Tag Archives: Horse Nutrition
Feeding your Newly Started Horse: A guide to proper nutrition
Starting your horse under saddle is an exciting and important milestone in their training journey. As you transition your horse from an...
Top 10 Tips for Tempting Fussy Horses to Gobble Feed and Supplements!
Feeding a fussy horse or picky eater can be so frustrating, especially if they're underweight! Other horses seem to develop extraordina...
Feeding the Hot Horse
Appropriate nutrition is a key component for successful behaviour management of ‘hot’ and anxiety-prone horses. It is important to cons...
Feeding the Hard Keeper Horse
Do you have one of those horses that is hard to keep weight on? One who seems to eat twice as much (or more!) than anyone else’s horse,...
Roughage, Forage & Fibre: A horse-owner’s essential guide
Roughage should form the foundation of every horse diet. It provides the majority of your horse’s fibre requirement. Depending on plant...
Feeding horses for the job!
Feeding horses well is both art and science. If you’ve ever had a horse too fat, too skinny or jumping out of their skin with playfulne...
What is the Best Horse Mineral Supplement for NZ Pastures?
Have you ever heard that soils in New Zealand are so different to the rest of the world that you need to choose horse mineral supplemen...
Are Pre-Mixed Horse Feeds better than Home Mixed?
Question:
"My friend/neighbour/instructor/lady in the feed store told me that I should feed my horse a premixed/complete bagged hard f...
Why is autumn a high risk time for laminitis?
Days are getting shorter, temperatures are lower and in some regions we are starting to get some rain. Why is autumn such a tricky time...
Top 10 Tips for Feeding Horses Roughage during Drought
Drought conditions in many parts of Australia mean that horses are in paddocks with little or no roughage and hay is difficult and/or e...
C3 vs C4 Grasses – Which Is Best?
If you’ve ever been on to FeedXL or read information about ‘bighead’ and oxalates in pastures, you’ll have come across the terms “C3” a...
Prebiotics and Probiotics in Equine Nutrition
The billions of tiny microbes inside the digestive tracts of humans, pets and production animals are gaining widespread recognition fro...