Lindsay Burer, MS - Equine Nutrition Consultant

08/15/2026

Sugar sensitive horses and Low Sugar hay!!

Please come join us for the premiere Equine education event of the fall in Elizabeth, Co! Saturday September 19th. Food starting at 1130a and presentations at 12p.

Industry leading professionals, Dr Stacy Whitton of Iron Horse Equine and Lindsay Burer, MS - Equine Nutrition Consultant of Bluebonnet Horse Feeds will discuss the most common metabolic disorders in horses, how to read and understand hay testing and how to apply it to sugar sensitive horses, along with body scoring and why it matters.

With a Q&A discussion to follow.

All while you can sit back and relax in the shade and enjoy gourmet, made-to-order coffee & Crepes!!

Open to the general public. You do NOT need to be a customer of Double Beam Ranch to attend. We just ask that everyone RSVP so we can be adequately and comfortably prepared.

To register from you cell phone, please follow this link:

https://bluebonnetfeeds.com/pages/lindsayb?_pos=1&_sid=1a6e204c3&_ss=r

Call or text Melissa 303.870.4463 with any questions.

08/13/2026

💙 Bluebonnet Feed at Belton Feed 💙

08/11/2026

Think about this…

Horses (and us!) are essentially 100% molecularly made from the nutrients provided in food 🤯

Missing nutrients in the diet is like trying to build a house without all the materials. Without all the necessary components, the structure can't be properly supported or function as intended. And while that house may look ok from the outside, is more likely to have more issues sooner than a house built properly.

“You are what you eat” couldn’t be more true.

08/10/2026

Forage-based diets.

An 1,100lb horse eating 20lbs of hay and 5lbs of feed per day is still on a forage based diet. 80% of the diet is forage, with only 20% concentrate.

Forage/high fiber should be the base of every equine diet, but while some horses do amazing on forage alone (hopefully with a ration balancer) some require supplemental calories. Each horse has different needs, metabolism, genetics, etc.

08/08/2026

Look what’s now available on the website! 😍😍 Proud to represent Bluebonnet 💙

And let’s please all disregard my filthy door 🫣😂

08/08/2026

I’m going to ruffle a few feathers… 😅

Foods and feed ingredients don’t magically become “inflammatory” the moment they’re eaten.

Your horse doesn’t take one bite of soy, oats, wheat, or alfalfa and suddenly decide, “Time to increase inflammation!”

That’s not how physiology works.

Inflammation is the body’s response to a physiological challenge, and is normal. Nutrition can absolutely influence that response, but it’s the overall diet and its management, not single ingredients, that matters.

Is the diet too high in starch? Too low in fiber? Deficient in key nutrients like zinc, omega 3’s, amino acids? Providing more calories than the horse needs? Is the horse already dealing with obesity, insulin dysregulation, or another underlying condition?

Those are the questions worth asking.

Because if you look hard enough, you can build a negative case against every feed ingredient (or if you can’t, I can 😉). The real question isn’t whether an ingredient is “good” or “bad”, it’s whether the total diet is balanced for the horse standing in front of you. That’s where nutrition becomes science instead of social media.

08/07/2026

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08/07/2026

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08/07/2026

Is fertilized hay better?

"Whether or not a hay field is fertilized might be more important to the hay producer than to the hay purchaser.

Fertilization might affect the nutrient content of the hay to some extent, but it might also be needed to keep the plants productive. It can increase yield by tons of hay per year, and it can also keep the plants productive for a longer period of time. Fertilization practices should be individualized for the type of plant and the composition of the soil.

Fertilization with nitrogen can affect the amount of crude protein in the hay, but other factors, such as stage of maturity at harvest, are more important. A very immature plant would be one that is very soft and leafy, whereas a mature plant is more stemmy and might have flowers or seed heads on it. As a plant matures, its nutrient value usually decreases, so hay harvested at a mature stage is less nutritious than hay harvested at an immature stage.

In selecting hay the first thing you should figure out is what your horse’s needs are. A young, growing horse requires hay with more nutrients than a mature, inactive gelding, for example. The best hay to purchase is hay that fits the needs of your horse. Another very important item is to make sure that the hay is not moldy or excessively dusty.

Finally, if you are purchasing hay by the bale, be sure to find out how much a bale weighs. A bale that costs $4, but only weighs 45 pounds, is not a better value than a 60-pound bale that costs $5!"

- Dr. Laurie Lawrence, PhD Equine Nutritionist

Long story short- hay quality is more closely tied to maturity at harvest than whether or not it’s fertilized.

08/06/2026

In the first 6 months of (most) foals’ lives, they’ll reach about 50% of their expected mature body weight.

That’s an incredible amount of growth in a very short period of time, which means the nutrition they receive during these months is extra important.

A growing foal isn’t just getting bigger, they’re building bone, muscle, tendons, ligaments, organs, and a developing immune system. To do that well, they need the right balance of calories, high-quality protein, vitamins, and minerals.

While genetics determine a foal’s potential, nutrition helps determine whether they reach that potential. Too little nutrition can limit healthy growth, but overfeeding or an unbalanced diet can also increase the risk of developmental orthopedic issues.

The goal isn’t to make foals grow faster, it’s to help them grow steadily and correctly.