04/14/2026
Let's chat about a common issue in horses.
Brittle hooves, thin white line---we call that bad feet.
If you go to a page and ask "What will help?", you'll get a 1000 different responses of products, oils, paints and supplements but what you won't hear is the number one problem. Why? Let's start at the beginning.
Horses naturally produce biotin (vitamin B7) through microbial fermentation of forage in their hindgut. When the body is lacking nutrition in a certain way? It stops making its own biotin and the lack of ends up showing up in the hoof. While there's a percentage of horses that seem to just have "bad feet"--the old timers swear a white hoof is a bad hoof, most issues can be solved thru addressing the hindgut of the horse instead of what we see which is the break down of the hoof wall.
Let's shake this out.....
▪️Production Method: Microbes in the horse's large intestine synthesize biotin.
▪️Dietary Sources: Good-quality forage (pasture/hay/alfalfa), oats, and soy are natural sources.
▪️Supplementation: An additional cost for the owner but studies indicate supplementation (15–25 mg/day) can improve hoof quality in horses with existing, poor hoof structure.
▪️Time Requirement: Due to slow hoof growth, improvements from biotin supplements take 5–12 months to become apparent. It's a painfully slow process for both the owner, the farrier and the horse.
For us? The answer is simple. Fix the hindgut and you fix the horse. And you fix the problem with the feet. Anyone can sell you supplements but fixing the hindgut is the easiest and best solution for the horse & the owner. We've got you covered from the digestive tract to the hoof to correct these problems. Our products are state tested, milled with care and independently tested for purity and your peace of mind. Your confidence is not something we take lightly.
We offer products that are part of our Total Body Series, such as ALFA FUEL pelleted grain--our highly concentrated hi fat forage equine feed; REHAB--our 15 in 1 Supplement that covers so many things from circulation, respiratory, epm recovery as just a few. Next--VITA/MIN+RAIN, a loose mineral mix containing extra copper and biotin if needed, and last but not least--our premier digestive tract wonder paste--PERFORMANCE GOLD for performing horses & FOAL GOLD for newborns foals that need additional colostrum, vitamins, minerals ect at birth. All of these products were developed to condition the digestive tract and will help the horse to redevelop a healthy, more efficient gut. We WANT your horse to make its own biotin! We've created a line of products that work together including T3 Buckets (Total Travel Tub) and lick tubs that contain our digestive tract drench, RAIN®.
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Our family's legacy is breeding, raising, competing and training horses in many different disciplines. We've been at it accumulatively for over 150 yrs. We're your neighbors and the people you can trust, and we'd like to help.
Happy Animals® Feed Barn
13094 FM 914
Stephenville, Tx 76401
254-413-7806