Dans cette catégorie “bons gestes et bonnes pratiques” nous verrons comment améliorer nos habitudes pour faire évoluer notre mode de vie vers plus de durabilité.
Ces “bons gestes et bonnes pratiques” s’applique aussi bien aux chevaux qu’à notre vie, sur les pistes et à la maison.
The thermoregulation of the horse is a device of heat regulation. It helps maintain body temperature within ± 2 ° C. We take the rectal temperature as a benchmark. => The “standard” can vary: stallion: 37.6 ° C foal: 39.3 ° C lower in the morning than in the afternoon (we can reach 1 ° C difference) Where ...
In equine permaculture, overgrazing is defined by related criteria: to start with the height of the grass, and the quantity of grass available in the pasture at a given time, but also to the impacts of overgrazing on the soil and this happening there, as well as the impacts on flora, and finally, the impacts on ...
Part Two Exposure to pollen is a natural phenomenon: horses have been exposed to it throughout their development. the production of a protective mucus is a normal reaction which allows the allergen to be fixed and expelled, sneezing is perceived by the herd as a warning sign which prompts the group to ...
Part 1 Allergy is a disproportionate reaction of the immune system: the body develops inflammation to defend itself against an element of its environment that it mistakenly identifies as an aggressor when it is not. The allergen is that part of the environment that triggers the reaction. Allergic horses have a predisposition (we will see that ...
Giving fruits and vegetables to horses: yes, but for what? Most often it is for vitamins and other minerals (you can also indulge yourself by wanting to spoil your horse… but that's another subject… “human” this time) YES there are some in many fruits and vegetables … And that…
Who does not remember a painful encounter with our friends the nettles? ... there are many varieties (30) around the world, there are 5 in France, the most common are the greater nettle (Urtica dioica , which has the particularity of being perennial), and the stinging nettle (Urtica urens, which is an annual more ...
Zero waste wood heating: is it possible? This article comes after part 1 on wood heating (here): thanks to homesteading I will take you this time to discover the many uses of ashes. What is ashes? ash composition: 20 to 50% calcium, up to ...
Eco-responsible housing: is it a good idea to heat with wood? Wood heating… We are going to see together some good reasons for choosing this method of heating and how to make it a sustainable practice. Why not heat with wood? 3 reasons to start, burn plants in the garden in the open ...
They cause a risk of stress, infection, irritation. They annoy, and they give a bad image of places where there are horses ...