Feeding stations and selection gates – The feeding concept
The long-term health of horses depends significantly on needs-based and horse-appropriate feeding. Scientific studies clearly show that a feeding ration precisely tailored to each horse’s nutritional requirements is the best prevention against both unhealthy overweight and deficiency-related diseases.
In horse groups, there is usually a wide range of different feed requirements. With traditional 24/7 hay feeding using fine-mesh slow-feeder nets, horse owners cannot truly meet the very different nutritional needs of growing young horses, easy keepers on a diet, allergy sufferers, or hard-keeping senior horses, all of which often live together in the same group.
With HIT transponder-controlled feeding stations for concentrate, mineral feed, liquids, mash and roughage, as well as selection gates giving controlled access to 24/7 hay areas or pasture, horse owners are able to feed each horse in a group individually and optimally over the long term.
Over the years, the HIT product range of feeding stations and selection gates has been continually expanded and further developed:
- HIT EASY concentrate feeding station – with straight-through passage
- HIT KOMPAKT concentrate feeding station – with L-shaped passage
- HIT EXKLUSIV hay dispenser – the core component of needs-based hay dispensing
- HIT KOMBI feeding station – combined hay and concentrate dispensing in one unit
- HIT SENIOR feeding station – mash feeding for senior horses
- HIT DUO selection system – selection with two exits
- HIT TRIO selection system – selection with three exits
Die Grundkonzeption der Futterautomaten basiert auf dem Prinzip der Durchlaufstation mit einem geschützten Fressbereich für Pferde mit Futteranspruch. Software und Sensorik sind dahingehend entwickelt worden, den Pferden ein Höchstmaß an Tierfreundlichkeit und Sicherheit zu bieten. Für HIT-Aktiv ist es selbstverständlich, nur Bauteile und Funktionen zu verwenden, die auf wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen fußen, sich in der Praxis dauerhaft bewährt haben und darüber hinaus leitlinienkonform sind.
