Can my horse eat chicken grain?

Answer 1

No, absolutely not. Feeds designed for other animals may include ingredients that are toxic to horses. Stick with feeds manufactured for horses or straight grains like oats and barley.Most horses do just fine with no grain and can live on hay alone.

Answer 2

No, not all horses require grain. those that typically do not are in light to no work, or are very easy keepers (good doers). Typically horses in moderate or heavier work, breeding / pregnant / lactating, hard keepers (bad doers), seniors and such on will require at least a little grain to help keep them healthy.

Answer 3

A horses diet is affected by many things, including, but not limited to: Age, health, weight, level of work/ performance, genetics. Many horse on light to no work can happily live on hay and a vitamin and mineral supplement. However when a horses workload increases to moderate and higher they generally need more calories than just hay can provide.

Broodmares also generally need some kind of supplemental feed as they need the calories to produce adequate milk for the foal.