Learn the Basics of Feeding Your Horse

Learn how to choose good horse hay, why hay is important, how to store and feed hay to your horse or pony.

Learn the basics of feeding your horse. Guidelines for feeding grains, concentrates, salt or supplements with ideas on how much and how often to feed. Learn if you should give your horse mineral, vitamin, or herbal supplements, bran mashes and psyllium.

Learn how to feed your pony to avoid health problems like founder and obesity while still providing good nutrition. Learn what type of pastures, hays, grains and other supplements are good for feeding ponies.

This gallery shows pictures of common plants that are toxic to horses. Identify weeds and garden plants that are poisonous to ponies and horses. Learn which weeds growing in pastures may be toxic to your horse or pony.

Grass is a horse's natural food, but sometimes too much of a good thing is bad. Find out how to put your horse out on pasture, especially in the spring when the grass is lush and rich.

Learn how to safely feed your horse or pony treats. Tips on what you can safely feed your horse as treats.

Here are tips for finding hay during droughts and emergencies, how to preserve what you have and ideas for hay alternatives. Stretch your present hay supply and learn how you can feed your horse during dry weather and other emergency situations.

Here are tips for finding hay during droughts and emergencies, how to preserve what you have and ideas for hay alternatives. Stretch your present hay supply and learn how you can feed your horse during dry weather and other emergency situations.

I've seen some nasty accidents caused by hay nets left tied too low. Here are some tips to help you keep your net tied high and safely

Take this ten question quiz and find out how much you know about safely feeding your horse or pony. Can you get 10/10 on this true or false horse feeding quiz?

View different types of horse feeds including grass hay, alfalfa, oats, barley, wheat, bran, beet pulp, pelleted concentrates, cubes, crunch and supplements.

A simple recipe for baking your own horse cookies. Mix applesauce and oat bran for healthy homemade treats for your horse or pony.

Follow this recipe to make sweet crunchy Molasses cookies to feed to your horse or pony as a treat.

The feeding of ponies differs from feeding horses. Learn about a pony's unique nutritional requirements and why they are different. You'll also find charts with nutritional guidelines for ponies and miniature horses in various activity and life stages.

Water is essential for a horse's health. Learn why clean, fresh, abundant water is important to your horse. Learn how to clean troughs and buckets, how much water a horse needs, how to supply water, and what affects water consumption.

Learn what horses eat both in the wild and in the stable. Find out what a horse's natural foods are, what they should and should not eat.

Learn the various reasons a horse may lose weight or may not gain weight and what you can do to help your horse stay in top condition.

There are some things a horse shouldn't eat. Learn what foods you should not feed a horse, including some that would seem to be a part of a horse's regular diet. Here is a list of things you shouldn't include in the healthy diet of a horse.