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Hi Pat,
During the winter, your goal is to increase body heat. The way to do this is to provide forage (both grass and legume hays) all of the time -- 24/7. The fermentation of these hays by the bacterial flora produces heat as a byproduct.
Make sure that they get a fatty feed such as flaxseed meal or stabilized rice bran, and a good, overall multiple vitamin/mineral supplement.
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Dr. Getty 