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Fascinating messages, but where do you live, Mary-Anne, that you read the
temps in C, and how does it translate into F???

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R & M Dorchester" <mad1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <RHightshoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:36 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] Feeding in Extremely Cold Weather


> HI,
>
> We just had a stretch of 40 below weather here.  Our horses are outside
all
> the time (we don't blanket).  We just feed more, lots and lots more.  We
> increase their grain and hay and feed them warm beetpulp twice a day (they
> may be a bit spoiled!).  We also make sure they always have water
available.
> Today it's -10C and raining which is not typical weather for us, don't
> usually see rain again until April but it's been a strange winter!
>
> Mary-Anne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> RHightshoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: January 18, 2005 9:56 AM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] Feeding in Extremely Cold Weather
>
>
>
>
>
> Yesterday I heard on the radio that the temperature in Embarrass, MN was
54
> degrees below 0.  It is 8 degrees in Missouri today and I was curious
about
> what people in 54 degree below temperatures do differently at feeding
time.
> How do you go about getting enough calories into horses that are
> unsheltered to keep them warm?  How many calories a day does a 1000 horse
> need when the weather is above freezing vs. below?  Bob
>
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