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+3Bay-Lee oldladynewhorse rude 7 posters |
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rude
Posts : 227 Join date : 2009-04-08
| Subject: Anyone feed kelp Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:45 am | |
| Want to add some kelp to my horses diet as this is a natural vit mineral mix but not familiar with brands or prices...any suggestions? | |
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oldladynewhorse Mod
Posts : 487 Join date : 2010-04-14 Age : 63 Location : Jacksonville, New Brunswick
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:36 pm | |
| I used to feed "Source" to my mare. It is expensive but the results were amazing. I now feed "SeaBlend" same results with her coat and well being. It is made in Nova Scotia and is cheaper than Source. I would recommend it. It has extra selenium that out soils are missing here in N.B. Just takes a tablespoon per day. There is a website: SeaBoost.ca. | |
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rude
Posts : 227 Join date : 2009-04-08
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:19 pm | |
| thank you...will go check out the website..
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:40 am | |
| Miramachi Feeds carries it Rude.. | |
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rude
Posts : 227 Join date : 2009-04-08
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:09 am | |
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Hug a Horse Farm
Posts : 70 Join date : 2011-09-21
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:42 pm | |
| I buy kelp meal from Co-op and feed it free choice. horses that haven't seen it before might take a while to eat it, OR might eat a bucket full a day for the first week LOL ... cause they are missing something! they soon level out to ta nibble here and there daily.
just a note - SeaBlend has an irrelevantly small amount of selenium. | |
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rude
Posts : 227 Join date : 2009-04-08
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:12 pm | |
| - Hug a Horse Farm wrote:
just a note - SeaBlend has an irrelevantly small amount of selenium. I know I'm a little dissapointed about that as I wanted him to have it free choice but I don't dare call our co-op as they don't know if there coming or going :( | |
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:16 pm | |
| Hug a horse:..what's the Selenium content in your brand.?
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:18 pm | |
| Rude, doesn't Clavets minerals have Selenium added?.. | |
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:43 pm | |
| Rude, I will be going to the COOP shortly, I'm looking into changing Bay Lees feed to a senior feed.I could check out what they have for Kelp. | |
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rude
Posts : 227 Join date : 2009-04-08
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:59 pm | |
| - Bay-Lee wrote:
- Rude, I will be going to the COOP shortly, I'm looking into changing Bay Lees feed to a senior feed.I could check out what they have for Kelp.
please do...thanks ..and if ever they don't have what you want and you go to Miramichi feeds..let me know I'd like to see what else they have ;) | |
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rude
Posts : 227 Join date : 2009-04-08
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:00 pm | |
| - Bay-Lee wrote:
- Rude, doesn't Clavets minerals have Selenium added?..
yes they do..you can't feed it free choice and Clavette isn't selling it anymore | |
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:51 pm | |
| I went to check out the kelp at a feed store today, and I left with this instead, I was told to feed 2 tbls a day, what are everyones thoughts on this product....I dont mean to high jack your post Rude.. :) | |
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willowsfriend
Posts : 95 Join date : 2011-11-14 Location : Hants County
| Subject: kelp Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:30 am | |
| The Kelp meal we feed comes from the Coop in Brooklyn but it doesn't have added Selenium. Tidal Organics Inc. from Yarmouth makes it. We give 1/4 a day sprinkled over their F&F, soy beans & vitamins. I'm looking to add Selenium though, thanks for adding that pic of the Kelp with it. Will look at that.
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Hug a Horse Farm
Posts : 70 Join date : 2011-09-21
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:39 pm | |
| the selenium in kelp is what's there naturally. Kelp meal is simply dried kelp ground up and bagged. LOTS of micro-nutrients that many fields are depleted of. That mineral mix has WAY TOO MUCH IRON! The other mineral levels are not too bad BUT you never know if you need them at that balance or not AND the iron levels create an ADDED NEED for more copper and zinc and throw the balances way out of whack. So it doesn't work for horses. (extra iron blocks the uptake of copper and zinc) ANY product with selenium CAN NEVER be fed free choice!!!! Selenium is toxic above needed amounts. Horses need 2mg/day. Feed supplements don't have enough selenium so you can't overdose your horse. But then you don't get enough. I went to buying my minerals separately and doing a custom mix. It's all in another thread on here somewhere. | |
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:01 pm | |
| I will call the vet Monday to ask him about the iron content..He made this mineral mix based on our lack of nutrients in our soil here in northern NB.I dont want a product to which I can feed free choice...I would rather feed it at meal time...
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rude
Posts : 227 Join date : 2009-04-08
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:08 pm | |
| - Bay-Lee wrote:
- I will call the vet Monday to ask him about the iron content..He made this mineral mix based on our lack of nutrients in our soil here in northern NB.
let us know... | |
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:11 pm | |
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Barefoot_Horsegirl
Posts : 643 Join date : 2009-04-03 Age : 40
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:05 am | |
| Really though, unless you're testing your hay there is no way to know if this mineral mix is good or bad. Mineral values can differ from hay cut in the same field from one year to the next. A hay test is fairly cheap, less than $100 and to get setup with the individual minerals that you would feed (in meal form, not free choice) is fairly inexpensive as well.
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Bay-Lee
Posts : 580 Join date : 2009-03-30
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:27 am | |
| It's a complete waist of money having my hay tested, my round bales come from different fields...different fields, different soil..,So, I really have to shoot in the dark when it comes to minerals....He is doing great on those minerals, he was getting the same stuff made by a different vet..he has been on them since last winter... | |
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Barefoot_Horsegirl
Posts : 643 Join date : 2009-04-03 Age : 40
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:34 am | |
| If you took a sample from many different bales it would give you a rough idea. Do you get all your hay from the same guy? | |
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~TC~
Posts : 320 Join date : 2009-04-02 Age : 48 Location : the Pool... *splish splash*
| Subject: Re: Anyone feed kelp Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:30 pm | |
| I agree about the iron...our soils in NS and PEI are known to be very high in it... adding more will just block out your copper and Magnesium etc.
High iron is known to cause mud fever, rain rot and other skin issues. Which makes sense for our area.. We hear about this problem all the time.
I tested my pasture and balanced accordingly... Will do the same for my hay. I have one supplier but different fields. I will just go to where he stores it and get an average of all his bales there... It's Better then nothing. :) | |
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