Webcast: Winter Care and Feeding for Your Horse
…for a free live webcast on November 29, 2011, at 7 p.m. ET and take the guesswork out of winter care and feeding, Dr. Carey Williams “Winter Care and Feeding”…
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Feeding Hay for Horse Health
Hay choice and feeding methods are especially important for horses with certain health problems.Hay choice and feeding methods are especially important for horses with certain health problems. Heaves, also called…
Three Not-So-Common Myths about Feeding Horses
Horses are complex animals, and correctly meeting their nutritional needs can be challenging. We all have our horses’ best interest at heart, but it is easy to understand how feeding…
Weighing In On Feeding Horses
…new feed source. Horse people often make the mistake of feeding by volume instead of feeding by weight. *Air-dry feed (about 90% dry matter). Source: NRC 1989 Feed grain concentrates…
Cold Weather Feeding
…harvested, it will be less nutritious (lower digestible energy content), which can result in a loss of body condition regardless of what seems to be a sufficient feeding. No matter…
Feeding A Founder Attack
…feeding in hot water. This soaking will remove simple sugars and starch in the hay. (Yes, even grass hay contains sugar and starch.) If you can’t find beet pulp without…
Feeding to Beat Arthritis in Your Horse
…alfalfa or peanut hay. Feed one-fourth to one-third as alfalfa or peanut, three-fourths to two-thirds as oat hay. When feeding other types of grass hay, try to give the horse…
Feeding Horses With Respiratory Problems
…include: • Use cubed or pelleted hay rather than baled. Even these can benefit from being lightly moistened • If feeding baled hay, dunk/soak each flake thoroughly, wetting it to…
Four Reasons for Feeding Fat to Horses
…horse be in on the fat-feeding frenzy? ?Kate Light. Fat isn’t for every horse. If your critter is overweight, for example, it’s probably the last thing he needs. But fat…
Married with Horses: Feeding the Farm
…bowl. Well, no one ever said feeding a farm was safe. Besides, I do what I have to do to keep my family fed. Tomorrow will be another day with…