06/02/2026
Horse Barns for ✨Horses✨ Episode 3
The Salt Lick 🧂
Lots of people like to hang these at people height, where a horse has to stretch to reach them. Kind of discouraging the use.
Placing them on the floor in a stall can cause them to get lost under the shavings or worse, stepped on and bruise your horses sole. Which is why these should be hung about chest height or in a salt bucket on the floor: out of the way.
The gold standard would be to offer a white salt block, a mineral block, and added salt electrolytes to their daily grain. It’s impossible for feed companies to add enough salt to a grain to keep it palatable.
This is a $2 insurance policy on your horses health. And it adds something to the routine of horse day ☀️