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A calf sled is a must-have if you are hauling anything in the snow, and can be found at most farm supply type stores for under $100 CDN. We tried to get away with cheaper sleds in the past, but there's a point of diminishing returns when the firewood tips out or the hay falls off constantly. A calf sled has vertical sides and is about a foot deep, which means it can hold about 50lbs worth of loose hay, and a couple of kids to hold the hay down! Horses need a *bare minimum* of 2% of their body weight in forage per day, so approx 26lbs per full sized horse, but that still isn't enough to stave off boredom, hunger, and painful ulcers. So even when hay is expensive and scarce, we supplement with straw as something to keep their tummies busy. They don't love the straw, and it is basically devoid of nutrition, but it's filling and gives their tummies something to digest between nutritious grass/alfalfa meals.
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