Yes, you can compost soiled and saturated animal pellet bedding. In fact, rotted horse, cow, chicken and other animal manure is one of gardeners’ favorite fertilizers. Rotted manure makes better fertilizer because the nutrients are more dense than in fresh manure. Can I put wood pellets in my compost bin? Read more…
Horse bedding – pelleted bedding for horses, also called equine bedding, can also work for cat litter even though it is not specifically marketed as such. However, it is made of 100% pine, just like the cat litter brands and it’s much less expensive. You can find this stuff sold Read more…
Straw is a traditional material used for bedding horse stalls, but many other materials—sawdust, peat moss, shredded paper, sand, pine needles—have also been used. Can I use pine needles instead of straw? Pine Needles Can Work as Mulch Pine needles, also known as pine straw, make fine mulch for some Read more…
Horses are thought to have about 300 million olfactory receptors, which is considerably higher than humans (five or six million olfactory receptors). Horses have an accessory olfactory system known as the vomeronasal organ that detects pheromones and volatile odors. Can a horse sense a good person? Horses can read human Read more…
Many products are derived from horses, including meat, milk, hide, hair, bone, and pharmaceuticals extracted from the urine of pregnant mares. Humans provide domesticated horses with food, water, and shelter as well as attention from specialists such as veterinarians and farriers. What are horses mainly used for? Most domesticated horses Read more…
Number one: Chickens can carry salmonella (though this can be found in soil anyway). It’s important to keep your chickens out of your horse feed and hay. Another thing to keep in mind is that even though chickens can eat horse feed, commercial chicken feed can be poisonous to horses. Read more…
Diagnostic guidance: Cantharidin poisoning in horses Abdominal pain, resulting in anorexia. Depression and sweating. Frequent attempts to drink water, submerge the muzzle. Blood-tinged urine or urine with blood clots. Dark, congested mucous membranes. Increased heart and respiratory rates. Increased rectal temperature. How would a horse get cantharidin poisoning? Cantharidin toxicosis Read more…
This Common Shrub is Highly Fatal to Horses. The laurel plant is a common shrub, mainly found in the Southeastern United Sates in open wooded areas, mountainous areas, and in both dry and wet land areas. All types of laurel are toxic to horses, with the severity of the reaction Read more…
All species of the Thuja tree are really dangerous for horses. What is the difference between Thuja Green Giant and Green Giant? Thuja Green Giants are very attractive with dense, dark green foliage. They provide a dark background for flowering trees and shrubs to pop against. Green Giants have large, Read more…
Horse leather is traditionally used for shoes and clothing and is a smooth leather. Horse aniline leather often has a special pattern due to the skin structure (www.leder-fiedler.de). Pigmented horse leather is hardly distinguishable from bovine leather. There are horses all over the world. Is horsehide better than cowhide? The Read more…