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Know how to properly feed your horse and she'll maintain her lustrous coat and confident canter. When caring for your animal - be it an Arabian or a Tennessee walker - nothing is more important than maintaining your horse's good health through proper nutrition.
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Comments
RowdySpurs said
on 8/15/2007 Just another comment on this article about the statement on corn -- during the winter (for the last two years) we feed shelled corn -- with the exception to the picky eaters - and they look good! Some of them are even fat come spring! It doesn't hurt them at all! I haven't had any instances of colic or anything else from the corn, and we have horses which range in age from 2-20. We started feeding corn in the winter after much discussion and seeing some horses which have been raised on corn and sometimes oats. The guy who has them always has nice looking horses - well filled out, etc.
1100hitchnomore said
on 7/27/2007 Hay you should sell all of your horses and make dog food out of them. They all eat too much and are a pain in the ass. There are much better forms of transportation availiable today. Leave the horses for the cowbows. Motorcycles only need to be fed when they are ridden and if they start acting up you simply just turn then off with the switch. If you are looking for a earth friendly form of transportation try a bicycle. If you want to throw money away like I used too then buy some horses and feed them all the alfalfa they can eat and watch as all of your money dissapears and you get very little in return for it. Did you know the average cowboy only makes about 12,000 dollars a year? And further nore he is usually impailed by the time he is 40 somehow. Better hope he picked an understanding and hard working woman to support him for his last 20 years here. Just a thought
jvonhaas said
on 6/11/2007 The myth that alfalfa hay is bad is proven by these comments. Studies from the University of Kentucky and University of California, Davis show that protein is not hard on the kidneys, but a horse eating a higher protein content tend to drink more water and typical back yard horse owners just don't provide for this. The smell in urnine is excess nitrogen being excreted. Protein is made up of amino acids, composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, all used for energy. There is no reason to believe the kidney's will be damaged when a horse drinks more water. BTW, more water intake means more urination. Before you start spreading rumors and hearsay, please check the facts first, you are doing the horse industry harm through your ignorance.
barnbiz said
on 6/4/2007 I realize that the author of this artcle means well, but she/he is wrong. As Hailey said, there is no waiting period for feeding hay, in fact it's nutritional content and flavor is at it's best the earlier it is fed! Watch out for sweet feeds - they contain corn which is absolutly not good for your horse (horses are unable to digest the type of starch it contains) and the molassas is unnessesary, your feed should taste good enough without a sweetener! Try feeding whole or hulless oats with a good mineral supplement. Your horse can get all he needs from an all natural source, his condition, performance and your feed bill will please you.
casey said
on 4/4/2007 I like to dunk my hay in water.
Put the hay in a hay net and dunk it in and out of the water once or twice..let it drip then feed to your horse. Notice how dirty brown the water flows from the hay?
It gets rid of some of the dust and dirt. Dunking the hay in a water moistens the hay and is easier for the horse to consume.
My horse loves it.