Always check feed weight per unit volume, especially when new or different feeds and hays are purchased. Never feed concentrates at a level more than 0.75 percent of body weight at any one feeding. For example, a 1,000 pound horse should never be fed more than 7.5 pounds of concentrate at any one feeding. If more than 7.5 pounds of concentrate is required by an individual horse, split the amount equally and feed two or more times per day. Space multiple feedings throughout the day and feed daily at set feeding times.
Horses are creatures of habit and respond positively to a regular schedule.
Avoid abrupt ration changes. Ration changes become necessary in the normal production cycle. Typically these changes are in amounts, types or forms of feedstuffs. When changing a ration, some changes can be made almost immediately, some require a few days, and others will require a week or longer. For example, changing from one textured concentrate to another with equal energy densities is only a slight change and can be done in a few days.