Calm Healthy Horses addresses the various issues affecting domestic horses as MANAGEMENT issues not HORSE issues.

Dry summers make life easier for horse owners; wetter summers need more vigilance and attention to management...

These raised areas can persist for a few hours, or several days. They might be in one area or scattered over the body.

These are 'cool season' grasses, all in the 'high production' category compared to the finer, shorter sward, low nutrient density grasses li

About 6 weeks ago Sue (UK) was in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. She managed to get a sample of the forage the 'Yilki' horses of Cappadoci

Brown-top, Sweet Vernal, ‘Goose’ grass (Poa Annua), Crested Dog’s Tail... These are all ‘non-production' grasses which have NOT been select

We have a large data-base by now and there is a 100% correlation between all these ‘issues’ owners struggle with and the type of pasture/for

Lifestyle blocks that were dairy farms previously are likely to be predominantly rye-grass and clover. We would advise against buying such l

Both Spring (and Autumn) grass are a worry for many horse owners. So far we have covered how high nitrogen and potassium disturb not only t

Get Grass Smart Series - Feeding Salt This includes Broodmares and other livestock... While plants make great use of potassium they have...

domestic horses are often subject to over-load of potassium and the effects on the horse’s metabolism are under-estimated.

Fresh Grass and Colic Fresh spring grass We have been alerted to multiple colic cases happening around Auckland and in Victoria,...

Considerable emphasis is placed on the sugar content and we will cover this too, but there is a list of far more important aspects of grass

Horses are Graminivores (GRASS eaters), a sub-section of Herbivores (general plant eaters)...

There are significant Differences Between Feeding Horses on Warm Season vs Cool Season Grasses...

24/7 turnout can work for people who have large acreages and are not over-stocked and can keep long, more mature grass ahead of their horses, as can those who have a track for the horse to be on over spring while the grass is left to grow.

Horses need YOU to ensure they are getting sufficient of all the amino acids which tend to be inadequate in both green grass and hay.

ALL tissues are made of protein as are the enzymes which perform the trillions of chemical reactions going on every minute of the day that k

Did you know that when you get forage analysed it has a Dry Matter (DM) Content? This is what is left after water is removed. DM is fundamentally the FIBRE content.

Nitrates affect mono-gastric animals like horses DIFFERENTLY to ruminants. In ruminants the Nitrates are rapidly converted to Nitrites which cause oxygen starvation and sudden death.