Land Clearing Methods. Perhaps the most common method of clearing land is to harvest the timber, bulldoze to “grub” or remove the stumps, and then establish the next cover (yard, pasture, house, driveway, etc.). Leftover trees and brush can be handled in a variety of ways (Table 1). What trees Read more…
Feral horses are trapped in yards at a water source or occasionally by using mineral blocks, feed or lure mares as an enticement. Feral horses at water involves the construction of fences around water points with a number of one-way gates or ramps. What is a trap pulled by horses? Read more…
Maple and red maple shavings are toxic to horses and should not be used. Black Cherry shavings can cause slightly more mild reactions, but is toxic if eaten. What kind of shavings are best for horses? Wood shavingsWood shavings are a very popular choice since they are soft, highly absorbent Read more…
Under Texas Penal Code Section 31.03(e), horse theft is a third-degree felony (2 to 10 years in prison) if the value of the horses stolen in a single transaction is less than $100,000. Can you hang someone in Texas for stealing a horse? And just fyi, horse theft is still Read more…
Storing Hats on Your Horse Alternatively, you can always keep three total hats in the saddlebags of your horse in Red Dead Redemption 2. How many pelts can I put on my horse? You can either stow one medium and one large carcass, or the pelt of one massive animal. Read more…
Higher quality forages will have more leaves than stems, a short seed head, be green in color, and smell fresh with no dust or mold. What is high quality forage? Within a given feed, NDF is a good measure of feed quality and plant maturity. For legume forages, NDF content Read more…
When a horse ingests a large volume of carbohydrates in a short amount of time, the capacity of the small intestine to digest the carbohydrates is overloaded, and the carbohydrates spill over into the hindgut, which predominantly digests fiber. How does carbohydrate overload lead to laminitis? Grain overload: Nutritionally induced Read more…
Freeing Up Stables Send weaned foals to the foal pastures where they will stay until they are 3 years old. Sell horses on the market (permanent) What is the rarest horse in horse Reality? The Akhal-Teke is a unique and spectacular horse breed from the plains of Turkmenistan. It has Read more…
Agalactia is the absence of milk production during a time period when the mare should be producing milk. Almost all instances of agalactia in mares are a result of the ingestion of fescue-type grasses contaminated with the fungus Claviceps sp. What are the symptoms of Agalactia? Symptoms Loss of appetite. Read more…
Causes Obstruction due to impacted food material or foreign material such as sand or even intestinal stones (enteroliths) or ingested hair (trichobezoars) Presence of parasites in the digestive system, which can act as a blockage in the intestinal tract. Dehydration. Decrease in exercise (winter and summer months) What do you Read more…