if a horse is stalled all day accept when they are ridden and for about 3 hrs a day to pasture how much hay should they be fed?..just curious..our University only lets you turn your horse out a little and I was wondering for when I go to college..thanks!
You would usually expect to feed about [...]
Here’s another question from email after my post about a horse’s sense of trust (No click). And it brings out a point about a horse’s senses that you might not have realized. I certainly didn’t until I started studying horse health. But if you understand it, you’ll know why a horse might be reluctant to [...]
I know some people think it’s very rich so they feed it once in the afternoon but right now my horses get tifton hay (because my barn just loves cheap feed) twice a day so should T & A be fed the same? I’m talking about after I slowly introdruce their new hay. They get [...]
Ok, for an average horse, lets say around 1,100 pounds (around 500 kg) exercising around 4 times a week for 30-60 minutes, grazing at daytime and stabled at night. How much grass hay should it be fed every day?
Now that I think of it. How much grain and supplements as well?
A horse should eat 2 [...]
Horse Racing Systems For The Weekend Punter
Author: Max Redd: www.ReddRacing.co.uk
Opportunities to profit from betting on horse racing arise almost every day of the week. But I know many of you with work committments don’t have time to bet during the week. If its not the lack-of-time factor, perhaps you don’t have access to betting facilities [...]
I would like to know what types of hay are the most nutritious for my 10 yr old mustang mare. Growing up, my family had horses, but i never really paid attention to what the different kinds of hay were. This is our first horse of our own, and we want her to stay healthy [...]
25 year old Tennessee Walker, has lost a little weight this year I notice if I feed him hay he chews it a while then lets it drop out of his mouth. Not the problem with feeds or when he eats grass in the pasture. Could he need his teeth floated? It's [...]
Traditional veterinary medicine, much like in the human world, is often based on treating symptoms rather than the cause, or the underlying problem. Alternative horse therapies, on the other hand, are ancient forms of treatment that take a holistic approach to the whole body, mind, and spirit of the horse, to treat the underlying causes [...]
I’m currently living in Ocala, Florida.. and would like to see where they process/make the big rolls hay. If you have any ideas of where I can find a place so I can see it .. please let me know. I was going to go to the Seminole, But I think they only sell the [...]
We are moving and switching boarding facilities. My 3yr old horse currently gets feed elk grove milling pellets twice a day and grass hay every other day. She currently is in a 3 acre pasture. With the new move the facility is offering oat hay in the morning and alfalfa at night. She is not [...]
