Living Rural Pāuatahanui

Living Rural Pāuatahanui We supply farm equipment and animal feed to support your rural lifestyle in and around Pāuatahanui, Porirua.

We are a family-owned business with a farming background who are driven to supply high quality products and services to you.

We have a couple of bags of feed for sale at clearance prices to clear space for incoming new feeds!Mitavite Formula 3 -...
08/07/2025

We have a couple of bags of feed for sale at clearance prices to clear space for incoming new feeds!

Mitavite Formula 3 - was $50.95, now $40.25
Mitavite Economix - was $47.60, now $38.10

2 Bags of each available.

Things might look a little different in the shop for the next few weeks. Hayley had a "moment" on Wednesday and succeede...
07/07/2025

Things might look a little different in the shop for the next few weeks. Hayley had a "moment" on Wednesday and succeeded in doing some damage that may take a few weeks to heal. We have the best team who have all stepped up to take over the reins and keep things going. You might see some new faces in the shop for a few weeks. Please, we ask for your patience and kindness. Everyone will be doing their absolute best to quickly learn where everything is. Our normal senior staff will be there to assist with all the usual expertise and knowledge.

Deliveries will continue in our normal timely manner.

Thanks everyone! Things will largely be ticking along as normal, just some new friendly faces stepping in to help out.

🌾 New at Living Rural! 🌿We’re excited to now stock CEN 50 Grain Free Pellets and Harmonize Powder — two premium products...
28/06/2025

🌾 New at Living Rural! 🌿

We’re excited to now stock CEN 50 Grain Free Pellets and Harmonize Powder — two premium products designed to support gut health, overall wellbeing, and performance in horses.

✅ Grain free & low starch
✅ Great for sensitive tummies
✅ Ideal for metabolic, laminitic or performance horses
✅ Supports digestion and nutrient absorption
✅ Premium nutrition for ultimate performance and results

Available in store and online now at Living Rural — your local animal feed and rural supplies store. Come see us or get in touch to learn more!

📍 www.livingrural.nz | 📞 234 8889

Some more clearance items available. Anything short dated or expired I will make a note of in the blurb below! Available...
26/06/2025

Some more clearance items available. Anything short dated or expired I will make a note of in the blurb below! Available in store. We can also deliver, but you'll need to message us or send an email so we can process this manually to apply discount.

Mitavite Economix 20kg - was $47.60, now $38.95 (2 available)
ToxAll 4kg - $167.45, now $133.95 (2 available)
NZ Sunflower Seeds 4kg - was $44.15, now $29.95 (4 available)
Elite Equine Compete 4.5kg (Selenium Free) - was $239.90 now $204.30 (Expiry August 2025 - 2 available)
AppleLytes 1L (Expiry 16th August 2025) - was $54.95, now $46.50 (1 available)
So Kalm Paste (Expiry July 2025) - was $54.95, now $46.50 (1 available)

Probably the most relevant topic at the moment for a lot of farmers and lifestylers is sleepy sickness (** explained at ...
25/06/2025

Probably the most relevant topic at the moment for a lot of farmers and lifestylers is sleepy sickness (** explained at the end of this post so that you don't have to wade through that explanation before getting to the important stuff!) in sheep. My pet ewe, Poppy, was missing from this mornings feed out and head count. I went looking for her and found her standing in a very odd place, completely alone looking very "flat" and lethargic. Normally she would be the first to the gate for breakfast. We've given her Ketol and some "One for All" feed (Barley, Maize, Oaten Chaff & Molasses) to give her a boost, and she'll get moved tonight onto greener, lusher grass to help her maintain the required energy levels to provide for her twin lambs growing inside her. The whole flock will also get provided with a Sheep Mineral Molasses block to help them get everything that they need at this very critical time.

We got lucky.... I check our sheep everyday (sometimes twice a day) and I know their normal behaviour so can quickly spot when something isn't right. These factors have been imperative to hopefully having a good outcome for Poppy as we caught it very early. Once the sheep go down, they often don't have the energy to get back up and feed/water themselves. This is the start of the slippery slope into ketosis, coma and death.

Everyday is important with in-lamb ewes, but the last 4-6 weeks are some of the most critical weeks. Please ensure that your ewes have the following during this time....

* Access to good grass, or supplementary feed like hay, baleage and nutritional pellets if the grass is scarce
* Checked everyday and any abnormal behaviour noted and acted on quickly
* Access to a mineral block if possible

Now is a good time to be thinking about pre-lambing vaccinations for your ewes, arming your lambing first aid kits, and moving stock to your most sheltered, safe lambing paddocks that you have.

We have meadow hay, lucerne hay, clover hay, and mini baleage available at Living Rural. We also have Sharpes Multi Feed Nuts, Drought Mix, and One For All which are all perfect feed supplements for sheep (and other animals!). You can also come to us for your drenching and vaccine requirements.

Photo 1 - Poppy and her friend Rowdy when they were just little lambs
Photo 2 - What a ewe might look like in later stages of sleepy sickness (stock photo, not Poppy - she is black!)
Photo 3 - The vicious cycle of sleepy sickness that will eventually end up with coma and death if not caught in time
Photo 4 - Feed and mineral supplements for sheep
Photo 5 - Baleage (mini bales)
Photo 6 - Meadow hay
Photo 7 - Ketol (best treatment aid for sleepy sickness)

** Sleepy sickness (also known as ‘twin lamb disease’ or ‘pregnancy toxaemia’) is a metabolic disorder of sheep seen in late pregnancy and is caused by a mismatch in the energy requirements of the ewe and the energy provided (via feed). This mismatch can be due to low levels of nutrition being offered to pregnant ewes (especially in the last six weeks of pregnancy) but can also occur in multiple-bearing ewes, even when they’re offered adequate feed levels.

Alongside our great range of gates, timber, posts, fencing wire, sheep netting etc, we also supply all the hardware that...
22/06/2025

Alongside our great range of gates, timber, posts, fencing wire, sheep netting etc, we also supply all the hardware that you need to use/install these products. From gudgeons to gate latches, fence staples to insulators, we have almost everything you'd need for your lifestyle block projects.

New to the store are these great gate gudgeon packs. They are a real "grab and go" solution. Each pack contains:

1x 20mm x 275mm long pin through post gudgeon
1x 20mm x 275mm short pin lock through post gudgeon
1x spring gate latch with 300mm chain
1x gate staple

At just $41.95, these packs offer big savings on buying these products separately. Available in store and online now!

Lambing is underway already! We are getting customers in store now requiring the essentials for this time of the year. D...
19/06/2025

Lambing is underway already! We are getting customers in store now requiring the essentials for this time of the year. Don’t be caught short… have a small bag of milk powder and colostrum on hand if you are lambing. The ewes don’t wait to lamb until it’s business hours and the shops are open.

Living Rural have all your essentials available. Milk powder, colostrum, bottles, teats, electrolytes, Ketol, stomach feeders, woolly jackets, iodine spray and more. Aftercare also available… vaccine, docking rings, ear tags, drench and marker spray.

If you are lambing later, now is the time to think about pre-lamb vaccine for your ewes (ideally done 4 weeks before lambing) to protect lambs against clostridial disease such as tetanus, pulpy kidney etc.

Pop in and see us for all your baby animal requirements.

It's been a busy month in store, so I am only just getting a chance to get these specials up! If you've purchased them b...
16/06/2025

It's been a busy month in store, so I am only just getting a chance to get these specials up! If you've purchased them before now, you will have enjoyed these savings since the 1st June, and can continue to do this through until 30th June 😀.

NRM Equine Balancer - Was $52.55, now $49.95
Equi Jewel - $82.40, now $79.50
Coprice Hi Joule - Was $77.20, now $74.30

13/06/2025

We've drawn the lucky winner of the Betavet competition. The winner of a 500ml of 500g product of choice from Betavet is....

TAYLA HUTCHISON 🥳🥳🥳
Tayla Hutchison

Congratulations Tayla! We will be in touch to arrange getting you connected with the product of your choice. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter!

11/06/2025

Looking after our customers in this challenging weather 🤣

The clean out continues! Another stack of bargains to be had. Available in store and for delivery (if delivery required,...
30/05/2025

The clean out continues! Another stack of bargains to be had. Available in store and for delivery (if delivery required, you'll need to message us or call us to arrange as special pricing will not be reflected on website). I am also updating our other clear out post from about a week ago so be sure to check out what is left and maybe make us a cheeky offer on anything that takes your fancy!

Address

Porirua

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Saturday 8:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+6442348889

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