When summer temperatures soar, horse owners must take extra care to keep their animals healthy and comfortable. One area that’s often overlooked in hot weather horse care is forage and in particular hay. While hay is a staple of every horse’s diet, the way it’s prepared and fed can have a significant impact on respiratory
How to support respiratory health naturally Prevention is always better than a cure they say, and this can be a real game changer when it comes to your horse’s respiratory system. Whether the concern is winter coughs, viruses, infections, allergies to bedding or forage when stabled, spring or summer allergies caused by environmental pollution, tree
We were very excited for Chloe Drakely from the University of Derby to use one of our Simply Steam Hay Steamers to carry out her dissertation on Do Horses Have a Preference Over the Way Wet Hay is Prepared? and have taken all of the key information from the study to read below. Compared to wild horses domesticated horses
A vast majority of our customers use the Simply Steam all year round but we do also have plenty of customers who have a break over summer while horses are in their stables a bit less. The way you put your steamer away is vital to ensuring it’ll be happy when it comes to using
Simply Steam Troubleshooting information. Q) My steam generator gets to temperature and then stops boiling. A) The Steam generator needs to be descaled, if the steam generator isn’t turning on at all then leave the descaling solution to soak overnight then try to turn on in the morning. Even if you have been regularly descaling
Hay Steamer Winter Care Advice This advice only needs to be followed in freezing conditions Make sure that the steam generator, hose and black box have been emptied of all water. ·Wherever possible bring the Hay Steamer into somewhere warmer where it can’t freeze. Can you put a small heater into a tack room? Is
A question we are often asked is why shouldn’t we just make our own hay steamer? Its simple all you need is a box and a steamer? I thought I would give you some more background on the Simply Steam and how we came to our current design. The box Finding the right box was
Why Steam your horses hay? Firstly when you are steaming your hay the hay retains the goodness of minerals, vitamins and nutrients that are often lost by soaking hay. The Mineral, Vitamin and nutrient content will also vary greatly between different bales of hay, this will vary depending on the time of year it was
