Simple systems - feeding

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Hello all

Just wondering if anyone has had any experiance of feeding simple systems feeds.

I like their ethos of Fiber fiber fiber and have been told that their products are quite cost effective plus they deliver to your yard.

I have a 17 year old mare and a 5 month old colt to feed both good doers and mare has had Lami before but goes barefoot so I pick up any sensativity quickly. They are currently out 24/7 get good quality hay and HiFi light with D&H Mare and youngstock mix, obviously once he is weaned they will both have different requirements from there feed. I want to give him the best start in life.

I'd be interested if anyone had seen benefits of changing from mainstream feeds. They seem to be able to meet the demands of my 2.
 
I'm also looking into Simple Systems - I found a lady who used to own my mare who actually works for Simple Systems and said it made a massive difference to my girl when she swapped onto it, and like you say from the looks of it it isn't expensive. I'll be watching this post with interest!
 
Hi. We have quite a few people on our yard who use Simple Systems. They use everything from Lucicobs to Lucistalks and many of the suplements. I have a very good doer and have her of the lucistalks and nothing else, except garlic and benivit. I find it suits her as she can live on fresh air!! :)! I had my gelding on the same for a time but he dropped weight so changed him to their Greengold Chaff and blue bag grass nuts. He is doing well on these. I do find the lucistalks can be a bit dusty sometimes though.

Hope this helps :)
 
Some of their feed looks pricey but a lot of it has to be soaked and thus swells up to 4 or 5 times it's original size so it does last a long time. Because it's forage-type feed you can feed more, I think the idea is that you fill a trug and your horse can "graze" from it but no-one told my boys that, they see a feed bucket and chomp until it's all gone!

Their Purabeet swells up much more than Speedibeet or Kwikbeet so is good value for money too....
 
I have used simple systems for years and can highly recommend it. The one common experience is that you do not need to feed the recommended amounts!! You will need to work it out in respect of each horse and what their appetite is. I find the quantities a problem in the summer as the horses are out 24/7, in the winter you can leave it in their stable overnight.

I have an elderley haflinger who has been diagnosed as having a degree of mal-absorption and although semi retired needs to be fed like a performance horse. I feed him lucie nuts with sugar beat (unmolassed) with micronised linseed and garlic. The one expensive element of SS is the eclipse, made up of linseed, brewers yeast and seaweed. You can find your own alternatives. Linseed is expensive too so I get that from Charnwood Milling.

They are good at offering advice too.
 
I never quite understand the reasoning behind 'it swells up a lot so lasts a long time' unless you are just feeding a token amount to a good doer in which case you may want the horse/pony to think that it is getting more feed than it really is. However, if you are feeding to maintain condition, whether a feed swells up or not doesn't make any difference to the overall calorie count!
 
dianeholmes said:
I have used simple systems for years and can highly recommend it. The one common experience is that you do not need to feed the recommended amounts!! You will need to work it out in respect of each horse and what their appetite is. I find the quantities a problem in the summer as the horses are out 24/7, in the winter you can leave it in their stable overnight.

The one expensive element of SS is the eclipse, made up of linseed, brewers yeast and seaweed. You can find your own alternatives. Linseed is expensive too so I get that from Charnwood Milling.

They are good at offering advice too.
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Agree. Good stuff, mine thrive on it and in far far smaller quantities than recommended.
 
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