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Location: Beggs, OK | After running some numbers for a few friends I'm curious to see what everyone else is spending on commercial feeds.
What feed?
How much per bag?
How much are you feeding per day?
Do you add supplements and what are they?
Why do you feel that they are needed?
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Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | I have 5 head.
2 get Woodys Summer heat ($19/bag) 3 pounds per day
3 get Woodys Sweet 12 ($17/bag) 1 1/2 pounds per day
All get 1 scoop progressive nutrition proad ($37 per 25#-I think) I believe the scoop is equal to 2 ounces...the proad is my "substitute" for flax AND a vitamin mineral supplement. I have a horse that needs biotin all the time or his feet fall apart. Benefits of the omegas in the flax are noticeable. Horses are on pasture when they're not being rode-no hay until winter.
Summer heat is beet pulp based and adds some zip and shine to the 2 that need it. The other 3 really don't need much but they are easier to catch and deal with if you feed them :) |
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Posts: 477
Location: Lost in the swamps | Unfortunately all the feed stores around
my area the only quality pellets are
Strategy gx 15.99
About to switch to safe choice org. 15.99
Alfalfa pellets 13.99 for 40#s 1# a day
1 bag lasts me roughly 10 days per horse @ 5#'s a day
Supplemets :
flax oil 20.00 for 128 servings
Red cell 24.99 for 128 servings
Electrolytes right now for 9.99 for???
Pastured 24/7 right now, no hay
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Posts: 1695
Location: Willows, CA | I will start
I feed mixed hay, 70% timothy, 30% alfalfa. Available in slow feeders.
Three year old gets 1 1/2 pound of Renew Gold per day @ $30 per bag = $1.50 per day
mature horses get 1 pound of Renew Gold per day @ $30 per bag = $1.00 per day
They all get Redmond Salt = about $0.25 per day per head.
Instead of additional supplements, I spend that money on better roughage and better attention to teeth. I do use an electrolyte when conditions call for it. I also would use a probiotic when it makes sense to do so, but not on a daily basis. I have access to good roughage if I choose to use my feeding budget to that end, and I do. If I did not, I would use a quality hay cube to support the grass hay and slow the hind gut down some for better break down of the fast moving grass hay roughage. Over all cost, of supporting the roughage is $1.40 to $2.00 per day/ per head.
No ulcers, no colic, calm energy because there is not an overfeed of starch and sugars.
simple and cost effectrive.
$550 plus roughage cost per year on mature horses, $730 plus roughage cost per year on my three year old. This includes electrolyte in summer.
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Jr. Detective
Location: Beggs, OK | As an example:
Purina Omolene 200 - $17.99/50# = $0.36/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 8# $2.88/day
Purina Amplify Supplement - $60.49/50# = $1.21/lb
Recommended Rate - 2# $2.42/day
$5.33/day - $1,934.50/year
Nutrena Safe Choice - $15.99/50# = $0.32/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 10# $3.20/day
Nutrena Empower Boost - $31.99/30# = $0.80
Recommended Rate - 1.5# per day $1.20/day
$4.40/day - $1,606/year
Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force - $22.95/50# = $0.46/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 5# $2.30/day
BB Transform DSI (Probiotic Digestive Supplement) - $229/40# = $0.36/oz
Recommended Rate - 2oz $0.72/day
$3.02/day - $1,102.30/year
Omnis Complete Performance Cubes $13.50/50# = $0.27/lb
As a complete Ration with no other feed or forage - 20#
$5.40/day - $1,971/year
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| Summer months
Grass
Non riding horses get whole oats we produce our own
Free choice buckeye mineral 35/bag generally 1-2 bags a month for all horses
Free choice salt
Winter months
Hay we produce our own
Green feed we produce our own
All given free choice
For performance horses
Buckeye grow and win 45/bag about 2/day/horse
1/2 cup flax seed 40/bag lasts 3-6 months depending on how many horses
Lubrysin 15-30 ml 1.75-3.50/horse
Papaya 0.84-1.6 per horse
Equitop Myoplast 85/tub which lasts 60/horse I believe
If I need more calories, I will add oats
For horses lacking then I will specialize their diet
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Posts: 10277
| 5 head
1 lb renew gold/day 1.00/day
alfalfa cubes once a day $25/week for all 5
winter turn out 24/7 on 100 acres except for weather
summer, turn out at night, stalled during the heat of the day
salt
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Posts: 22277
Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Right now, I'm spending $78.35/month on my barrel horse. $61 for supplements and $17.35 for feed. Hay is an additional $20-50 per month but I'm not really feeding any at this time because my pasture is in great shape.
The supplements are a vit/mineral/probiotic because his feed is unfortified, and a vit E supplement because he's had immune issues in the past.
I wish I hadn't looked. LOL
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 477
Location: Lost in the swamps | Ok...
Strategy 15.99 =.32 per # @ 5#s a day=1.60 annual 584.00
Alfalfa pellets =.35 per # @ 1# A day = .35 annual 127.75
Flax oil= 19.99 per 128 oz @ .16 per oz per day= annual 58.40
Red cell= 24.99 per 128 oz @ .20 per oz per day = annual 73.00
Cost to feed daily feed and suppliments is $2.31
Not counting hay in winter
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Posts: 22277
Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | rachellyn80 - 2015-07-02 12:08 PM As an example:
Purina Omolene 200 - $17.99/50# = $0.36/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 8# $2.88/day
Purina Amplify Supplement - $60.49/50# = $1.21/lb
Recommended Rate - 2# $2.42/day
$5.33/day - $1,934.50/year
Nutrena Safe Choice - $15.99/50# = $0.32/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 10# $3.20/day
Nutrena Empower Boost - $31.99/30# = $0.80
Recommended Rate - 1.5# per day $1.20/day
$4.40/day - $1,606/year
Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force - $22.95/50# = $0.46/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 5# $2.30/day
BB Transform DSI (Probiotic Digestive Supplement) - $229/40# = $0.36/oz
Recommended Rate - 2oz $0.72/day
$3.02/day - $1,102.30/year
Omnis Complete Performance Cubes $13.50/50# = $0.27/lb
As a complete Ration with no other feed or forage - 20#
$5.40/day - $1,971/year
The problem with those numbers is I have never fed anywhere near the recommended amounts because my horses would be too fat. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Now I'm going to go try to tweak my supplement program. Thanks so much, Rachel.  |
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Posts: 5293
| I am in the process of transitioning over to Nutrena Senior. But Both my horses were getting 2 pounds a day of ultium and FORCO. ALso feed one scoop Formula 707 daily essentials cause they were not being fed at the regular feeding dosage on the bag. Electrolytes as needed. Tight Joints plus Joint supplement. They have access to 24/7 alfalfa orchard grass mix hay. My horses would not touch timothy ( WHich is fine at 30.00 a bale) and they did not do well on Renew Gold and I tried it for 5 months. |
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Red Hot Cardinal Fan
Posts: 4122
| Here is what I was feeding -
Custom Grain Mix: $110/50 lbs = $0.20 lb
ADM Healthy Glo: $30/40 lbs = $0.75 lb
I was feeding 5 to 10 lbs of grain plus a pound of Healthy Glo daily, so worked out to be $1.75 to $2.75 daily. But with all the ADM problems I recently started Renew Gold. With that it is $1 to $1.5 per horse, and I am slowly cutting out their grain. Not sure if I'll be able to cut it completly out, but I'll see.
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Jr. Detective
Location: Beggs, OK | Three 4 Luck - 2015-07-02 12:26 PM rachellyn80 - 2015-07-02 12:08 PM As an example:
Purina Omolene 200 - $17.99/50# = $0.36/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 8# $2.88/day
Purina Amplify Supplement - $60.49/50# = $1.21/lb
Recommended Rate - 2# $2.42/day
$5.33/day - $1,934.50/year
Nutrena Safe Choice - $15.99/50# = $0.32/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 10# $3.20/day
Nutrena Empower Boost - $31.99/30# = $0.80
Recommended Rate - 1.5# per day $1.20/day
$4.40/day - $1,606/year
Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force - $22.95/50# = $0.46/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 5# $2.30/day
BB Transform DSI (Probiotic Digestive Supplement) - $229/40# = $0.36/oz
Recommended Rate - 2oz $0.72/day
$3.02/day - $1,102.30/year
Omnis Complete Performance Cubes $13.50/50# = $0.27/lb
As a complete Ration with no other feed or forage - 20#
$5.40/day - $1,971/year
The problem with those numbers is I have never fed anywhere near the recommended amounts because my horses would be too fat.
I know...but, the people that I was helping out with their budgets were actually feeding more than the recommended amount and not seeing the results that they wanted.
The biggest issue that I see with horses in our area is the lack of quality forage....and people are not feeding enough of it anyway. People seem to want to feed more and more concentrate and add fat supplements instead of getting a more natural source of quality nutrition. |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | Again here to If I would feed the reccomended rate horses would be obease but my area store doesn't stock renew gold or anything comeparable. They look at you like your dumb when you ask for it. Even tr supply doesn't stock it in my area. All they stock is nutrena boost.
But I do see what your getting at is gettig result and cost per pound ratio on certain feeds. For instance one feed is say 12.99 but you need to feed 10# a day vs a 15.99 bag that says feed 6# a day.
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Posts: 6342
Location: NE Texas | I completely agree with the lack of quality forage in this region (TX, OK). I would prefer to feed alfalfa/grass mix, but unfortunately it isn't available in my area, and the alfalfa that is available scares me due to blister beetles. Pretty much the only thing available is coastal and it's hard to tell good Coastal from bad.
I currenlty am feeding Bluebonnet Omega Force Intensify as well, Cur-Ost supplements for respiratory issue, but these supplements also aid inflammatory control. I do feed coastal once daily to one horse, but he's out on grass the other half of the day. All others out on grass right now.
If I could get good quality alfalfa mix, I would feed whole oats once daily, just enough to mix in my Cur-Ost. |
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Posts: 13315
Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | 8 head - 5 riding horses (4 @1200+ pounds; 1@ 1,000 pounds) and 3 pasture ornaments (500-900 pounds)
RIDING HORSES - Total Equine (was feeding original Strategy)
(TOTAL per day)
1 scoop feed
1-2 cups flax seed & rice bran
1 scoop alfalfa cubes
2 flakes grass mix hay
Night turn out on decent pasture
1 horse is on Super Sport for more energy
2 horses are on DMG - they loose condition quicker than the others
3 are on joint supplements
**winter time I up the alfalfa cubes since their pasture is minimal & throw out a couple flakes of hay per horse
PASTURE HORSES
1 & 1/2 scoop per day of Pinnacle Balancer
Winter time I keep a round bale out.
We have about 10 acres total in pasture. The reason I switched to Total Equine is that their feet seem to do better on that than Strategy -- I was feeding the same amount.
If they slack off on weight during the winter, I make up the weight with alfalfa cubes & fat.
We got through aabout 700 square bales, and 40 round bales per year. I go through a little over a bag of cubes per week, 4 bags of TE per week, and about a bag of flax and a bag of rice bran a month. |
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Posts: 3314
Location: Jersey Girl | I have 2 horses. My retired 22 yr old gelding and my 8 yr old that I currently run.
I feed Legends performance pelleted. Daily they each get Equipride, the 8 yr old also gets Gastroade. I supplement with electrolytes as needed (hot humid days and on race days).
The Legends is $20.99 a bag (3 bags per month) I only grain once a day with free choice hay and some pasture. They get fed 1 lb and 3-4 lbs (use a 13oz coffee can) respectively.
The Equipride is 59.99 for 50 lbs. Not sure how long it will last me since I was only buying the 25lb previously. I am sure it will be at least 2 mos.
The gastroade is $36 and lasts me 2 mos at 1 feeding per day. |
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Posts: 194
Location: OKLAHOMA | Rachelly, I agree to the forage thing. I am in NE OK also have always fed good hay and some pasture time. I think if folks could just backup and do more GOOD forage there ponies would not need some of the extra's... MIne look great on 1LB of RG and pasture with little Chaffhaye, No supplements at this time.. If i start riding more and going again i will check into maybe some supp's.
By the way thank you for sharing your knowlege with us, i do greatly appreciate it. |
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Posts: 9992
Location: Kansas | Ultium 9lbs per day |
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Posts: 1207
| I also agree with the forage and yes it is hard in this area to get good horse hay. Right now though mine are on pasture and I have finally been able to get my pastures in descent shape, not the best but better than what it was. I only feed the Bluebonnet feed and probably not the recommended amount. I also give cubes wet and just enough to put their supplements or medicine in. When we were having so much rain I was having tendon issues but now they have all leveled off and just do a maintenance program. So Rachel are you only feeding the cubes? No grain at all? |
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Posts: 2869
Location: SE Missouri | We have 6 age 3-15.
We have a custom mix (oats, purina amplify, plus minimal molasses) it gets ran after the run their sweet feed mix so it usually has a little more molasses than what we actually pay for.
$175 for 800#/ 30 days (probably closer to 5 wks but I'll be generous) = $5.83/day = Cost: $.97/horse grain cost (eating a little over 4# per day).Platinum is fed to 5 of them Cost $1.80/horse/day
I don't have to feed hay year round - maybe November through early March or I'm hauling to a show. I spend $800/year for my cold grazer seed and fertilizer. So that's another $160/year per horse ($.45/day).. So $3.22/day per horse
We raise our own alfalfa and it's expensive. I think last I ran number it cost almost $1.20/day when I feed it.. So that's running about $4.42 avg per day per horse to feed and hay (so maybe December - early March).
If not haying it drops back to the $3.22/day.
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Posts: 9586
Location: Phoenix | Renew Gold. 1.5 measuring cups per day (1/2 lb.)
1 Scoop electrolytes.
I just started the electrolytes but feel as if they are needed because my horse is in a hot climate and is sweating a lot. I like the Renew Gold because my horse does NOT need starch or sugar!! A bag runs me $23-35 depending on if it's on sale and a bag lasts my 1 horse 2 months.
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Posts: 615
Location: Wyoming | I feed only Hay-rite alfalfa cubes and my horses look amazing. They get about 13 lbs a day split into two feedings, my extremely ulcer prone horse is no longer on any medication for them and is running better than he ever has. I buy cubes by the pallet, $500 or 12.50 per bag. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Sandok - 2015-07-02 2:34 PM I also agree with the forage and yes it is hard in this area to get good horse hay. Right now though mine are on pasture and I have finally been able to get my pastures in descent shape, not the best but better than what it was. I only feed the Bluebonnet feed and probably not the recommended amount. I also give cubes wet and just enough to put their supplements or medicine in. When we were having so much rain I was having tendon issues but now they have all leveled off and just do a maintenance program. So Rachel are you only feeding the cubes? No grain at all?
I have a few that are getting Omnis cubes only, but most of ours are still getting a little Bluebonnet Omega Force. We are feeding about 2# twice a day and 10# of Omnis cubes to most of them and they're on pasture at night. After what mine have been through I want to be sure that they're able to hold their body condition while going back into training before I make any other feed changes. Omnis cubes have been an excellent addition to our feed program and we aren't feeding hardly any grass hay now. Greg throws them some in their stalls, but they mostly make a mess out of it. People in other areas have no idea how much relief comes with having a truckload of high quality alfalfa cubes in the barn. We fight every year with trying to find the best quality alfalfa hay that we can and then are always disappointed with the stems and wasted hay on the ground....not anymore! |
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Location: Texas | I have 4 ages 6-17
I feed safechoice perform to the 2 that I rodeo on. Safecoice Perform is $16.40 a bag. I feed 22 1/2#'s a day. A bag last me roughly 2 days. Biotin is $15 a tub and I feed it in 10 days. Wrangled hi fat is 12.59 a bag. I feed 6 1/4#'s a day. A bag last me a week
Rooster: 13 yrs old, 16hh, 1200#'s gets 15#'s of safechoice perform split into 2 feeding so 7 1/2 #'s AM & PM. He has ulcers so I give him 1/4 cup of baking soda in the PM & a biotin supplement because he has bad hooves. He will only eat SCP because if his unlcers. Turned out during the 7 am-11pm and stalled at night.
Blue: 17 yrs old, 15hh, 700#'s. He gets 7 1/2 #'s of safechoice perform split into 2 feedings so 3 3/4 in the AM & PM. He gets a biotin supplement. His hooves are great but still like to give it. Turned out during the day 7 am- 11 pm. Stalled at night.
Benjiman: 6 yrs old 15hh 1000#'s. He gets 5#'s of wrangled hi fat split into 2 feedings so 2 1/2 AM & PM. All he does is sit out in the pasture all day (he's my brothers horse) brother is not a horse guy). Turned out during the day 7 am- 11 pm. Stalled at night.
Elvis: miniature pony. ?? Yrs old. Gets 1 1/4#'s a day split into 2 feedings. Turned out during the day 7am -11pn stalled at night
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | Good hay and/or pasture will go a long way.......
My competition horses get Woodys Summer Heat. $19/bag. 5# per day. Free choice grass hay.
No supplements except for free choice loose salt & minerals.
My broodmares/babies/young horses not being ridden are all on pasture. No grain. No supplements except for free choice loose salt & minerals.
My breeding stallions are on a corn/oats/high fat pellet mix from our local mill. 5# per day. It's $400/ton delivered in bulk. They get Dynamite (a vitamin/mineral supplement) and 1 oz of Wellpride fish oil during breeding season. Free choice grass hay.
All of mine are almost too fat. Even the mares nursing foals on nothing but pasture, and my stallions at the end of breeding season.
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Posts: 725
| All of them get
3-5 hours of quality grass pasture
about 8lbs of alfalfa cubes (The two with allergies/ heaves) OR 2 flakes of hay ($3.50/day)
1 1/2 lbs Renew Gold ($1.50/day)
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Posts: 13150
Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | rachellyn80 - 2015-07-02 12:08 PM
As an example:
Purina Omolene 200 - $17.99/50# = $0.36/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 8# $2.88/day
Purina Amplify Supplement - $60.49/50# = $1.21/lb
Recommended Rate - 2# $2.42/day
$5.33/day - $1,934.50/year
Nutrena Safe Choice - $15.99/50# = $0.32/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 10# $3.20/day
Nutrena Empower Boost - $31.99/30# = $0.80
Recommended Rate - 1.5# per day $1.20/day
$4.40/day - $1,606/year
Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force - $22.95/50# = $0.46/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 5# $2.30/day
BB Transform DSI (Probiotic Digestive Supplement) - $229/40# = $0.36/oz
Recommended Rate - 2oz $0.72/day
$3.02/day - $1,102.30/year
Omnis Complete Performance Cubes $13.50/50# = $0.27/lb
As a complete Ration with no other feed or forage - 20#
$5.40/day - $1,971/year
I like the way you think! I've done this a few times and I'm always trying to stretch my dollar further. |
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Posts: 5981
Location: North Dakota | rachellyn80 - 2015-07-02 11:13 AM After running some numbers for a few friends I'm curious to see what everyone else is spending on commercial feeds.
What feed?
How much per bag?
How much are you feeding per day?
Do you add supplements and what are they?
Why do you feel that they are needed?
How much do they cost?
Renew Gold-1 to 1.5lbs depending on horse
Standlee Alfalfa Pellets-2-2.5lbs depending on horse
The only supplement I currently give is a THE Muscle Mass custom blend
I feed it because none of the feeds they are on are fortified feeds and my horses don't get much fresh grass (only around 4 hours a week). The THE also has special stuff for my horse with allergies, poor hooves, all that so it targets his specific needs.
Renew Gold $29.99 a bag
Alfalfa pellets $13ish a bag
THE is...um...$110 I think for 80 servings.
I also feed Whole oats and whole flaxseeds but didn't mention those because they aren't commercial feeds and the oats are included in my board so they cost me nothing.
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Location: Bandera, TX | winwillows - 2015-07-02 11:55 AM I will start I feed mixed hay, 70% timothy, 30% alfalfa. Available in slow feeders. Three year old gets 1 1/2 pound of Renew Gold per day @ $30 per bag = $1.50 per day mature horses get 1 pound of Renew Gold per day @ $30 per bag = $1.00 per day They all get Redmond Salt = about $0.25 per day per head. Instead of additional supplements, I spend that money on better roughage and better attention to teeth. I do use an electrolyte when conditions call for it. I also would use a probiotic when it makes sense to do so, but not on a daily basis. I have access to good roughage if I choose to use my feeding budget to that end, and I do. If I did not, I would use a quality hay cube to support the grass hay and slow the hind gut down some for better break down of the fast moving grass hay roughage. Over all cost, of supporting the roughage is $1.40 to $2.00 per day/ per head. No ulcers, no colic, calm energy because there is not an overfeed of starch and sugars. simple and cost effectrive. $550 plus roughage cost per year on mature horses, $730 plus roughage cost per year on my three year old. This includes electrolyte in summer.
THIS...IF I NEED TO REV AN ENGINE IN ONE I ADD 1/2LB OF OATS BUT USUALLY NOT NEEDED IN MY BLOOD LINES THEY RESPOND TO A BLOOD BUILDER VERY WELL WITHOUT HAVING THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE OATS ON THE HINDGUT. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Sandok - 2015-07-03 1:21 PM Are the cubes dry or wet?
Omnis cubes do not need to be soaked. My old mares with no teeth eat them. |
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Posts: 8555
Location: sunny california | per day
nice timothy hay $4.20
alfalfa pellets $1.40
muscle mass $1.00
total $6.60 per day
total $2409 per year
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| My company, Hay-Rite, has been mentioned in this post. If anyone would like a FREE sample of any of our products, please text your name and address to 817-599-3200. Please let us know which products you would like to receive. All products are listed at www.Hay-Rite.com. We can also be found at facebook.com/hayrite. When you get the samples, please let everyone know how they look, feel, smell and feed. Jim Willey, Pres., Hay-Rite, Inc. 2280 Mineral Wells Hwy. Weatherford, TX 76088 |
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Sentinel performance LS $22/ 50lbs
I'm feeding 3 lbs a day.
24/7 access to pasture.
Free choice Himalayan rock salts
When it starts getting colder, as much hay as he needs. I usually get beet pulp and alfalfa cubes and soak them in warm water for him to have too. |
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Posts: 27846
Location: Florida.. | 2 seniors at my place right now
this is divided into 2 feedings per horse.
6 lbs Purina equine sr
2 lbs soaked beet pulp
2 to 3 lbs soaked alfalfa cubes
one mare gets Msm and BL pellets for arthritis and lungs
no hay yet they are on 12 acreas of lush pasture .
Our working horses and ones in training at other place (most of them ) are Oats and alfalfa cubes soaked , P. Peanut hay and grass hay and pasture at night.supplements vary.
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Posts: 12842
| I feed Lonestar Super Glo 3
50# for $12 1#= $.24 Each horse gets 8# per day. Cost per horse per day $1.92
Platinum Performance cost per scoop $.84 Each horse gets 1 scoop per day.
Cost per horse per day $2.76
Cost per horse per year $1007.40
In the winter, I feed about 20# of quality coastal hay. Hay runs about $8 per bale. Cost per horse per day per horse is about $2.30 I feed hay about 5 months out of the year. That is $345 per horse. |
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Posts: 3334
Location: Got Lobsta? | 5 Horses: per day:
2 year old: 1 pound Renew gold - 3 Pounds of Blue Seal Senior
13 year old: 1 pound Renew Gold
25 year old: 1 pound of Renew Gold
26 year old: 1 pound Renew Gold 3 Pounds of blue Seal Senior
31 year old: 1 Pound RG, 2.5 pounds Manna Pro Rice Bran (very bad Cushings) the amount for Cushings horse divided into 3 feedings
All they can eat Timothy hay
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Posts: 617
Location: London Ontario | Anyone use a ration balancer? |
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Undercover Amish Mafia Member
Posts: 9992
Location: Kansas | I changed my feeding routine.
Gelding #1:
4lbs of soaked beet pulp
4lbs of ultium
1 scoop of Vita-calm
Gelding #2 (hurt gelding)
3lbs of soaked beet pulp
1lb of ultium
antibiotics
rice bran |
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Jr. Detective
Location: Beggs, OK | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-08-21 8:15 AM I changed my feeding routine. Gelding #1: 4lbs of soaked beet pulp 4lbs of ultium 1 scoop of Vita-calm Gelding #2 (hurt gelding) 3lbs of soaked beet pulp 1lb of ultium antibiotics rice bran
With the second one being hurt and on antibiotics, I would sure look into adding some sort of digestive support for him. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I board, so I get the what the others in the barn get:
(1/2 scoop) 2-3 lb of rolled oats/little bit of corn mix 2x daily
Grass pasture 8-10 hrs per day, 2 flakes grass hay in the evening
Accel (vitamin/mineral supplement)
MSM
2 0z daily Healthy Coat as needed (usually before a race or if I feel his coat isn't shiny enough) |
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What are you feeding your horses and how much?