How do horses stay warm in the wind?

Answer 1

In the wild, feral horses will feel safer staying out in the open when it's windy, and will stand together with their rears into the wind. They are warm-blooded animals, so their internal body heat plus standing with their butts to the wind helps them keep warm in addition to standing together in a loosely bunched group. They won't find rocky outcrops or treed areas because of the immediate danger of predators that could pounce on them from above or sneak up from them from the shelter of the trees. Horses feel more nervous on windy days than calm days because of this perceived threat, and especially when they can't hear as well due to the howling wind.

Horses that are domesticated may seem luckier since they have access to a shed or barn to keep them sheltered from the wind, but that's just human thinking, not horse thinking. Horse thinking, no matter if they're feral or cared for by people, is to stay out in the open in the wind no matter if there's a shed standing there waiting for them to give them shelter. When given a choice, horses often will choose to stand outside in the open and wait the wind out than head to the shed or barn. Not even a blanket would comfort them or keep them warm, just standing out in the wind as Nature intended them to do is good enough for a beloved prey animal as the horse.

The only time a horse owner should worry about horses getting cold is when there is a cold rain associated with the wind. That is when the owner may want to keep them in the shed. But even then. horses out on a cold, windy day will still choose to be outside and tough it out like their feral brothers/sisters and ancestors have for millions of years.

Answer 2

This will depend on where the horse is and if it's domesticated or not. If it's kept stabled it won't have to do much as the owner takes care of it and it's kept in a warmer barn. If the horse has an owner but is kept at pasture it may need a blanket and extra hay provided when the temperature gets too low, although if the horse is fairly young and has a thick winter coat it may not need a blanket. Feral/Wild horses will grow out a thick coat for the winter and begin to pack on the pounds by eating as much as possible when they can find food. They will turn their butts into the wind or move into a stand of trees or rocks for shelter.

Answer 3

Wild and Feral horses stay warm by growing thick winter coats and eating as much roughage as they can find. The digestive process causes a horse to generate body heat, this combined with the thick winter coat keeps the horses warm. Domestic horses use the same process.

Answer 4

They grow very thick coats which protect them from the cold, they also (naturally) create oils in their coats which looks like brown dust.This is kind of 'water-proof' in a very loose sense. It really just stops the water soaking completely into the skin.

Answer 5

Horses maintain their body temperature through either sweating if they are hot, or digestion if they are cold. Horses are one of the very few mammals that can sweat through their skin like humans and keep cool that way. In the winter or whenever it is cold a horse can generate body heat through digestion. As the horse digests long stemmed forage such as grass or hay their intestines generate heat which keeps them warm.

Answer 6

suck balls

Answer 7

In a square room called a stall.