The American Association of Equine Practitioners recommends using the acronym ACCLAIM to help you evaluate supplement labels. Further rinsing (optional) of the hay before feeding will get rid of any of the remaining sugary water. Practical Horseman Magazine on Instagram: "In honor of Practical Horseman's 50th anniversary, we're sharing some of our favorite tips from over the past five decades. we put the slices in hay nets and dunk them in a big tub and turn the hose on for a minute or two before carrying over to field to distribute.

If the NSC of your hay exceeds 12%, soaking it in cold water for 30 minutes prior to feeding will lower the sugar content. But rest assured that there is NO NEED to get soaking wet, cold or strain yourself lifting heavy wet hay. It is my eager longing and hope that in no way will I be ashamed; instead, I hope that even now, as always, with all boldness Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. Executive non-profit leader leveraging diverse professional experience in marketing, sales, government affairs and grassroots organizing to identify unique opportunities for team-building and driving successful outcomes.

Only soaking for a period of an hour or more does this, by giving at least some of the sugar content time to dissolve in the water and be poured away. But some proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not out of pure motives, thinking to stir up even more suffering for me in my chains.

I then put another bucket/bin over the haynet (so upside down) to keep the steam in then hay presto, lovely steamed hay. The only practical way, for the ordinary horse owner, of reducing the sugar to safe levels is to make the effort to soak the hay for a few hours, which without a doubt requires a degree in ingenuity to perform without getting - at the very least - wet feet. The colour of the water is due to pigments leaching out of the hay and bears no relationship to the amount of sugar leached out. Each horse gets his/her ration on the clean stall floor, and it's sprayed a bit just for the extra moisture and to lower the dust levels.I think we've cracked it, one of the ponies started with a cough when the weather turned cold, it went on for a few weeks and we started soaking his haynets in a water butt for an hour or two then hanging them out to drain. If I am to live in the flesh, this would mean fruitful work for me; so what I would choose, I don’t know.

Soaking’ is different to ‘wetting’ the hay to get rid of dust or ‘steaming’ which is a sterilizing process for horses with respiratory problems. i'd say 12 hours, but change the water to get the most sugars out as the concentration inside the hay = concentration in water (osmosis) when it has diffused out as much as possible, so if you reduce the hay sugar, then change the water again, even more sugar will diffuse out down the concentration gradient. The coughing chap is coughing no more, he snuffles into his banquet of sweet smelling warm hay with glee.Chamomile’s naturally heady, sweet and soothing aroma is just perfect if you’re feeling a little on edge or worried by something. Tip the trug on its side till most of the water is out then roll it onto your foot and kick it upside down! Since Trooper was going to require his hay soaked for the long term, Lee (Dad) was recruited to help find an easy way to soak hay for his grandhorsie. Hay expands as it soaks, and a heavy item will cause the hay to become too compressed within the container. Always make sure you soak in loads of water ideally only 2 small nets per bath full, otherwise the concentration of sugars in the soaking water will be too high.