Hi all. Have two metabolic ponies. I need to get both hay and grass analyzed.
Where do you have your testing done and re care of metabolic horses, what testing do you have done?
thanks,
J
I’m not in New England but I use Equi-Analytical. They’re located in New York and you just mail the samples to them. I normally use the (601) Equi-tech test
Yup, equi-analytical. They’re great!
601 is the one I was looking at, but then saw 644 (carb pak)
Is 601 adequate re wanting to know carb type and so forth?
It gives: WSC, ESC, Starch, and NFC. I have an IR horse and have been using this one for 6 or 7 years.
They’ll send you a kit for sending your sample in including a self addressed prepaid envelope.
Did you check with U Mass Amherst? They do soil samples and I wonder if they’ll offer this service. They have a large agriculture college and I would start there.
I live in New England and also use Equi-Analytical. One year I did have my feed rep run one for me, but I’m so fickle with what I feed I feel guilty about doing that.
The turn around time at EA has always been quick for me this time of the year, once they get it. I just mailed mine on Thursday, can’t wait to see the results.
Totally agree! I’m mailing a couple on Monday and can’t wait to see. It’s like Christmas! :lol:
Another plus with Equi-Analytical is the result loads directly into FeedXL, no need to wait for the peeps on the backend to manually enter. Handy if you’re interested in using FeedXL!
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What do you all test?
Has anyone tested pasture at different times of day?
I test hay. Pasture is way too variable depending on temp, season, time, location, etc etc etc for me to feel there is any value in testing. YMMV.
Right … Which is why I want to test … See the difference based on season, time of day etc. Take samples at different times. Cutting a various times including for hay will be a factor.
