My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Last winter hay was scarce and expensive. It doesn’t look like this winter will be much better; weather conditions this summer made it difficult to cut and bale hay, resulting in a shortage in many parts of the country. Here in New England, hay is about $350 per ton, so when you have two tons […]
Read MoreRation balancers seem to be all the buzz on equine bulletin boards these days — almost everyone is feeding one or asking about feeding one. So what are they? A ration balancer is a lot like a multi-vitamin supplement for your horse that is fed to balance the nutritional content of your horse’s total ration […]
Read MoreOne day I noticed that the owner of one of the ponies at the barn had switched her pony’s feed. I asked her why. She had been feeding the pony a regime prescribed by a nutritionist that had come to the barn and evaluated several of the horses. Her reply? The new feed looked more […]
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