You may have wondered why sweat appears thin and watery sometimes, and thick and foamy other times. In addition to electrolytes, horse sweat contains “latherin,” a detergent-like protein that helps move sweat from the skin to the surface of the coat. Do horses lather? A horse’s sweat can appear lathery Read more…
Options for skipping the washing machine. Take them to a horse blanket service. Some tack stores and feed stores will act as drop-off and pick-up centers. Some blanket cleaning services will pick up and drop off at your barn. How do you wash a horse blanket at home? Carefully place Read more…
Seahorses are often dried and ground into a powder, and added by Chinese consumers to rice wine, tea or soup. Do they eat seahorses in China? In China, seahorse is deep fried and placed on skewers. It’s considered a delicacy. What are seahorses used for in Chinese medicine? Seahorses, a Read more…
Horse bean (Vicia faba var. equina) is grown for feeding purposes. It is used mainly as a compound feed component and may also serve for green fodder production, often in legume-cereal mixtures for GPS silages. Are horse beans edible? Horse beans, left to mature fully, are usually harvested in the Read more…
Fava beans are the edible seeds of the legume crop Vicia faba, otherwise known as faba beans, horse beans, or broad beans. What is the English name for fava beans? broad beansDried fava beans are also known as field beans, horse beans or even tic beans (a name for the Read more…
“Wyoming is considered a ‘fence out’ state for cattle and horses, but a ‘fence in’ state for sheep,” mentioned Wyoming Stock Growers Association Executive Vice President Jim Magagna. Is Wyoming a fence in state? While Wyoming is a “fence out” state for cattle and domesticated bison, it is a “fence Read more…
The harmony plus is one of our quietest clippers, making it ideal for horses that are not used to frequent clipping , nervous horses or horses being clipped for the first time. The reliable brushless motor does not heat and allows for frequent use. What are the quietest horse clippers? Read more…
How to anchor a run-in shed 1/ Secure the T505 bracket to the shelter using 3/8″ lag screws or bolts. Using a sledge hammer, hammer the anchor through the slot. Hammer in till the anchor is snug – the shed is secured. An optional rubber cover is available, it only Read more…
The fibula is the second bone of the skeleton of the leg: it runs along the lateral border of the tibia and does not articulate with the femur proximally. Where is the fibula located? calf boneThe fibula, sometimes called the calf bone, is smaller than the tibia and runs beside Read more…
Summary. Head bobbing at the trot is a classic sign of trot. Head bobbing is more noticeable in forelimb lameness but is also seen in many hind limb lameness conditions (although it tends to be inconsistent). Some sound gaited horses bob their head normally when they are at their classic Read more…