LCnfR5. here is the link for the spirulina that I use 😊 I would consult with your vet as u can't say either way if it will effect him positively or negatively

[@nicolaking5600]

Did you do a video on whisper? Would love to see.

[@SamanthaJayneBrown]

Hello!!! First time watch with your videos. I'm new to equine world and used to feed being soaked along side the chaff. I saw you didnt have soaked nuts and what's the difference and what would be more beneficial for the horse do you think? Thanks so much!

[@debrabish1494]

What are pony nuts-going to try soirilina on my hushey dog as she is itchy Thank you Debra

[@debrabish1494]

meant spirilina

[@lucymorganeq6050]

i feed dengie healthy hooves but the blue bag so think it has molasses, didnt realise it can build up etc so next time i might go molasses free! and mine gets a decent scoop of chaff, mini tub trug of pony nuts and water once a day x

[@hackettequine2059]

Lucy Morgan EQ hey, sounds like that might be a good idea. Molasses doesn’t really have a purpose in a horses diet. Other than if they are fussy. I find everything eats the molasses free variety really well though. X

[@lucymorganeq6050]

Hackett Equine thank you, I’m sure he’ll eat it he eats everything 😂xx

[@BILALKHAN-ru2qh]

It's really knowledgeable about feeding

[@alanagill8041]

I’m having to do a complete revamp of my lad’s diet as he has just had his first bout of laminitis despite me being mega careful :( With regards to the linseed would this cause any weight gain do you know? My lad is a very good doer but he has a bit of a scurfy coat and I’d like to give him something that helps him to get the best out of his feed, but something that won’t hot him up or cause him to pile on the pounds x

[@olliethehorse2198]

Linseed is known to cause weight gain, however if he's in exercise/unrugged etc, he should be fine ☺️

[@MissSonicexH]

Excellent video thank you

[@eslemdourali5134]

Hello what linseed do you use i live in Greece on an island and here is so difficult to get stuff 😊

[@madison3425]

love the olivia towers reference 😂

[@peterthehorse8204]

Very informative !! Thank you

[@leilawitherspoon503]

and how do you determined to have your horse out in the field during the day or at night ?

[@elliebrown7057]

What would you recommend feeding a 6 year old thoroughbred cross Connemara, she doesn’t actually have any hard food just hay and grass. I’m learning to ride so she doesn’t do work hard work just light schooling for 30 mins every other day, sometimes hack. Thanks x

[@olliethehorse2198]

A chaff such as Thunderbrooks healthy herbal chaff would be good, and forageplus balancers are very good for everything too, albeit rather expensive. The linseed is essential throughout winter.

[@leilawitherspoon503]

I have a question so I've seen this KZbinr feed the horses three times a day and I was wondering should you only feed your horses twice a day and let them eat grass in the afternoon ?

[@hbond846]

Where did you get the linseed from? :)

[@hackettequine2059]

Clockwork Gizmo my local feed shop. It’s the Charnwood full day micronised linseed 😊

[@hbond846]

Hackett Equine thank you😊

[@kylkinger]

My poor horse has heaves, and its really difficult for her to breathe a lot of the time. Im definitely going to look into Spirulina for her. She seems to maybe improve on some herbal medicine, but Im not 100% sure yet. It's so difficult to tell. I live on the prairies in Canada, so theres a lot of dust being kicked up during spring and harvest. Thank you so much for the information!

[@hackettequine2059]

Amanda T I’m sorry to hear that. I hope the spirulina can help her, although it tends to be better for anti histamine purposes but really worth a try 😊

[@KMLequestrian]

Do you use a calmer for Kenco or any of your other horses? Whats your opinion on them? x

[@hackettequine2059]

katiemelissax I don’t use a calmer no, I have tried a few and to not much effect with her. She’s very hot blooded I think. It’s a tough one as every horse is very different. I think the training can help the body more than a calmer 😊

[@danielledennis5423]

Have you used the Spirulina on any horses that are prone to ulcers? Always cautious on what I add to her feed because of this, incase it causes issues xx

[@hackettequine2059]

Danielle Dennis I have had Kenco on it for a long while and she previously had the start of ulcers. It’s great for helping them balance their ph in their gut so for me it can only be a positive thing 😊 I would certainly consult your vet though. Can’t be too careful

[@lyndsaymaxwell3943]

I was looking into adding linseed to my horses feed was going to go down the root of linseed oil but the micronised linseed seem better, so zeta is 19 turning 20 this year, she’s a bit fat so trying to get it off her but that’s the reason I’ve held off adding it as I wasn’t sure if it would add more weight 😅 she doesn’t have a lot of Energy she uses most of her energy being an idiot in our warm up to get out of work 😂, any advise? At the moment she’s on Alfa-a beet, chaff, a normal pony nut mix and a turmeric & pepper supplement( that’s got loads of natural ingredients) to help her multi joint arthritis. Sorry for the huge paragraph 😂!

[@hackettequine2059]

Lyndsay Maxwell the linseed will add weight yes. I don’t know what’s in the mix that you feed but maybe think of simplifying her feed and working from there. Sounds like it will be training that will help her be better in the warm up rather than her feed. Happy to discuss this more if you want. Drop me a message on Facebook. @mirihackett 😊

[@hollycrompton-nagy6267]

How much spirulina do you feed per horse?

[@megblakex]

Wow that was so interesting!! My loan pony coughs when i ride the first trot when i go into it usually. Some of the treats I use (donkey donuts) have molasses in it but i only ever feed one after i ride (3 days a week) is that still ok or do i need to cut it down? xxx

[@olliethehorse2198]

Donkey donuts are very high in sugar and not the best nutritional source. I'd recommend cutting down as they don't have many nutritional benefits and the icing and molasses are very high in sugar

[@Hunterjumper891]

Would love to know what brand of spirulina you use!

[@hackettequine2059]

itsmillertime I buy one from amazon by sevenhills it’s organic 😊

[@desiraebecher8231]

Please list where you got these from and if they don't have links at least tell us or recommend places that have them, I tried buying the spirulina for my horses but I can only find small things of them and seeing as I have 6 horses i would go through it very fast.

[@hackettequine2059]

Desirae Becher Amazon is the best place for spirulina. I buy 1/2kg at a time so it last a while as you only feed 30g per day per horse. And the linseed I use is Charnwood I’m sure your local feed merchant will be able to source it for you x

[@desiraebecher8231]

@@hackettequine2059 Thank you, I will definitely try searching there

[@2disturbed4most]

I love your vids

[@horsemadz1577]

Just a quick question about the spirulina. Is it ok to feed a spirulina powder that's meant for human intake or do I need to get one specifically for horses? Thanks :)

[@edgeworldpictures6831]

Hi @ 18:30 more info on Spirulina. From Amazon - human grade - organic.

[@Peacetoself]

Whats a heating feed exactly?

[@KL-vu8jm]

What is sugar beet and “nuts”?

[@myequinelife6447]

What is wrong with the skewbalds leg? Just found your channel!!

[@Twilightismylife93]

Strained Check Ligament. she talks about it in another video

[@snuggles7698]

HI my horse is on low sugar and starch as he is laminitic so can I feed spirulina?

[@olliethehorse2198]

Yes! It is so good for all horses, especially laminitics ☺️

[@The3canines]

Question from an American? :-) What are "pony nuts?" Thanks! Interesting, as usual. :-)

[@elliehodgson3876]

i guess they’re a bit like what you would call grain x

[@theluckyequestrian]

It basic grain and it cheap to feed.

[@TeriFelixREBroker]

Perhaps you could link your amazon purchases .. that way we can be sure to buy the right stuff (and you can make the affiliate commission). Thanks in advance!

[@hackettequine2059]

Teri Felix is this simple to do?

[@TeriFelixREBroker]

Yes Miri .. you will need to set yourself up as an Amazon affiliate (there is a drop down box) .. then you link the products you talk about in your videos, and it will send everyone to Amazon .. anything we buy, you will get a small commission. It all adds up! And we would all love to support you.

[@TeriFelixREBroker]

Hackett Equine you should link all the goodies you buy on Amazon .. ANYTHING .. like for example, I love your boots, even if you didn’t get them on Amazon, find some that are equivalent that you would suggest. Please keep the great videos coming ...

[@hackettequine2059]

amzn.to/2LCnfR5. here is the link for the spirulina that I use 😊 I did it!!! Im so proud of myself I hope you are too 😂

[@TeriFelixREBroker]

Hackett Equine yay! But darn .. it says it won’t ship to the US. I will try to find a compatible one and let you know. I bought some but it came in pellets. I will look for powder.

[@keirariseborough2912]

ahh, i’d love to have a lesson from you but i think i’m too far away :(

[@hackettequine2059]

keira riseborough where are you based?

[@keirariseborough2912]

Hackett Equine i live in South Norfolk ! x

[@Lugimoo]

Anyone in the US have luck finding micronised linseed? I can't seem to find any place that sells in the states.

[@colleen867]

I think in the us it is more commonly called flaxseed. I buy a stabilized ground flax from triple crown at my local feed store, and one of my barn mates buys one off of a bulk order type website. You just want to make sure it is stabilized and ground 🙂

[@aliceseverina106]

are sugar cubs okay for treats?

[@hackettequine2059]

Alice Severina avoid sugar best as you can. I knew a horse that’s teeth fell out after a few years of being fed sugar cubes. So maybe avoid them x

[@platinumeliteKing]

Can you feed a horse a few pieces of Popeyes's Chicken? I mean would it hurt them....? Why can't a horse eat fast food and eat grass for everything else?

[@fififloyd]

My mare went nuts on the same linseed, but she has done well over the last winter on Healthy Hooves and a bit of Fast Fibre.

[@hackettequine2059]

Sarah Matthews oh really each horse is so different I haven’t found that with any of mine. Doesn’t fast fibre contain linseed? X

[@fififloyd]

@@hackettequine2059 Yes it does but my Daughter bought a bag like yours and after a few days she was rushing, like she was missing out or had to be wherever NOW. She is a very loving horse, she is a full Trotter, not had any schooling, just jumped on and hacked out etc. She is 11, so trying to re-school her is great fun!! Her previous loaner treated her quite badly and she was very thin as she let's say couldn't be bothered and hence she has done well this last winter. I have her on permanent loan, along with one of her stable mates, who is shall we say special. He was gelded the cheap way, so anaesthetic used, then taken to London to drive.He is a work in very slow progress lol.

[@stephaniespalmer]

What the heck are pony nuts?!

[@poll2dock]

Pre ground linseed is worthless Must be ground fresh at each feeding