This message is from: Debbie Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Claudia,
How are you? How is the weather? We are whining because it has been dipping into the 20's at night, 30-40 during the day. This is the time of year when I start to fret about whether to blanket Ivar. I have decided that he should not need a blanket unless there is cold rain. What are your blanket guidelines for Vergel? Ivar is putting on a little weight also. He currently only gets 1/2 scoop of oats twice daily and supplement. They do have round bales in the fields and he pretty much keeps his head buried there as you can imagine. I am hoping the colder it gets, the more calories he will burn to stay warm and I won't have to change his diet. Deb --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Claudia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Claudia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: mangers > To: "Fjord List" <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com> > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 7:10 PM > This message is from: "Claudia" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Everyone, > > I am tired of my horses wasting hay, and I'm tempted to > have some > old-fashioned mangers built in, to keep some of the hay off > the floor. I am > thinking of putting one big manger along one whole wall of > my loose area, and > perhaps one in each stall. The slanted wood ones, fairly > deep, is what I > want. The kind in old wooden tie stalls. > > I don't remember having this problem other years--they > ATE their hay. So it's > possible they just don't like the hay I got this year, > and therefore push it > around and waste it. > > My husband said they will probably just pull the hay out > and throw it on the > floor anyway, so I'm asking for input. Do you think > mangers save any hay? Or > do horses just need to poop on their hay? > > Claudia in Wisconsin, and Vergel--who, given his present > girth, does not GET > enough hay to waste. > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
