Cost

A feeding plan and ongoing nutrition advice costs $100.

This will give you -

An optimised diet for your horse with what he or she actually needs, ensuring a nutrient adequate and mineral balanced diet.
Independent and comprehensive nutritional advice - you are welcome to ask questions before and after the feeding plan is finished.
Recipe and instructions for making your own custom mineral mix. It will contain what your horses need in the right amounts.
An analysis of the feed ingredients, if you have feed and supplement preferences I can base the diet on these products.
Suggested products based on what is best for your horse, quality, value and convenience.
Suggestions on how to obtain the chosen products based on cost and convenience.
Full support and guidance through the steps of preparing a hay or pasture sample for testing at a laboratory if applicable. I will make the process easy and painless. See the page on pasture and hay sampling.
An evaluation of your pasture or hay test so you can understand the test results.
Feeding and management tips appropriate for your situation whether your horse is breeding or in heavy work like racing, endurance or eventing or is prone to health issues like laminitis or skin allergies.

Cost: $100 per feeding plan, capped at $200.

Extra horses are free if they are similar. For example, if you ask me to do a diet for a mature horse, then any other horses that are mature are no additional cost.

However, if you asked me to do a diet for a mature horse with a heavy workload and a diet for a pregnant mare, then the cost would be for two diets - $200. The nutrient requirements for a lactating mare are very different to a mature horse. A pregnant or lactating mare has far higher needs than other horses. Any extra feeding plans will be covered by the $200 fee. That means a stud with mature horses, broodmares and growing youngsters would pay no more than $200.

If at a later stage you would like the original feeding plan updated, cost is $50 per feeding plan. For example, if you move to a new location (updated pasture test).

Note: To be able to know for sure what amounts of each nutrient/mineral your horse is getting it's best to have a sample of your pasture tested in a laboratory. This lab fee can be as low as $40. If pasture is not significant in your horse's diet then it isn't necessary. If only a small amount of hay is in the diet then I can use average figures for your preferred type of hay but the most accurate way is to test. Of course, most of us only buy small amounts of hay from different sources so testing in this situation is not practical. If it is practical, the lab fee for testing hay can be as low as $30.

Contact details:

Carol Layton B.Sc, M.Ed
Balanced Equine Nutrition

Phone: 02 4953 2580
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