Other - Pets. How Many Square Bales Should I Give My Horse In The Winter?
Other - Pets. My Horse Has Been Having A 1/2 Bale A Day And Is SO SO Skinny... Normal For A Canadian Winter? Are You Buying Alfalfa Hay? It Has The P
Other Pets : How Many Square Bales Should I Give My Horse In The Winter
My horse has been having a 1/2 bale a day and is SO SO skinny... normal for a canadian winter? ~~~ happy ~~~
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its got worms
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Answer 1its got worms
Answer 2Are you buying alfalfa hay? It has the protein they need, plain old field hay doesn't give enough nutrients. Also give your horse a coffee can full of oats, the kind with molasses in it, they need the extra calories in winter. If you have good alfalfa hay, 3 "flakes" twice a day should be fine, in addition to regular field hay, as much as the horse wants to eat, unless it's a larger breed, then a couple more flakes of alfalfa.
Answer 3put blanket on horse change to high fat intake food like pellets,you may want to get a round bail to last longer,through the winter
Answer 4Well apparently you trying to make your horse gain weight. So I would try grain. Or add some oil (cooking)( I think NOT totally sure!!!)
Answer 5I live in WI, and we get 45 belowish for a couple weeks usually. A lot depends on your horse's metabolism, how much you ride, and the quality of hay. I would suggest giving free choice hay, or at least 4 larger flakes each feeding (what we feed our hard to keep weight on horses), as well as a flake or two of alfalfa hay or cubes each feeding. You also might want to check for worms if you do not worm her. You can also increase the grain/sweet feed intake a bit, but hay is the best way to keep weight on a horse- grain tends to just give more energy.
Answer 6i give my horse 2 to 3 flakes of hay a day, but it has an open pasture 24/7. Different horses have different needs, so if 2 to 3 flakes does not seem to be helping, talk to the vet that knows about your horse. he/she would know exactly what to give your horse. Good luck!
Answer 7If you are feeding a grass hay, 3-4 flakes per day (spread out in at least 2 feedings) is usually sufficient. Legume hay (like alfalfa) should not be fed more than 10 pounds per day (based on avg horse weight). Also supplement with grain. A commercial sweet or pellet feed is good. Follow the feeding guidelines on the bag. Keep your horse wormed every 6-8 weeks. Also, have the horses teeth checked. Bad teeth can cause a horse to eat less and lose weight. I you are concerned about the weight loss, contact a vet for a checkup.
Answer 8I live in NW Vermont and during some of the colder spells I was giving my horse a bale a day and letting her sort out how much she wanted to eat. I'm with the other answerers...your horse probably has worms. Get the vet to check her out. Might be something else.
Answer 9Do not feed horses round bails, that hay is for cows, and avoid straight alfalfa as it is costly and makes horses hyper, it is not the right kind of hay to be fed alone; it is great however mixed with good field hay. If your horse is skinny, feed it grain, preferably a high fat, medium protein ration, pellet or sweet feed does not matter it is up to you, just a matter or preference. Adding corn oil or rice bran will make it gain weight too. You should deworm your horse regularly too. Obviously if it is skinny, it needs more food and possibly food of better nutritional value. For a full size horse, a whole bale of hay a day (especially if you aren't feeding grain) is necessary, possibly more even, as roughage should make up at least 70% of your horse's diet and they should consume at least 3% of their bodily weight daily. (. a 1200 lb horse should get about 30 pounds of feed a day, 5 to 10 lbs of that in grain the rest in hay.) I could be wrong, and please forgive me if I am, but if it was you who posted the earlier question about boarding your mare out to pasture to other people, and this is the same horse in question, I would assume that they are not feeding her, you need to check up on her daily and increase her rations. Although your intentions are good, the humane society will only see a skinny horse, not your intentions, so fatten her up, Good Luck.
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