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Problems keeping weight on? Fussy eater? Lacking energy?(it's the horse we're talking about, not you!)? Ask advice on anything and everything to do with feeding horses.
Winter warming feeds
Thanks very much for your reply, that was helpful.
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White mould on haylege
Hi Vicoy
A little white mould in haylage will not cause undue harm.
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Maize
Thanks for the information.
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Changing from shavings to straw
I nearly always use straw for bedding – it is cheap, usually easy to get, rots quickly in the muck heap and makes a nice warm bed.
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Box rest!
Thank you for your reponses.
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Haylage makes a horse pee!
This is a feature of lots of horses in this yard, so I thought it was common, as some peeps mentioned it at the last yard i was at, though the haylage at the last yard was drier with no additives and was more like hay.
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Horse returning from 24 hr grazing!!
Thank you for your comments!
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Chewing wood
When I replied the first time I was unsure what you meant by chewing wood – if you just mean they are eating bits of twigs then there is no real problem – in the wild, horses supplement their diet with all sort of different herbs, grasses, shoots and leaves.
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Overweight
THANK YOU !
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Calmers
I have to say that I have used the Oxyshot as I mentioned before with super effects but not strictly as a calmer.
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Linseed & the 'itchy' horse.
For those of you that are interested there is a discussion on feeding raw linseed on thread entitled 'Anything else', it's the last thread.
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How often to worm?
Hi Sophia
Pepper93’s suggestion about getting a worm count is an excellent one.
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Feeding bran
I used to feed my horse a bran and linseed mash in the 1970's, after a days hunting.
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Running out of grass, what should I do?
Here is a condition score chart.
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Feeding Queries
Hannah Are either of your horses losing weight?
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Does honey create resistance to allergies?
"I have heard that feeding a horse honey made locally can help it to develop some resistance to allergies that cause breathing problems.
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Choking when feeding
Allen and Page Calm and Condition is great if you have a gannet, but you MUST soak it before you feed, it soaks up a lot of water and takes on the consistency of sloppy porridge, great for putting weight on my skinny tin ribs, people call him fat now!
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No gusto in my show hunter?
I'm glad things are going better - please let us know how you get on at the weekend
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Over-weight
I agree Francesca.
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Sweet Tooth!
I have had a similar problem and found a lot of what milsky suggested very helpful.
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