01/22/2026
Are you are ready for the storm? Here are some tips that may help you! Have any good tips? Please share your tips with us in the comments, let’s all weather this storm together.
-Put plastic bags over your gate latches and chains. This will help with freezing rain and ice
-Top off all water troughs
-Detach you hoses from the spigots and drain all the water out of the hoses
-If you don’t have heaters for your water troughs you can pack hay around your troughs to help insulate them.
-Bed down stalls with shavings. I like to put down fine shavings down first to absorb like a kitty litter and top off with larger shavings on top for warmth and comfort.
- Make sure stalls have at least two buckets of water each.
-Give your horses electrolytes to encourage them to drink. My favorite is CEP Gut Check.
-Make sure your horses have unlimited hay. Hay is how they stay warm! It isn’t matter of having enough to eat, think of it is their internal heater. They need to keep their heater on!