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How to Choose Horse Feed for Easy Keepers
What is the best horse feed for easy keepers? How do you find a low-calorie diet with low starch and sugars? Why are diet balancers a good fit for overweight horses? Our equine nutritionists at Nutren...
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How to Choose a Senior Horse Feed
What is the best horse feed for seniors? What ingredients should senior horse feeds list on their feed tags? What age should a horse be fed senior feed? Our equine nutritionists at Nutrena® break dow...
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Tips for Putting Weight on Your Horse
Do you have a hard keeper? This informative video explains how to effectively increase your horse's caloric intake and help put weight on him....
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Avoiding a Hay Belly
Willow has had 4 foals, and as a result, tends to show characteristics of a hay belly. As equine nutrition experts, we have often heard “my horse has a hay belly, what should I do differently?&#...
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Group Feeding Tips for Small Facilities
We are a far cry from a fancy operation with four horses on my property to manage. The horses in our herd live outside in one of two paddocks with fulltime access to a run-in shed which is divid...
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How to Weigh your Horse Without a Scale
Don’t keep a commercial scale handy? Here is a simple and accurate way to weigh your horse without a scale at all!...
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Feeding the Maintenance Horse
I am fortunate in my job to speak with horse owners face-to-face on a frequent basis. During these conversations, I enjoy hearing about the horses they own and how great their horse’s look and p...
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How Much Horse Feed Does Your Scoop Hold?
I visited a horse owner that had just purchased her own farm this spring. She said she was following the same feeding program that was followed at the boarding barn, but the mare had gained weight. A ...
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Feeding Donkeys
In the equine world we certainly do see variation. From Quarter Horses to Arabians, from miniature horses to draft horses – we all know that our equine friends come in all shapes, sizes and colo...
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How to Weigh Your Feed
If someone is having an issue with their horse's weight, whether over or under, I will first ask what kind and how much hay they are feeding....
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Ration Balancers vs Regular Horse Feeds
I recently received a call from a horse owner that said she needed to put her horse on a diet. Her 1000 pound mare is a body condition score of 7. Her vet had recommended she put the mare on a ration ...
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Overweight Horses: Winter Management
Feeding the overweight horse can be tough, but winter poses an even greater challenge with managing a delicate balance between providing enough energy to stay warm, yet not so much he is unable to�...
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When to Feed Ration Balancers
Feeding horses a balanced diet is essential for their overall health and well-being. In cases where horses receive a low amount of grain or appear to be lacking something in their diet, incorporating ...
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Taking Weight Off of Easy Keeping Horses
Obesity in horses can lead to laminitis, overheating and numerous other health issues. Ideally, chubby horses should have their nutrition monitored closely....
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Reading Horse Feed Directions – How Much to Feed?
When horse feeds are formulated, they are developed to provide nutrition to all sizes of horses – nutrient needs go up as the size of the horse goes up. So, feeding directions are often provided in...
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Feeding Beet Pulp For Weight Gain in Horses
Many horse owners ask if beet pulp is a good way to put weight on a horse. This is a great question, as many horse owners struggle to keep weight on their horses....