Horses (First Step Nonfiction - Farm Animals)

by Robin Nelson

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by Robin Nelson

a Lerner Publications Company · Minneapolis

What lives on a farm? 2

Horses live on a farm. 3

A female horse is a mare. 4

A male horse is a stallion. 5

Horses have a mane. 6

A horse’s foot is called a hoof. 7

Horses have a tail. 8

They use their tails to shoo away flies. 9

Horses eat grass, hay, corn, and oats. 10

Horses drink a lot of water. 11

A baby horse drinks its mother’s milk. 12

A baby horse is called a foal. 13

People work with horses. 14

Horses help move other �animals. 15

Horses help pull things on the farm. 16

It is fun to see horses on the farm! 17

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Parts of a Horse There are many different kinds of horses. Horses can be many different colors—brown, black, gray, and white. A horse’s mouth and nose is called a muzzle. Horses wear metal horseshoes to protect their hooves, or feet.

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Horse Facts Horses can sleep standing up. When you hear a horse neigh, it is talking to another horse. A horse greets a friend with a whinny, which is a soft, low neigh. There are at least 114 different kinds of horses.

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People measure how tall a horse is from the ground to its back. They use a measure called a hand. The biggest horses are about 18 hands, which is 6 feet tall. A family group of horses is called a band. A foal can find its mother by her smell.

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Glossary foal – a baby horse hoof – a horse’s foot mane – hair on the top of a horse’s neck mare – a female horse stallion – a male horse

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Index drinks – 11, 12 eats – 10 foal – 13, 21 hoof – 7, 18–19 mane – 6, 18 mare – 4 stallion – 5 tail – 8, 9, 18 23

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