Adding hot water to feed

[wiggys_88]

was just wondering if anybody adds hot water to their horses feeds, and if so what food do you feed

 

[PolarSkye]

was just wondering if anybody adds hot water to their horses feeds, and if so what food do you feed

I do . . . I soak GD's Speedibeet in hot water b/c it absorbs faster. I don't add the rest of his feed (Alfa A Molasses Free and Blue Chip) until it has cooled down a bit though.

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[Skyebald]

I use hot water to soak fast fibre, prepare it at home just before I leave so by the time they eat it its still warm but not hot

 

[YasandCrystal]

Mine all get warm feeds. I feed Pure Feeds and Speedibeet.

 

[Enfys]

I soak their feeds with hot water. They make faces if feed is served cold.

 

[flirtygerty]

I dampen feeds with warm water and marmite, they will drink just marmite and water

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I use hot water on

Hay
hard feed
ready grass. Only my boy not the others they have cold water as per normal.

 

[fizzer]

Hot water to fast fibre with Pure Fibre Balance

 

[PennyJ]

I used hot water to mix/wet the feeds this morning, normally they just get cold water (but that was frozen this morning). It was so cold that I felt a bit sorry for them...

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Well at the moment Im needing boiling water to get rid of the ice in his VV thats left over night to soak ( yes I know hot makes it swell quicker but I dont leave stuff to chance ) Its brick hard when i go to feed it so it needs thawed out.

Hes getting spillers conditioning chaff, Veteran Vitality hoof and joint supps twice a day. Scoop of the chaff and scoop of the VV soaked.

 

[dancingkris]

I've been feeding my boys hot teas all week this week whilst its been so cold. Hot speedi beet smells good enough to eat myself!!

 

[Rose Folly]

Ours have hot water poured over their feed in this weather, as the sugar beet is frequently frozen into the bucket.

Their feed consists of cool mix, sugar beet, and Aldwyck Pure Grass + their biotin and, in my mare's case< Pro-Laminitic. They love their food warm and breathe in the aroma. I also slow cook my own linseed, which makes a gorgeous gooey warm spread.

 

[maccachic]

Only downside to hot water is some vits / mins are destroyed by heat, so nutritional value may decrease.

 

[Elsiecat]

Mine are having hot brekkies and warm teas at the moment.
They're just on some chaff, some high-fibre course mix and conditioning cubes. Obviously adjusted to size and what they need feed for.

Smells delicious