. horse feeding guide
Feeding a horse is expensive. That’s for sure. With its size and active lifestyle, it surely requires a great amount of food to survive.
Horses consume hay. Being hind gut fermentors, horses need one to two pounds of it for every hundred pounds. This requirement increases especially when the horse has a very active lifestyle.
Grains are also consumed by horses. Grains provide nutrients that will help the horse’s body development. Fed twice everyday, grains are served as crushed oats and corn grains mixed with molasses. Molasses are added to sweeten the grains and provide an energy boost as it has minerals and calcium.
Carrots are also fed to horses but only as an appetizer. Give it to your horse as a treat by cutting it into smaller, bite-size pieces to avoid choking.
Barley is also an important part in a horse’s diet. It provides energy to your horse by 10% higher than oats. Also, barley improves digestion.
A coconut (copra) meal is another option. It is a recommended feed for horses because it has low oil content. Make sure to serve it free from mold.
A soya meal is a horse feed taken from soy byproducts. It is rich in several minerals such as lysine, methionine, isoleucine, leucine, arginine, glycine and threonine.
Another good source of protein is the cottonseed meal. It is made after oil is extracted from the cottonseed.
There are also other types of food that you can feed your horse such as garlic, bran and apple cider vinegar.
