Instructions Horse Weight Recommended Amount Horses on Layoff or in Recovery 1.1 – 2.2 lbs/day Performance horses (In Light Work) 2.2 lbs/day Performance horses (In Medium Work) 4.4 lbs/day Performance horses (In Heavy Work) 6.6 – 8.8 lbs/day Is copra good for old horses? It may also help keep condition Read more…
Premium quality coconut meal can be a valuable feed for the wellness of most horses. It is fed instead of grain to provide a “cool” trainable energy for your horse. It can recover and maintain topline, and help maintain a shiny coat, mane and tail. What is coconut meal used Read more…
We all love giving our horses some treats and seeing them eat happily. But can you feed a horse everything? Of course, no. FOOD HORSES CAN AND CAN’T EAT. Apple Raisins Banana Orange Pear (without the core) Plums (without the stone) Peach (without the stone) Cucumber Melon and Watermelon Carrot Read more…
Premium quality coconut meal can be a valuable feed for the wellness of most horses. It is fed instead of grain to provide a “cool” trainable energy for your horse. It can recover and maintain topline, and help maintain a shiny coat, mane and tail. Is coconut toxic to horses? Read more…
The hedge apples, also called hedge balls, Osage oranges, horse apples and even monkey balls, are promoted as a spider and roach repellent. Can u eat horse apples? Horse apples are generally considered inedible by humans (and most animals, including horses). The size of the fruit has caused livestock fatalities Read more…
Maclura pomifera has many names, including mock orange, hedge apple, hedge, horse apple, monkey ball, monkey brains and yellow-wood. Maclura pomifera. Osage orange Clade: Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Genus: Maclura What kind of apple is a horse apple? One of the few trees of the original forest on UT’s Read more…
It also contains vitamins A and C, magnesium and phosphorus. The rind is a rich source of fibre and the amino acid citrulline, which converts to arginine in the horse’s body. Arginine produces nitric oxide used to relax blood vessels and increases blood flow to particular areas. Is watermelon high Read more…
Horse apples are generally considered inedible by humans (and most animals, including horses). The size of the fruit has caused livestock fatalities from choking. Do horse apples taste good? Also known as the Hedge Apple, Bow-wood Horse apple, and Monkey Ball. Osage oranges have a green, bitter flavor with mild Read more…
In fact, it is a great treat. In some European countries, watermelon rind is a common horse treat, though it should be cut into small, easy-to-chew pieces. If large pieces of rind are given, horses may choke. However, horses generally prefer the sweet flesh to the rind. What part of Read more…
What should you do? Moldy hay can cause digestive upset that can lead to abdominal pain (colic), sometimes serious. In rare cases, hay containing toxic molds can cause life-threatening illness. Can horses eat this years hay? Hay doesn’t come stamped with an expiration date, so sometimes it’s hard to know Read more…