Do horses eat more during the winter?

Answer 1

When winter rolls around, you do not need to increase any feed or grain intake, but you do need to make sure your horse has free-choice grass hay. Alfalfa is too rich. You want to give the horse free choice grass hay, preferably spread around the horses pasture so he moves around to eat. When a horse digests hay, a chemical reaction happens as the horse breaks down the fiber that produces internal heat to keep them warm.

Answer 2

In the winter, horses become slightly less active. When the ground is frozen solid, it hurts their hooves to gallop on it, and also when it snows, it's harder to play. Horses in the winter, typically eat more in order to gain fat and stay warm. Other than that, their behavior doesn't change much.

Actually, I have seen quite the opposite. Horses LOVE the cold. They get more active. They go running around, throwing their heels in the air, playing with eachother. Horses with healthy hooves shouldn't be hurting because of the harder ground. If they have shoes they might get sore, because the harder ground makes the vibrations the shoes already send up even worse, so these strong vibrations might hurt the horse, and also horses with shoes collect balls of ice in their hooves and that might hurt them also. But my barefoot horses don't, and they love it. They tend to have a higher amount of energy in the winter, because of the cold, which makes them frisky, so they are more lively to ride.

Answer 3

Horses like to eat fresh green grass, but they can also eat hay or straw. In winter, horses living in the wild would find dead grass to eat, or any available vegetable matter, even if it is buried under the snow. Of course, if they are horses that someone owns, then they get fed.

Answer 4

Yes, in cold winter weather, horses need extra calories to maintain proper body temperature.

Answer 5

ya they do eat they collect food in the summer fall etc and they gather food for the winter so that keeps them full in the winter

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Answer 6

Horses CAN eat hay and corn in the winter. They also need a little bit of grain to go with it.... but do NOT give them too much corn............ it is very bad for them.

Answer 7

If they have not been clipped, have adequate shelter, have 24/7 access to plenty of feed and water, yes they can.

Answer 8

You feed horses the same thing in the winter as you do the rest of the year. The only thing you might want to change is to feed more hay, as this is how a horse stays warm in the winter.

Answer 9

Because they are could and thristy