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Re: [RC] [RC] Midwest horse feeding and riding buddies - Sisu West Ranch

Another factor in heat production in horses is bacterial fermentation. When the hindgut is full of fiber the bacterial find life to be good and multiply. Their metabolism produces a lot of bacteria waste heat. Since this is produced inside the horse, the horse gets warmer.

My guiding principle has always been that if a horse has enough stuff to snack on all night, he will be warm even at -30 F. The result of this thinking was that when I was in the Midwest I always hay shopped for the cheapest, properly cut, dried, baled and stored hay I could find. In this way I could feed the greatest volume. Because horse hay is a byproduct of WI dairy operations, it usually ended up being 10% to 50% alfalfa. In WI alfalfa suffers from significant winter kill, so it must be replanted every 5 years or so. As far as I am concerned, the best horse hay was cut the year before replanting.

Please note, moldy or rained on hay was never considered period. Even free it is not a bargain.

Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875

(406) 642-9640

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