Myluca Farms

03/09/2023

Took some timeout to shine up the beasties today 💖😘

03/02/2023

SOAK YOUR BEET PULP

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This pile of beet pulp came out of a horses esophagus.

Dr. Paton, after having seen several beet pulp chokes in the last two days, felt a reminder is in order.

Beet pulp can be an excellent feed for horses. It is an energy-rich source of digestible fiber. However, it MUST be thoroughly soaked and wet when fed.

Dry beet pulp pellets can easily lodge in the esophagus , quickly swelling and causing choke. This is not like human choke , the airway is not blocked , the horse is able to breathe. Almost every case of choke that we see was caused by the pellets not being adequately soaked or horses breaking into the feed room and gaining access to the dry pellets.

Anatomical problems, such as poor dentition and abnormal esophagus anatomy, can also predispose a horse to choking.

Chokes can predispose horses to aspiration pneumonia, which is caused by feed material going down the trachea and into the lungs. This foreign material in the lungs can cause the horse to develop a secondary bacterial infection.

Finally, a common cause of choke is poor dentition leading to inadequate chewing; be sure to schedule a thorough dental exam following a choking episode.

Chokes are common equine emergencies with potentially serious consequences. Call your veterinarian as soon as you notice signs of choke.

02/26/2023

I have thought this very thing 🤔 I guess I was onto something.

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We often hear that removing equines from grass is unnatural, but the problem is that unlike the meadow pictured here, which is full of a huge variety of grasses and other plants/ vegetation, most pastures/ meadows are very monocultured or at best containing just five modern species of grasses, all of which have been cultivated for the use of putting on weight or milk production, the incidence of laminitis and foot rot in modern farming livestock is appalling and it is absolutely rife now in the equine industry.
With meadows that are full of variety of flora you have a huge range of root systems that go to different levels in the substrates and give a wider variety of bit/ minerals.
So if you want grazing for your equine then make sure that you are not subjecting them to modern limited species grazing which will make them ill.
If you have no choice then you have to make sure that they move enough, which means generally far more movement than you think, so that they use up the excess energy gained from the grazing they are exposed to.

02/05/2023

It was a beautiful warm morning here in the boo. The crue just soaking up the sun 😎

01/22/2023

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01/15/2023

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01/03/2023

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12/30/2022

I can't tell you how many times I have heard these excuses. If you own them look after them.

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12/27/2022

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MYTH - A horse gets his minerals from the trace mineral block.

FACT - Most trace mineral blocks are 95 to 98% salt. That means less than 5% of the block contains trace minerals. It is difficult for a horse to physically consume enough of a trace mineral block each day to meet trace mineral requirements. Horse owners may be better off to supply a plain white salt block and rely on a commercially fortified feed or supplement to supply trace minerals in adequate amounts for horses.

12/14/2022

Happy International Horse Day!!! My loves 🥰

11/29/2022

New LOGO with big plans!!!