A horse can weigh more than 500kg so their legs need a rest! Even though they can sleep standing up, scientists think horses still need to lie down and sleep each day. Your sleep is not the same all night. Everyone goes through different stages of lighter and deeper sleep, Read more…
Required Materials to Breed Horses in Minecraft To make horses breed, you need two Golden Apples or Golden Carrots. Either of them will work, but you need to either craft or buy them from Villagers. How many golden carrots does it take to grow a horse? Place a golden carrot Read more…
Alfalfa is higher in calories and protein than grass hays, which makes it an excellent choice to help to add weight to a thin horse. If your horse tends to be wasteful with his hay, he may eat more when offered alfalfa hay cubes or pellets. Does alfalfa make a Read more…
Linseed contains highly digestible soluble fibre which provides a useful energy source. What can I feed my horse to give him more energy? Starch is a carbohydrate found in cereal grains such as barley, maize and oats and provides a good source of fast release energy, particularly useful for horses Read more…
Rice bran is a concentrated source of energy, which makes it ideal for horses that require additional calories to maintain body condition. The primary energy source in rice bran is fat, which is considered “cool” energy when compared to starch, known to make some horses hot. Does rice bran make Read more…
Friesians. The Friesian is widely recognized as the most beautiful breed of horse in the world. With a muscular build, the Friesian is almost always all-black in color, with a long and wavy mane and tail and feathering at the feet. Friesians originated from the Netherlands and were once used Read more…
Barley is able to provide the horse with surplus digestible energy which makes it more commonly selected type of feed as compared to oats. Barley is not a perfect feed for horses but it is ideal in putting them in a certain condition. What does barley do for horses? More Read more…
Leopard spotting A single, incomplete dominant gene (Lp) controls the presence of leopard-spotting in horses. A dominant gene requires only a single copy to produce an affected phenotype; an incomplete dominant gene produces a different result depending on whether one or two copies are present. What does LP LP mean Read more…
Good quality hay should be bright green in color with little fading. A bleached, yellow, brown or black color may indicate aged hay, mold or poor storage conditions. Storage condition and age have a significant effect on vitamin content of hays. How can you tell the quality of hay? Look Read more…
Instead, you want to gently and gradually let your reins out while keeping a soft, elastic hand so that your horse follows the bit and stretches down, rather than curling up behind the contact. You may need to slightly widen your hands to encourage the stretch downwards, especially on a Read more…