Pre-bagging feed

[Pink Gorilla]

My horse is going to my instructor's for a few days and I need to pre-bag his feed, as the rest of the feed sacks need to remain at home with my other horses. Anyway, he usually has magnesium and salt in his feed. Is this able to be pre-bagged too, or is it likely to go hard or congealed weirdly?

 

[Red-1]

I do it when I go to camp and it has always been fine.

 

[criso]

For supplements, I make up each day's in a little plastic pot for the yard to add each day however there is some concerns around salt degrading mineral so you may want that separately.

The feeds there are two options. Either make up each day's in a plastic bag, if you do that you could add the magnesium so just the salt to add.

Option 2 is premix all the feeds on a sack, then they add the number of scoops to each bowl and the supplements

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

It should be fine I make up my horses feeds in sandwich bags including salt and magnesium when I go on holiday, then it just gets tipped into the bowl and the sugar beet is added when they are fed.

 

[MereChristmas]

I remember reading that salt degrades other supplements but I can’t find the article.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I remember reading that salt degrades other supplements but I can’t find the article.

It does but i would think it would take weeks to affect the other supplements.

 

[dorsetladette]

Could you bag the feeds up minus the salt and send the salt separately to be added before feeding?

unless you feed really heavily molasses covered feed I doubt the magnesium would congeal as there won't be moisture in the bag.

 

[SantaVera]

Salt and magnesium are minerals so won't degrade like vitamins. I'd add the relevant dose to the feed.

 

[lizziebell]

If in doubt add the salt, then the feed, then the other supplements last so it’s layered before closing the bag and refrain from shaking it about too much. It’ll be fine.

 

[Pink Gorilla]

If in doubt add the salt, then the feed, then the other supplements last so it’s layered before closing the bag and refrain from shaking it about too much. It’ll be fine.

Yes great idea! I just thought this too after other posters saying about salt degrading other supplements.