sweaty horses in cold weather

2001-11-20 Thread HorseLotti
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Re: founder, feeding, horses in cold climate...

1999-01-13 Thread jean gayle
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jean gayle) Great work, Anneli >This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I would say fjords founder very easily. And think about it - for hundreds >of years this breed have been forced to live on very little food and to >manage on fod

Re: founder, feeding, horses in cold climate...

1999-01-13 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gunthar is working 1 hour at least 4 days a week. Does it on 3 to 4 flakes of high quality grass hay a day (probably 20 lbs) and is holding his weight well. He is also developing the most gorgeous muscles on this diet. I've been reluctant

founder, feeding, horses in cold climate...

1999-01-13 Thread Anneli Sundkvist
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I would say fjords founder very easily. And think about it - for hundreds of years this breed have been forced to live on very little food and to manage on fodder like straw, fish bone and heather. The Danish writer Ingrid Skjoeth writes:

Re: Horses in cold

1999-01-12 Thread wcoli
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been lurking through the discussion about fjords and cold, but thought I'd describe the situation here. We have always tried to provide a 3-sided shelter for the mini-herds (like most people I assume, we keep our animals in different

Horses in cold

1999-01-11 Thread Dave McWethy
This message is from: "Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Good piece on Fjords in cold weather. My horses stay out all year, except they might rotate in for drying in an October 24 hour rain. Related to this discussion is a thought about blankets. I strongly suspect that any blanketing of a Fjord