Discover a selection of field licks for horses
Field licks are a great way to add a nutritional supplement and/or can act as a boredom breaker (enrichment) to your horse’s day. For horses that are on a low-sugar diet, due to the risk of laminitis or other health-related problems, molasses-free licks are now also available.
Field licks that include garlic are also recommended to help naturally repel flies. There are others that work on calming by providing essential ingredients known to ‘chill the horse out’.
You may choose to leave a couple in each paddock, depending on how many horses are turned out. Some, however, may attract unwanted pests such as flies. The licks that typically attract flies are often high in sugar. If this is the case, you may choose to leave it out overnight and remove in the morning.
Field shelters, posts and trees are ideal to use when hanging a field lick such as a salt lick. Somewhere that offers shade is a good option when it comes to placing a field lick in the paddock.
If grazing several horses together, it’s advisable to offer access to more than one lick. Position licks at a safe distance apart.
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Top field licks for horses
Himalayan Salt Lick
Good For: Natural Salt
Great Value! These licks are great to add to posts around the field to keep all horses entertained through the long summer days. A great, natural way to offer your horse salt as pure as the day it was mined.
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Black Himalayan Salt Lick From Hilton Herbs
Good For: Support a Balanced Digestion
Black salt is beneficial to horses for many reasons; supports balanced digestion, helps maintain healthy eyesight, supports healthy skin, and is a natural source of sodium chloride, iron, copper, and magnesium. Black salt is produced by combining the now familiar Pink Himalayan Rock Salt with herbs and spices. The salt licks can be hung up in the stable or on a fence in the field.
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Horslyx Pro Digest
Good For: Supports Digestive System
The Pro Digest product of the established Horslyx brand offers a combination of ingredients to assist those horses that suffer from digestive upset. A spiced apple flavouring, the product contains live prebiotic ingredients, probiotic yeast and magnesium.
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Dengie Field Lick
Good For: Added Vitamins and Minerals
A maintenance lick for horses and ponies, ideal for the field. Fortified with vitamins and minerals for balanced nutrition when grazing. Each lick will provide three horses with supply, for one week. 20kg tub.
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Hubblick Lick – CALM
Good For: Low in Sugar and Calming
Naturally low in sugar and high in vitamins and minerals, with added ingredients for calming the horse. Includes Magnesium, Valerian, Chamomile, Vervain, Fenugreek and mint – guaranteed to keep vampires away!
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Likit Paddock Lick
Good For: Vitamins, Mineral + Garlic
The Likit Paddock Lick provides a grazing horse or pony with a high spec vitamin and mineral supplement. Complete with Garlic (for fighting flies, coat condition and cardiovascular benefits) Omega 3 oils and Yeast. 8kg tub.
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