Nutrition

Mhm. Today, let's look a little bit closer at horse

nutrition. So there are different types of feed guidelines.

There's feeding for a mature idol horse of producing horse

or working or growing horse.

So, as you can see in the picture on the

right, this is the basic feed requirements.

Reportage and concentrate.

Our grand.

That of course would be.

So, as you can see, you have your mature horses

and the different stages maintenance mayors, Yeah, that are late

gestation, early gestation and then you also have your working

horses and the different workloads if they have and then

younger horses requirements for feeding.

Yeah. So, so how do you know the body weight

of your horse?

Well, if you use this equation, W.

Stands for weight.

H. G.

S. The heart, earth and inches and the L.

Is the body in length.

So if you take those and multiplying and then divide

it out, then you'll get how much divorce ways.

Mhm. He tours has a body condition score.

So you can see here in this chart above that

you have a zero being very poor where you can

see the ribs and hip bones.

A poor which where you can still see some ribs,

but it's more filled out as you can stand behind

and moderate with some ribs showing still but fuller.

Then you have the good with no roof showing and

I filled in high quarters and then four and five

are fat to very fat.

So you can see the extra fat deposits along the

body. So let's take a closer look at some feet.

Notes, You never feed more than .75 of body weight

at a time.

You want to make sure that you feed multiple times

a day.

Most people do two times a day and set daily

pleading times.

So horses are creatures of habit, so it's best to

keep them on the schedule.

You want to avoid abrupt changes in their feeding schedule.

Any abrupt changes could cause founder.

Now I want to make sure that you provide a

saltwater and freshwater through divorce.

So when you're looking at creep feeding your whole, you

want to start creeping them at about two months old.

This will also help reduce weaning stress when it's time

to leave from their mother.

I also want to make sure that you feed in

small portions using sources.

The goals are a little bit smaller.

Um They eat smaller portions at a time and you

wanna make sure to leave £1 of feed for £100

of body weight.

You want to make sure that she removes any uneaten

feed so it doesn't mildew or go bad.

Each feedback has a feed label on it.

So some requirements that it must be attached to the

bag and it must be available for inspection if sold

in bulk, so you can see here that it gives

you the, the lead analysis, feeding instructions, leading instructions for

your full and then other ingredient list as well.

So let's take a look at some pasture basics.

Um, pastures provide a healthy source of nutrients for horses.

You want to make sure that you fertilized with nitrogen

and test the soil every 3 to 4 years and

be sure to control the weeds.

So you have quality grass, pasture evidence through the horse

when it comes to hey selection, make sure that it's

green. It's mold free as that can cause colic and

problems with the horse.

I want to make sure it has fine stems and

leaves, It's sweet and blister beetle free and that it's

dry and not damp.

Almost some hague options that you have are the hard

grass for me to grass, Kentucky, bluegrass orchard grass.

Ask you intimate behavior.

So I was just a quick overview, a little bit

about equal nutrition.

Um, so we'll see you all back next.

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