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croft

Can anyone tell me if you can feed crushed lupines and barley unsoaked or do they have to be soaked?
Does that make sense hmmmm.

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Talullah

I don't know about barley, but I feed crushed lupins unsoaked.

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Remaani

When i use to feed them, i fed soaked but only for about 10 mins as they can be a bit dusty.

I know people feed them dry, just like flaked grain.

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twistedkellyhorse

Hello,

I feed my horse flaked/crushed barley and you don't have to soak or boil it. As far as I'm aware you only have to cook it if you are feeding it whole, and apparently this is the most effective way to feed as it doesn't lose as many nutrients etc.

Not sure about the lupins.

Eo

we feed both and dont soak either of them.. never found problem but we do wet down the feeds. always limited the barley tho because i wasnt sure if i should be soaking it or not.

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citygirl

I do soak both of them..as I think the horses get more from it...lol if that makes sense. I also feed the water its been soaked in.

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croft

Yeah i feed them soaked but one of my girls is going to Remaani's to visit her Stunning boy Jet so was trying to make life easy for Remaani if she did not have to soak.

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Remaani

Lol thats ok, i went to Ali's to finish clipping the boy (Ohio), then home on dark & had to catch Jet, put him away, bring Legs, Suga & Zam in, bring Tarah & Sass in, hard feed 11 & chuck hay to 5 of them!!

Lucky i love this life, lol.

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croft

Awwww now i feel guilty about lobing another 2 on ya.
Can bring the boys here if ya want Lol.

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Bucking mad

I feed flaked lupins and flaked barley. Neither needs to be soaked but I damp the whole feed down with mollasses water.

To my understanding, lupins need to be soaked when whole due to them swelling poor digestability and feed conversion whilst barley wheat and oats need to be soaked to release the starch and sugars, hence the reason you need to drain the water before feeding if it is a hot horse.

Price wise, I find whole lupins best but it is more fiddley and labour intensive.

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