From the article: Winter Horse and Pony Care Tips
Share your tips for keeping your horse healthy and happy through the cold winter months. Share Your Tips
Feeding large round bales
- Check out wwwtheroundbaleguardian.com They work great!
- —Guest RBG SD
Blanketing and ice in your water bucket
- If your horses spend most of their time outside or live outside then you should make sure you blanket them. Even if they are kept in a barn make sure your barn is kept warm. Make sure you keep ice out of your horses water!!!!! You can do this by getting a water heater or by simply using steaming hot water in your bucket so it doesn't freeze.
- —Guest Baby Brooks
Winter horse tips
- I give my four horses a warm mash during cold months. Just add hot water to their grain and it warms them right up!
- —Guest Connie
Blanketing
- I put blankets on my horses at night, during the day with the Sun out there is no need to blanket
- —Guest The Jack pine Ranch
insulating your water bucket
- www.wildangelcozy.com Try the waterbucket cozy - will totally reduce the amount of ice in buckets and stock tanks get thru a 15 degree night with drinkable water!
- —Guest Melissa
Blanket Them!
- If your horses live outside all the time or most of the time, blanket them. Especially if you get snow and if it gets below 0 Degrees!
- —Guest EdgewoodGirl*
Beet Pulp
- I feed beet pulp in the winter so my horses are eating something with moisture in it besides dry hay. I make it pretty wet.
- —Guest HappyQHs
