One more thing I am pleased about, no one has thrown food over the hedge to the horses.
I have had to move them away from the hedge row and gate as people were feeding them all sorts.
I suppose many thing that horses can eat anything! But they cannot. Horses cannot vomit which a lot of people do not know and this is one reason they suffer with colic.
Apples are another reason. To many or crab apples and cooking apples do a lot of damage and can even cause death.
Bread was always in the field nearly every day and the horses loved it, but it is not good for them. It blows up in their stomach and is high in starch. It can upset the micro organisms in their hind gut. It can also cause choke and even colic. One thing for sure, it does put weight on a horse feeding bread!
I know many people that feed bread to horses and have had no problems. It is best to be safe and not feed. I know my horses ate a lot of bread from people throwing it over to them and thank God they was OK. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that all your dreams and wishes came true.