Can horses eat sir Walter lawn?

Answer 1

Horses are grazing animals and forage feed is necessary for the proper functioning of their digestive system, as it is their most natural diet:

* Apples and carrots - they are relished by most horses

* Barley - this should be boiled or soaked for at least two hours before feeding as it swells when wet, which prevents it swelling in the horses stomach which can cause problems. It can be fed dry if rolled and crushed first, and is good for older horses

* Bran - is easily digested

* Chaff - adds bulk to food and prevents the horse from bolting down its good too quickly

* Cod Liver Oil - is a useful supplement to help build up resistance to disease

* Eggs - these are a good source of protein and one or two fed daily can be useful to a hard-working horse

* Horse nuts or mixes - these are specially prepared foods, comprising many of the basic feeds, there are different types designed to meet the nutritional needs of various horses with different exercising routines

* Linseed - is high in protein and only a handful should be fed with a feed. It is poisonous raw so MUST be cooked first

* Maize - this should be flaked and cooked to make it easier to digest

* Molichaff or Mollichop - is a mixture of chaff and molasses, used to add bulk to the food and the molasses makes it more appetising

* Oats - they are easily digested if fed crushed, rolled or cooked. They are a high energy food and excessive feeding of oats can cause exuberance in some horses

* Root vegetables - such as beetroot, carrots, parsnips, swedes and turnips can be fed but in small quantities. They should be cut into strips, rather than round pieces as they can become lodged in the throat. Shredded vegetables are also avoided by worms.

* Salt - fed in small quantities in the feed helps to aid digestion

* Seaweed - is good for young horses

dont forget alfalfa and oat hay!

Horses should be fed at regular times and should be given a few hours between a hard feed and carrying out strenuous exercise.

Water should always be available to both the grass kept and stabled horse or pony and it is particularly important that it is available prior to feeding.

also hay

They are grazers, herbivores, they eat grass.

They also eat grain which you give them if they are worked. There are three basic types of grain: Sweet feed, Pellet, and Sienior.

But if you feed it hay, check for white or black patches, and smell it and see if it smells stale or stagnant. If you can find white or black or it smells bad, feed it to some cows 'cause it's moldy.

WELL I give my horse, ralph, chaff, sugar beet, pony nuts, something called 'mix' which is a mixture of oats and dried fruit, i think, and I feed him fruit, like apples and even satsumas, and vegetables, like carrots and cabbage. also i feed him bran, and you can feed your horse with cereals that you buy in the shops, like cornflakes, museli and bran flakes, or even crunchy nut! these are high in fibre and are good for your horse. also, you can put a spoonful or so of cooking or vegetable oil, which is good for their coat and keeps them in good condition.

The above is hard feed, which I feed my horse in the winter. during the year, I feed him hay and he grazes on grass when he doesn't eat hay. Horses also must have a fresh, flowing supply of water. Also, horses will eat stray foliage, like leaves and branches. DO NOT LET THEM EAT ACORNS! THEY ARE POISONOUS!

Well horses eat alot as you know they eat grass for around 17 hrs a day.! Apart from that horses can eat these foods -

carrots - a well know food for them

apples - another well know food for horses

sweet corn - dont give them all of it. you know you get little mini corn give them one a day.

potatoes - give them the peelings or dont give them the potatoes raw can give them stomach aches

water melon - not sure

oats - good food but not good if your horses is on a diet lol

hay - a good dry food when in winter or after a ride or at lunch time.

i wouldn't recomend tomatoes or strawberries or grapes not sure about lettuce never pizzas or junk food and not CHOCOLATE (people like it but it can be lethal to animals ) Be sure to check with a vet your instructor a horse expert if your not sure about the feed your horses is being given

You will be ok with feed from a tack shop and your local horse feed shop or a pet shop.

apples

carrots

hay

oats or any other feed you may give them

horse treats!

grass

hay

haylage

carrots(not too many)

apples(not too many)

horse treats(not too many)

suede

oats/chaff etc