Description
Providing a variety of forages to support the gut microbiome is beneficial to our horses. To increase diversity in the diet, we suggest feeding different forage types for your pellet, chop and balancer. An example Feed Plan suitable for most horses would be: Sainfoin Pellets (sainfoin), Perform & Shine (Cocksfoot and Timothy grass) and Simple Balance + (lucerne).
For those requiring a condition boost, TopGain can be added to increase calorie density. For older horses those with diastemas, or poor dentition, substitute Perform & Shine with Blue Bag Grass Pellets.
Meadow Forage Pellets are a nutritious blend of easily digested forages, grown together, to increase variety in the diet.
Created to support a wide range of beneficial gut microbes for optimum gut health, aiding condition and performance.
Meadow Forage Pellets contain five species of forage, all specifically chosen to add value and variety to your horse’s diet. The ingredients are grown together in a mixed ley, supporting sustainable UK farming.
Brand
Simple Systems
Feeding Rate
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.
Ingredients
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 % | 25 – 30 | % | |
| Sugar % | 5 – 12 | % | |
| Starch % | <6 | % | |
| 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 |
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