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Feeding Yearlings
Whether you are prepping for sales and halter classes or trying your best to raise a healthy and sound youngster, careful attention to nutritional needs is a key component. Yearlings should not be fed like little adults. This handsome devil … Continue reading
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Tagged bone mineral density, calcium, calories, Copper, fat, Flax, halter class, Lysine, minerals, osteochondrosis, phosphorus, Protein, sales prep, yearling
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Understanding Fat and Fatty Acids
Fat is much more than a storage form of calories. The membrane of all cells contains fat. Fatty substances form a waterproof barrier in skin and hooves. Some classes of hormone are derived from fat/cholesterol. Some fats help regulate the … Continue reading
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Tagged alpha-linolenic, chia, coconut, fat, fatty acids, Flax, Inflammation, linoleic, naming, oleic, Omega-3, omega-6, pasture, sunflower, triglycerides, weight
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Speed Up Shedding
Wouldn’t it be great if horses just slipped out of their winter coat like a snake shedding its skin? Unfortunately, at best it’s not even close but there are factors that can slow it down which you should be aware … Continue reading
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Tagged Biotin, coat, exercise, fat, Hay, Lysine, Methionine, Protein, shedding, skin, vitamin A
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Feeding for Healthy Weatherproof Hooves
There is a reason hoof supplements have a sizeable market. There is also a reason they tend to have the same ingredients. There is often a strong nutritional component to poor hoof quality The quality and integrity of the … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged Copper, cracks, fat, flares, Hoof, Lysine, Methionine, Protein, Zinc
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Flagging Energy
A common concern this time of year is horses that lack energy for exercise. There are no apparent health or lameness issues but the horse is either “flat” or starts out well but hits a wall that is at a … Continue reading
Do Any Horses Benefit from Grain?
The current wisdom is that all horses should be fed forages only and never any grain. While it’s certainly true that most horses do not need grain calories and are better off in many ways on a forage diet, there … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, endurance, eventing, fat, forage, glucose, glycogen, grain, performance
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What Are You Feeding Your Horse
Ask that question and most people will answer [Brand] 10% – or whatever the protein percentage is of their bagged feed. Some will answer [Brand] X/Y where X is the protein and Y is percent fat. What does that tell … Continue reading
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Tagged balanced, commercial feed, fat, Hay, minerals, Protein, requirements
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Beautiful Winter Coats
In order to do its insulating job properly, your horse’s winter coat needs to have a degree of fluffiness to it. It won’t lay flat and sleek like a seal’s in winter. However, it can, and should, still have vibrant … Continue reading
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Tagged coat, exercise, fat, grooming, skin, vitamin A, winter, Zinc
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Shedding Made Easier
Spring breeds enthusiasm for riding in warmer weather, preparation for competitions, reigniting all the human equine interactions of any level that were squelched by nasty winter weather. Spring also brings some not so pleasant challenges, including dealing with shedding. We’ve … Continue reading
