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How to Meet Your Cat and Kitten’s Nutritional Needs

How to Meet Your Cat and Kitten’s Nutritional Needs

Cats are independent pets. They are typically more content chasing off rodents than napping at your feet. And while they don’t need you to stay busy, they do require a specialized diet to help them tackle their many daily adventures. Depending on age and where they spend their time, there are a few things to keep in mind when feeding your feline. Provide your kitten with plenty of protein When weaned off their mother’s milk at eight weeks, kittens should have a high protein diet, and plenty of it. Those small furry felines will double or even triple in size...

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Keeping Chickens Cool: Help Your Chickens Beat the Heat

Keeping Chickens Cool: Help Your Chickens Beat the Heat

Summer is officially upon us! This crowd-favorite season means outdoor activities galore, and with some easy planning for us humans, we can manage the heat with cooler, lighter clothing, hydration and shade…but what about our feathered friends? Here’s what to do when keeping chickens cool? When cold, chickens (and many birds) are the ultimate in resourceful heating. They fluff up their feathers, which traps air between the layers, creating an instant downy coat. In summer, there’s no way to strip down – and molt won’t happen until daylight decreases in the fall months. Because chickens cannot sweat, it makes them...

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Help Freshly Weaned Calves Keep Their Appetite

Help Freshly Weaned Calves Keep Their Appetite

Weaning can be a stressful time for calves, but by starting on a transitional feed that is designed to get calves eating when their appetite is reduced can help their long-term performance. Research conducted by Oklahoma State University says that newly received calves can have low intake with lower requirements for protein. However, calves with severely depressed intake probably have greater protein needs. One way to mitigate any issues when transitioning calves on feed can be to have a proper transitional formula. Consider the amount of protein, energy, vitamins and trace minerals they may need. Transitional feeds are very palatable...

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Horse Feed Tag Mathematics

Horse Feed Tag Mathematics

We often receive questions from horse owners, wondering what the various units of measure on horse feed tags mean, and how they can use those units to figure out what their horse is consuming…and wondering why in the world they have to be so confusing, too! In short, feed companies use the units of measurements on nutrients that we do, because we are required to. Why? Because horse feeds and other livestock feeds are labeled as required by AAFCO (American Association of Feed Control Officials) and the various state Feed Control regulations.  These regulatory bodies establish the units which are...

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Spring has Sprung! Supplementation Considerations.

Spring has Sprung! Supplementation Considerations.

Spring is definitely upon us and for those who have forgotten what it looks like, this is known as a whitetail deer buffet! We are currently experiencing one of the best springs I have ever seen, and that is great news as far as antler production is concerned. Antler growth is directly correlated with spring rainfall. Simply put, the more it rains March through May, the better antlers will be regardless of other variables. It is important to note though that proper supplementation can still get you that extra 10% even in lush green conditions provided you are feeding the...

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