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Even here in Ga. They eat more. They can eat 2 days less on a round bale 
when it's been cold. I've read you add about 10% to rations per 10 degree 
drop. under freezing.  And when we get the 33 degree with cold rain for 6 
hours or more ,you just bet they shiver if they don't have a waterproof 
blanket or shelter.We kind of get into a pattern of rain in winter every 3-7 
days in winter. It may rain all day or off and on . The trick  is it may 
rain all day at  45- 50 degrees, then it drops into 30's  at night .So you 
either stall or swap waterproof sheet to waterproof blankets at night. 
Otherwise you have a wet shivering horse as the temp drops 30 degrees or so. 
I have to add  estra beetpulp/pellets when it gets real cold or  tlhey will 
drop weight.(I also use fat) .I usually up the beet pulp first  
though.Laurie


> From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <Elkenchild@xxxxxxx>
> CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   feeding for the cold weather (Susan G?)
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:48:13 -0700 (MST)
>
> > I just heard a vet lecture on winter feeding last night. Horses are much
> >  cooler animals, our forty degree weather is about seventy degrees to
> > them! Only  increase feed if temp is at zero or below, and hay is the
> > best thing for it. We  feed beet pulp and oil in the winter as well, but
> > he thinks it's not a  necessity!
>
> Yikes!  I sure see a lot of horses around me here in my rural area that
> are thin and rough by spring simply because they are expected to winter on
> summer rations.  We rarely get below zero here (did have a couple of
> sub-zero nights last week, but that's about the extent of it) but we sure
> hang in that range of single-digit nights and days that don't quite make
> it up to freezing for weeks on end.
>
> We DEFINITELY feed more in the winter to equip horses for that sort of
> weather, although I would concur that they need even more when the mercury
> drops below zero.
>
> But I do agree that in most cases it is easiest (and best) to do it with
> more hay.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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