Feed Rooms

Doc-t August 13, 2015
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Feed rooms are specialized areas within the barn used for preparing the food delivered to the horses.  It often doubles as food storage, but the article and images are about organization and preparation.

When a large group of horses is under one roof, organizing is essential because an individual horse may be either medicated or supplemented differently from the others.  Usually, only one person is in charge of this duty but having clear instructions written conspicuously helps avoid confusion.

Clutter should be avoided because tripping over things can cause injury and frustration.  Keeping the “kitchen” clean is essential to pride and efficiency.  Medications that need protection from extreme temperatures require refrigeration or are kept out of bright light need to be protected as directed.  A clean counter helps prepare each serving, and labels on the buckets prevent giving medication to the wrong horse.

Note – I do not believe horses should be fed any grains and almost all supplements. More information about this is found here: The Two Week No-Grain Challenge and here: Nutrition In Horses

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Feed rooms
An organized feed room still looks cluttered but buckets on the floor is a common sight at many large farms.
A beautiful and clean feed room. Behind each door is a different type of feed.
Behind the wash stall wall is this feed room with laundry and prep area with water resistant cabinets. as well as the hot water heater.
Highly organized feed room. Horse’s names are obsured by request of the barn owner because she prides herself not only on her organization, but in her integrity of confidentiality.
Highly organized feed room. Horse’s names are obsured by request of the barn owner because she prides herself not only on her organization, but in her integrity of confidentiality.
Highly organized feed room. Horse’s names are obsured by request of the barn owner because she prides herself not only on her organization, but in her integrity of confidentiality.
Durable barn structure and well organized and clean feeding area. The cart is used to distribute individual feed buckets.
Durable barn structure and well organized and clean equipment area.
Stall interior in NY. A barn feed room with containers that can remain closed to all but the most intrepid of loose horses.
It seems like every surface has something on it.
The feed containers are on rollers and tuck away into cabinets.
Small but clean and organized.
Clean and organized. I really like the sink.
Feed buckets hung on a moveable cart keeps them organized and it moves out of the feed room and into the barn effortlessly.
Grain bins with an orgaization chart above.
These grain bins are on a slanted floor so the almost empth pail will already have the grain tipped into a corner.
An organized feed room with a notebook recording daily feeding, treatments and observations. Note the work in cleaning and then cutting the carrots into bite sized pieces. I do not like feeding carrots to horses.
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