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How To Ensure Proper Equine Nutrition in the Winter
Feeding your horse in the winter can become a challenge as the weather may stress their systems. You may own an easy-going, easy keeper or a high-energy, hard keeper horse that needs more enriching foods to tame bad habits that stem from boredom. Because grazing in...
Some Common Horse Health Issues
Horses are sturdy on the outside and built to endure hard work and riding, but they can be quite sensitive as well. How you feed your horse or care for them can have a negative impact on their health. Catching some of the most common horse health issues to know before...
How To Calculate How Much Forage Your Horse Needs
It is a well-known fact that horses love to eat. Determining how much food your horses need to consume in a day is a necessary hassle you need to take on as an equine enthusiast. If you struggle with knowing how to calculate how much forage your horse needs, we have...
Advantages of a High Fiber Diet for Horses
With how large horses are and the power they can exert, you would expect their digestive tract to be just as hardy. This is not the case! Digestion in a horse is a finicky process that can be easily disrupted by the wrong foods, lack of nutrients, or an excess of...
Routine Chicken Coop Maintenance Tips
You love your chickens, and you want to keep them happy and safe so they’ll give you the best egg harvests possible. In order to do that, you must keep their home clean. Healthy chicken coops result from regular maintenance, so for this post, we’ve got a few routine...
Tips for How to Build a Chicken Coop
There are different methods you can take to have your own chicken coop, but if you’ve decided on building yours from the ground up, there are some extra steps you’ll need to take. Building a chicken coop can be the most affordable option and can offer the greatest...
Diet Considerations for Overweight Horses
Obesity is a major issue for many horses today. Unlike humans, however, fast food is not to blame in this scenario. As with humans, obesity can lead to many additional health concerns for your equine friend. Obesity can increase the risk of laminitis, metabolic...
Tips for Raising Backyard Chickens for Beginners
Raising backyard chickens can be a very rewarding experience for many different reasons. Not only will it allow you to easily procure your own organic eggs, but it can be a rather therapeutic experience. Like all animals, chickens can develop their own personalities...
Steps To Prepare Your Horses for Winter
While you can prepare for winter by cozying up under a blanket next to a warm fireplace with your favorite glass of wine, your equine companion, unfortunately, can’t do the same. It is important that you get your barn preparations out of the way as soon as possible....
Essential Fall Lawn Care and Maintenance
Fall is finally at our doorsteps, and the blazing hot summer is behind us. You may believe that once the weather starts cooling down, you have less work to do outside—but there are plenty of important lawn preparations you need to make for winter. Today’s blog is all...
Tips for Feeding Your Draft Horse
Draft horses need larger meals to match a percentage of their weight, and you need to know exactly what to feed them. No matter if your draft horse helps around the farm, is used for breeding, actively competes, or has transitioned into a companion animal, they may...
The Importance of Forage in a Horse’s Diet
Just like humans, a horse needs a healthy diet in order to thrive. Whereas grains and vegetables serve as the main components of our diets, the main building block in a horse’s diet is forage. Generally speaking, forage comprises the vast majority of a horse’s diet...