| Feeding and Watering Tips |
| If you want to keep weight on your horse, pour vegetable oil on the grain every time you feed him/her. It gives them a soft coat and helps put on or keep body fat. |
| Use an old spaghetti strainer to strain out hay and stuff from the water buckets or water tanks. It also works good when trying to get broken ice chunks out of the buckets. Plus, your hands stay warmer!! |
| If your barn suffers from regular freezing, a basketball or soccer ball floating in the water trough will keep it from completely freezing over. Be sure not to fill the tank all the way to the top, or the ball may blow away in the wind. If you get a very hard freeze, you may need to invest in a water heater. |
| If you horse will not drink his water, Fill half of the water bucket with hot water and the rest with cold water, or add salt to his water bucket. It usually works!! |