Livestock feed and supplies
Les aliments du bétailet des fournitures
This listing is provided for your information only. Please contact the vendor for further details.
Hay for sale
Tip: Feed store bulletin boards are also a good source of leads for hay, bedding and other supplies.
Before you buy: Six tips on getting quality hay Storing hay and feed to maintain quality
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How much does a horse eat?
Horses require up to two per cent of their body weight in quality hay or forage per day. That works out to 20 pounds/4.5 kg of hay per 1,000 pounds/453 kg of body weight. Cold weather calls for increasing that amount by 10 to 15 per cent to allow them to stay warm.
A "square bale" of good hay ranges from 50 to 100 pounds/ 23 kg to 45 kg each, while the larger round bales are approximately 1200 pounds/544 kg each.
A healthy horse drinks an average of 15 gallons/ 60 litres of fresh water per day. During hot weather, heavy exercise or for nursing mothers, these amounts can double.
Bedding for sale
Before you buy: Alternative bedding materials
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Maritime Hay, Feed and Stall Bedding Network on Facebook
HJ Crabbe and Sons, Bristol (506) 392-5563 wood shavings
Neil Hallett and Sons (506) 375-4748
Royal Wood Shavings, Quebec
RB Tripp Ltd, Halifax wood shavings
Oats and supplemental feed
Havelock Feed, 32 Back St, Havelock (506) 534-2266
J&P Farm Supplies, Park Street, Sussex (506) 433-4590
Hay/straw vendors
Neil Hallett and Sons (506) 375-4748
Maritime Hay, Feed and Stall Bedding Network on Facebook
Sussex and Studholm Agricultural Society 432-1824 feed store
25 Union Street, Sussex
Shur-Gain Feeds ‘N Needs 1-800-561-4246 or 432-4200
170 Stewart Ave, Sussex (Industrial Park, across from Barbour Foods)
Shur-Gain Feeds ‘N Needs (506) 324-9103
389 Connell Ave, Woodstock, NB E7M 5G9 (Near the Trans Canada Highway)
Fencing
Horse resources
Atlantic Horse and Pony magazine
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The NBSPCA Equine Rescue Fund helps pay for the feed and veterinary treatment of horses and ponies in our care. This care depends on the support and donations of horse fans like you!
When you would like to help with this important work, please make a donation through the Canada Gives button on the www.spca-nb.ca web site. Donations of all sizes are welcome. You get an immediate tax receipt for gifts of $10 or more, and your money gets straight to work helping horses in need!
A $10 donation buys:
A curry comb or four bales of hay, (that's enough to feed a horse for a week)
A $20 gift provides:
A horse halter, or a water bucket or a bag of oats (enough to feed a horse for approximately two weeks)
Your $50 donation buys:
A visit from a farrier to trim and care for a horse's hooves
A bucket of vitamins, helping a malnourished horse regain weight
A month's worth of hay for one horse
