You should not put eatable hay on the floor of a stall. The floor should have straw or wood shavings to absorb the urine. It should be at least 3 inches thick or deep. Cleaning the stall daily will help saving on bedding.
He is picking out the parts he likes, such as the hay seeds and such
You should clean your horses stall every day. Depending on whether or not you use hay or something else. Sift through the dirt if it's dirt, swap out the hay if it's hay, but it needs cleaned every day.
If a horse is in a stall all day then they need hay and water. Also you could put in a salt block.
The hay should not stink at all. If the hay is out in the open it can begin to smell funny from mold and debris getting into it. If the hay is covered of inside it should always smell clean and crisp, it it quickly picks up an odor, either the hay has something wrong with it or something is soiling it. You should investigate the hay thoroughly before purchasing it and if after you've bought it the hay begins to smell you should have an analysis done to determine what is wrong with it. Hay can also take on the smell of the air, if you feed hay in a dirty stall it will begin to smell like the stall, or pick up nearby odors.
Manure, urine, hay stocks and dirty bedding.
Ponies can actually live anywhere, as long as their environment and habitat is healthy! They need hay, water, a stall, and shelter from bad weather!
The best bet would be in a small paddock where the horse can lay down freely, and graze grass and hay. Keeping him in a stall 24/7 might make it anxious, nervous, or have to much energy. So, if the horse is not being exercised daily, he should not be fed fatty, rich foods that it would normally need. So, by giving him hay and grass, it will keep his digestive system in balance. You can stall him for periods of time though, be he will need a break.
It should be cleaned about 2 or 3 time a day. That means cleaning out it poop and putting in fresh hay.
During the Battle of Cowshed, Mollie is hiding in her stall with her head buried in the hay. She symbolizes the vain, selfish people in Russia.
Horses eat straw to keep busy, typically from a lack of needed chewing time. The best thing to do is make sure the horse has hay available at all times. This can be done by hanging a couple of slow feed hay nets in the stall or using a slow feeder from the ground. You can also place a grazing muzzle on the horse to limit the amount of straw it is eating in the stall, but the horse must be watched carefully if a muzzle is used.
That really depends on the size and weight of the bale, as well as the depth of the cover. One large round bale of hay can be unrolled for at least 20 or 30 yards with a depth of 8 inches, where as a small square will only cover 5 square feet of area if all the flakes were put together in a square or rectangle.
Yes, you should, and hay should be given frequently. In the wild, horses graze constantly, so they need forage whenever possible. This can be provided through pasture or giving hay two or more times a day if a horse is constantly stabled.