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Winter Feeding
The nights are starting to draw in, days are getting shorter and it’s time to start thinking about what to feed your horse or pony over winter.
One of the main considerations in winter is maintaining a high fibre diet, this can sometimes be challenging with grass in limited supply and daylight hours reduced. It is still vitally important however to maintain a constant ‘trickle feed’ of fibre as this is how the horse’s digestive system has evolved to operate and leaving it without a supply of fibre for long periods can cause digestive upsets such as ulcers and colic and even stable vices such as crib-biting and wind sucking.
Horses and ponies that are good doers still require the essential daily vitamins, minerals and nutrients for optimal digestive health and correct gut functioning. This is why feeding a superior quality feed balancer can solve this problem. Blue
Chip feed balancers are nutrient dense and are therefore fed in small quantities. Mixes or nuts can often be reduced by half the manufacturers recommended amounts, and you can rest assured that your horse is getting a balanced diet.
Blue Chip Original is the perfect feed balancers for horses and ponies in light work, youngsters and breeding stock. Original contains an EU approved probiotic that has been proven to double the digestibility of fibre, meaning your horse or pony will get twice as much out of the fibre in their diet, which will be invaluable this year where good quality hay and haylage may be at a premium. Original, as with all the balancers in the Blue Chip range, contains a complete hoof and respiratory package, alleviating the need to feed additional supplements.
For veterans or those who struggle to maintain condition throughout winter feed Blue Chip Pro which has an elevated level of vitamins and minerals and as well as the EU approved probiotic, and a MOS prebiotic which removes pathogenic bacteria from the hind gut and encourages the beneficial bacteria to thrive. Pro also contains a blood building formula to aid oxygen transportation, essential for hard working horses and ponies.
If you have a good doer or laminitic, Blue Chip Lami-light is the ideal way to ensure they still get a balanced diet without the
worry of unwanted weight gain.
All Blue Chip balancers contain the revolutionary ingredients Nucleotides, nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and RNA and are found naturally in the diet, however at low levels. Adding a purified form of Nucleotides which are included in Blue Chip balancers can aid digestion and nutrient absorption, as well as muscle recovery, immunity and stamina.
To ensure your horse or pony remains fit and healthy with a nutritionally balanced diet this winter and making the most from the fibre in their diet, feed them a Blue Chip balancer for complete peace of mind.
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