How does a horse eat hay?

Answer 1

for my 15.3 hh show horse 2 make him healthy shiny and in good nick I feed him:

1st put 3-5 cups of water in the bucket because the ricebran &copra grows and if it is not soaked in water it will grow in the horses bucket and can kill them

-3/4 cup of soaked barley soak for at least 5hrs buy barley with no add ingrediances

-1/3 of a small dipper (~4 cups) of copra

-1/4 of small dipper of rice bran (refer 2 definition above)

-1 table spoon of dolomite

-1 tablespoon of sulfar

-1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds

-2 teaspoons of copper sulfate (may be known as blue stone)

- 1 tablespoon of garlic

-1/2 of apple cider vinigar

- 1 large dipper of wheaten chaff

- 1 large dipper of lucerne chaff

then mix it up very well you might need 2 put more water in the bucket so the feed is not dusty

then in a hay net put 3 large biscuits of hay in i put that much in but u don't need 2

hope this is what u r looking for

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horses also love treats such as sugar cubes, peppermints, even Jolly Ranchers. horses also eat lots of grass and hay. horses like apples and carrots too.

i have a 14.3 cob X thoroughbred who gets ridden once a day for about an hour usually schooling or jumping then hacking at weekends with some cross-country and showjumping shows evey couple of weekend's. He gets fed this twice a day, in the winter the supplements once a day in the summer supplements with everymeal

1 1/2 small scoops of conditioning cubes

1 1/2 scoops of chaff

1 Lid (from the bottle) of cod-liver oil

1 scoop (the tiny scoops used with medical powders, usually comes with the supplement) of biotin and garlic.

and usually a couple of apples or carrots. Hope It Helps :) xx

Answer 2

grass water hay grain

Grasses and hays are usually ok, grains can contain too much starch which is not good for a horses digestive system. Molasses is a definite no-no, as are carrots, apples and fruit in general. Look for a low-starch feed and or forage, and I would suggest searching for a discussion group on nutrition. Also you can check out Safegrass.org or look for an equine nutritionist in your area.

Answer 3

Horses eat hay by picking it up witht their lips and pulling into their mouthes. They chew it in a side to side motion, changing direction every few chews to ensure the hay is completely chewed up. Once they have finished chewing they swallow using the muscles in their tounge.

Answer 4

Horses eat a lot but.... they chew very slowly. They have to chew alot and they all so have to chew with their saliva.

Answer 5

A very delicate one that can only handle a tiny bit of food at a time, which is why they spend 18-20 hours a day constantly eating tiny meals of grass.

Answer 6

Horses drink in a sort of slurping motion by dipping their mouths into the water and sucking it up.