THE HI FORM BLOG
Honest writing about equine nutrition — the education, not the sales pitch.
Everything we know about feeding horses, written the way we'd say it at the yard.
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I am from the North, so I guess that it is intrinsic in my bones to be forthright, upfront and say it how I see it. Not comfortable for many people, I have been known to cause upset by being honest...
Are you overfeeding supplements to your horse?
Are you overfeeding supplements to your horse? Did you know that it could be damaging to the horse’s health? We have been called recently by customers who have been baffled by “experts”. They have...
Getting our horses ready for the Summer Months
Thinking about how to get your horse ready for the summer? Now that we are returning to sunnier weather there are many changes, we need to make to ensure our horses continue to function and feel at...
This topic is so often the starting point of a conversation with new customers here at Hi Form. Suspected ulcers are rife across our horse population along with, in our opinion, far too frequent oc...
Allergies in Horses and Immune Function
Allergies of various types are an abnormal response to a weakened immune system, in these cases what may be quite harmless in normal circumstances may then become a problem. Allergens such as polle...
A Simple, Logical, Inexpensive Way to Feed your Horse?
Horses have evolved to eat a natural diet, not only is it cost effective but also far healthier for your horse? The most important part of feeding your horse is to maintain health and wellbeing a...
Why Are Whole Oats the Most Ideal Grain to Feed Your Horse?
Whole Oats for Horses? For the enzymatic process of the small intestine to function normally, there has to be restricted acid concentration. This is partly dependant on the starch content of the fe...
Roughage - Is Your Horse Eating Enough?
We need to say sorry. We have been rather slow in getting helpful information out to you, our 2020 New Year resolution is to make sure that we get a whole lot better. So rather than wait to January...
We know that Facebook doesn’t deliver our posts to you all the time! We also know that Turmeric is a source of discussion very regularly, the facts are often not clear and we thought that we would ...
Sceptical about How Oxydane can Help? So was Katie Powell...
Katie Powell started her Oxydane Subscription in December and when we asked her how she was getting along we were delighted with her findings! Thanks for your words Katie and we look forward to hea...
I am from the North, so I guess that it is intrinsic in my bones to be forthright, upfront and say it how I see it. Not comfortable for many people, I have been known to cause upset by being honest...
Stiffness, Soft Tissue & Joints - Can Help Really Be At Hand?
We are often asked “Should I be feeding a joint supplement to an old horse? A young horse? A dressage horse? A show jumper? An Eventer? An arthritic horse?” And many other variations of the same th...