Horses should get new hay either when the old runs out, or when the old hay becomes rotten. You can tell by color and odor. Hay rotts quickly after it rains.
hay, grass, and pellets for horses
Yes, hay is a staple of the domesticated horse's diet. Fed only on high quality hay, an average horse might eat about 50 pounds of hay per day.
Better to feed hay than grain but grain is better than inadequate food. Horses should be fed once a day at the same time.
Mostly oats, some may also be fed barley. But grain should only be fed in small amounts, as the rest of the time they should be eating hay and grass.
Yes, horses should be fed every day to keep them healthy and in peak physical condition.AnswerYes, horses should have free choice hay or grass all day and night spread around a pasture or paddock to resemble grazing as they would in the wild.
The type of hay to be fed to any horse regardless of breed should be based on what is available in your area and the level of work being done by the horse. Grass hay should make up the bulk of the hay being fed and typically Timothy and Bermuda are most commonly used. You can add a few pounds of Alfalfa hay if the horse is in moderate to heavy work. If the horse is in work that falls below moderate level then just grass hay will work. Always feed according to a horses ideal weight and not by the flake.
Horses are fed hay and oats as a stable diet.
Grazing livestock such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep eat hay. Hay is also fed to housepets such as guinea pigs and rabbits. Pigs, although not fully herbivorous, can also be fed hay. In zoos, they actually feed camels hay and grains as well. Llamas and alpacas are fed hay as well.
Yes horse do eat timothy hay, in fact it is one of the more commonly fed hays.
NEVER feed mouldy hay to horses( or mouldy pellets, grains or chaff) Horses will usually tell you if the hay is mouldy(unless they are very hungry) but not wanting to eat it. Dont confuse mouldy hay with silage or haylage, but be verycareful feeding silage and haylage to horses.
Actually, if hay is really dusty, then you should make it damp! Otherwise, don't wet it. Some horses at my stable dunk their hay in their water buckets, and they are fine
Hay is the basis of a diet for horses. Grain is technically supplemental for working horses, mares in foal, stallions, etc. A horse should be able to get all of its nutrients from hay, and if its not, that's when you supplement. But like they said, oats can cause founder so it should really be fed in moderation. alfafa hay....for the average horse, grains are very hot and can founder a horse if not used properly and in propotion....