Pin firing, also known as thermocautery, is the treatment of an injury to a horse’s leg, by burning, freezing, or dousing it with acid or caustic chemicals. This is supposed to induce a counter-irritation and speed and/or improve healing. How do you tell if a horse has been pin fired? Read more…
We have provided a list of the average lifespans of some of the most common horse breeds here: American Cream Draft: 20-25 years. American Paint Horse: 30+ years. American Quarter Horse: 20-30+ years. How long do draft work horses live? Most heavy draft breeds have a lifespan of about eighteen Read more…
A paper from the National Library of Medicine states: “Horse chestnut contains a substance that thins the blood. It also makes it harder for fluid to leak out of veins and capillaries and weakly promotes fluid loss through the urine to help prevent water retention (edema).” Is horse chestnut good Read more…
Many horse chestnut trees in Norfolk are suffering from an infestation of the horse chestnut leaf miner which causes patches on the leaves to go brown in July and early August. Bad infestations will cause the leaves to become dry, brittle and brown and eventually they will curl and drop Read more…
Most horses are left-handed – or what we refer to as dominant on the left-hand side – and it is usually very obvious. There are many theories as to what causes this predisposition. How do you tell if your horse is right or left-handed? If a horse is right-handed, when Read more…
To give an example, horses that are hollow will sometimes develop a “tranter”. This is a canter where the front end of the horse is quite high, neck is high, shoulders are high, sometimes the movement of the front legs has a lot of action as well. What does Tranter Read more…
Soaking or boiling of whole seeds is not necessary but is often done. Serving Size: Horses can be fed anywhere from 2 to 16 ounces (1 pound) of flaxseed per day depending on the desired results. It is very common to provide a mid-range amount of 1/2 to 1 cup Read more…
Supplemental fat Buy a pack- age of ground flax seed at the health food store and feed 1 level teaspoon mixed into the grain at one of the feedings every day. How much flax seed do I feed my horse? Serving Size: Horses can be fed anywhere from 2 to Read more…
The first machine to integrate the three main elements of the bicycle, balance, steering and propulsion, was invented and patented in 1817 in Mannheim, Germany by Karl von Drais. This was the Laufmaschine (English: Hobby Horse). Who invented the stick horse? U. S. patent number 1,863,012 was filed on February Read more…
Richard Trevithick. In 1803, what is said to have been the first horseless carriage was a steam-driven vehicle demonstrated in London, England, by Richard Trevithick. In the 1820s, Goldsworthy Gurney built steam-powered road vehicles. When did the first horseless carriage come out? Back in 1803, the great engineer Richard Trevithick Read more…