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| What do you all feed your horses (both forage and concentrate)? How did you decide on that diet? Pics of your horses on that feeding program would also be GREAT. Thanks!
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| Mine is simple. A 14% pellet--four pounds morning, four pounds evening. 1 scoop of Platinum Performance. About a tablespoon of salt and about 15 pounds of coastal hay split morning and evening. Broodmares get GroStrong loose minerals free choice. All of mine are a little too fat.
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| alfalfa hay with some grass mixed in
brood mares and colts get lmf development and rice bran
everyone else gets lmf showtime and rice bran
lmf is a brand that has two formulas one for alfalfa and one for grass so it stays pretty balanced.. |
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| 5 lbs. alfalfa/Timothy cubes
4 oz. flaxseed or 1 lb. Renew Gold
I tablespoon salt
Forco
Free choice grass hay.
1 horse gets Cur Ost supplements
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | 2 lbs whole oats morning and night
7-10 lbs alfalfa mash with CurOst supplements and ground flax
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Location: Oklahoma | Free choice bermuda hay. 1 scoop alfalfa pellets am and pm.
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Location: London Ontario | I really need to weigh my feed but for now we use a large metal scoop as our measurement. Everything is turned out from 7am to about 7pm or later on a dry lot with a large square bale until the summer when they are on pasture 24/7.
Futurity mare - 3/4 scoop of alfalfa/timothy mini cubes(whatever brand the feed store hay, its local hay I know that) watered down heavily until its a mash along with 1/2 scoop of Integri-t and 1/4 triple cleaned whole oats. Once my hay cubes run out I will be using alfalfa pellets instead. I also add in a serving of Healthy Coat(or veggie oil), and 3 scoops platinum performance. Once the summer comes along I will just have her on Alfalfa, Integri-t, platinum performance and Oil.
Open rodeo horse - husbands team roping horse, my barrel horse gets 1/4 scoop whole oats with 2 scoops platinum performance and some Healthy Coat or whatever oil we have in the barn. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Mine are getting one to two decent sized flakes of good alfalfa, am and pm. Basically free fed Bermuda. A scoop of beet pulp, 2lbs Triple Crown Complete, and THE MM. My buttermilk was pretty thin, lacking muscle, lanky when I got her, just a few months back. Her pic was taken just the other day, hence the fuzzies. My darker buckskin, I don't have a recent pic for. But the picture I have is from this past summer. She's my little firecracker. Can't get enough of her. 
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| This mare at the time was on grass hay and *gasp* oats.
I really try to keep things as simple as I can with my program. I think the reason we see so many horses with gastric issues is because they are man made problems.
Now most of my horses are on an alfalfa/grass mix, Renew Gold and Oats. I also supplement with Exceed 6-Way, but no current pictures as it is the middle of winter here and everyone is wooly :)
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Location: NE Texas | I have the simplest feed program ever! A flake of alfalfa twice a day, one pound of whole oats with Cur-Ost, and a cup of BOSS once a day. On small pasture, but there is no pasture this time of year. I think he's doing pretty well. This picture of him saddled is the dead of winter on the above program. I didn't even blanket this year and his hair coat is so shiny and smooth. Recently (like this week) I replaced my boss with hemp seed oil, as I didn't like the quality of the BOSS or flax seed available to me.
IMO the number one priority of any feed program needs to be top quality forage. Beyond that, all nutrients should come from whole food sources rather than processed grains or concentrates.
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| Blue Bonnet Sr Intensify to my two rodeo horses, 1flake Alfalfa and all the Timothy they will eat. 1scoop twice a day of Align, Lubrysin.
The 2 year old gets Blue Bonnet Growth and Development, 2 flakes of Alfalfa and all the Timothy he will eat. 1scoop twice a day of Align.
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Location: North Dakota | 15 year old mare(she is the one in the picture):
AM: 1lb rice bran with Cur-OST herbs(Plus and Revive) and 1 oz of Camelina oil.
PM: 1lb rice bran
All the grass hay she wants all day and 10lbs of Omnis in her stall at night.
24 year old retired horse:
1/2lb rice bran with a cup of whole oats PM. Along with Tumeric(black pepper and oil to help abosrb) to keep him feeling good. He is on free choice grass hay and he is FAT and happy in his glory years.
The Omnis are a new addition to my mare's program.
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Location: North Dakota | 6 yr old appendix mare
Free choice alfalfa/brome (60/40) hay
Evening grain- 1# Ultium grain + Simply Equine Herbs + Forco
5 year old AQHA mare
Free choice alfalfa/brome (60/40) hay
7# Ultium/day + MVP Exceed 6 way + Simply Equine Herbs
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Location: NE Texas | Hey shakeit, that stocking legged pony makes my heart go pitty pat!  |
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Location: North Dakota | That's the Walk Thru Fire mare I posted about back in Oct 2015 |
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Location: NE Texas | shakeit0410 - 2017-03-01 2:13 PM That's the Walk Thru Fire mare I posted about back in Oct 2015
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Location: North Dakota | Herbie - 2017-03-01 2:15 PM
shakeit0410 - 2017-03-01 2:13 PM That's the Walk Thru Fire mare I posted about back in Oct 2015
We'll be making our way to Oklahoma tomorrow for a couple jackpots and then the Diamonds and Dirt futurity next week. I'm pretty excited to get her in some bigger pens |
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Location: NE Texas | shakeit0410 - 2017-03-01 2:26 PM Herbie - 2017-03-01 2:15 PM shakeit0410 - 2017-03-01 2:13 PM That's the Walk Thru Fire mare I posted about back in Oct 2015 We'll be making our way to Oklahoma tomorrow for a couple jackpots and then the Diamonds and Dirt futurity next week. I'm pretty excited to get her in some bigger pens
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| Herbie - 2017-03-01 9:54 AM
I have the simplest feed program ever! A flake of alfalfa twice a day, one pound of whole oats with Cur-Ost, and a cup of BOSS once a day. On small pasture, but there is no pasture this time of year. I think he's doing pretty well. This picture of him saddled is the dead of winter on the above program. I didn't even blanket this year and his hair coat is so shiny and smooth. Recently (like this week) I replaced my boss with hemp seed oil, as I didn't like the quality of the BOSS or flax seed available to me.
IMO the number one priority of any feed program needs to be top quality forage. Beyond that, all nutrients should come from whole food sources rather than processed grains or concentrates.
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| I keep it pretty simple I feed 1 1/2 lbs oats 3/4 alfalfa pellet 3 ounces of peas and 2 ounces of pumpkin seeds , hemp seed oil and various herbal mixtures but everyone gets marshmellow root, aloe, spirulina and turmeric. Here is a picture of a mare a few weeks ago I am in Montana and have had the hardest winter we have seen in 20 yrs. No barn still shiny! Had to use picture from Oct/Nov The second picture is from a couple weeks ago. They have all been on alfalfa all winter.
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half lb 10% fat 11% protein
1lb Renew gold
3lb whole oats (not exactly sure on weight yet, it's just one full scoop, plastic scoop like most people use)
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| cutnrunqhmt - 2017-03-01 4:07 PM
I keep it pretty simple I feed 1 1/2 lbs oats 3/4 alfalfa pellet 3 ounces of peas and 2 ounces of pumpkin seeds , hemp seed oil and various herbal mixtures but everyone gets marshmellow root, aloe, spirulina and turmeric. Here is a picture of a mare a few weeks ago I am in Montana and have had the hardest winter we have seen in 20 yrs. No barn still shiny! Had to use picture from Oct/Nov The second picture is from a couple weeks ago. They have all been on alfalfa all winter.
On your peas and pumpkin seeds, do you soak them, or feed them dry?
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| GLP - 2017-03-01 4:31 PM
cutnrunqhmt - 2017-03-01 4:07 PM
I keep it pretty simple I feed 1 1/2 lbs oats 3/4 alfalfa pellet 3 ounces of peas and 2 ounces of pumpkin seeds , hemp seed oil and various herbal mixtures but everyone gets marshmellow root, aloe, spirulina and turmeric. Here is a picture of a mare a few weeks ago I am in Montana and have had the hardest winter we have seen in 20 yrs. No barn still shiny! Had to use picture from Oct/Nov The second picture is from a couple weeks ago. They have all been on alfalfa all winter.
On your peas and pumpkin seeds, do you soak them, or feed them dry?
They are fed dry. I use split peas . I had tried a couple of feeds that used peas and the horses like it but had to drive about 400 miles to get it so just mixed this up. |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | My newest colt gets a Florida feed - Seminole wellness dyna sport, he does very well on it, it's 14% fat but I'm riding him heavily right now. I also add more ground flax and coco soya oil, a feee choice salt mineral and I do aloe Vera juice for ulcers.
He gets a bucket of alfalfa cubes and 2-3 flakes of Timothy and alfalfa mix every night as well. Turned out all day on grass.
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| I do 1/2 scoop of 12% Impact & 1/2 scoop crimped oats w/ free choice quality forage all night (we're fortunate with our grass here) & a huge flake of Timothy alfalfa while she's stalled.
We're super low maintenance around here lol
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| Where do you get your hemp oil? |
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| Sandok - 2017-04-12 9:36 AM
Where do you get your hemp oil?
I was buying from Natural One in Canada but Biostarus has some and I am seeing it show up a few more places. It is expensive but all the oils are getting pretty expensive any more. |
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6-8 lbs Total Equine (depends on work load)
4 oz MVP Exceed 6-Way
1 oz MVP DC-Y (devil's claw, yucca) anti-inflammatory
1-2 oz raspberry leaf (for mare's heat cycle/PMS)
Grass turn out and free choice grass hay
1-2 flakes alfalfa
I don't have any recent pictures but they look and act pretty darn good.
What works for one horse, may not work for the next. In my experience, it takes a lot of personal research to find the right regimen....and to not be tempted by the latest fad.
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Location: So Cal | Free choice Orchard/Alfalfa Hay
~2qts Alfalfa/Oat pellets
~2lbs American Family Feed (adjust amount based on work)
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Location: Jersey Girl | I feed a ration balancer (Purina) once a day and they get about a bale of hay a day. My horses are FAT. they should slim down once I can ride regularly again.
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Location: Gainesville, TX | I think it is interesting people feed peas. That was a staple horse feed throughout the middle ages and Renaissance as they did not have as many grain choices as we have now. I don't think its a bad option.
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| oija - 2017-04-13 11:54 AM I think it is interesting people feed peas. That was a staple horse feed throughout the middle ages and Renaissance as they did not have as many grain choices as we have now. I don't think its a bad option. There is your historical horse fact for the day. Carry on.
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| rodeomom3 - 2017-04-13 12:21 PM
oija - 2017-04-13 11:54 AM I think it is interesting people feed peas. That was a staple horse feed throughout the middle ages and Renaissance as they did not have as many grain choices as we have now. I don't think its a bad option. There is your historical horse fact for the day. Carry on.
That is interesting thanks. I started feeding because our protein levels in hay in my part of the country is poor and our ground is just depleted. They love them. |
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Location: NE TX | I feed Bluebonnet Equiline Pellets 1 scoop once a day with one scoop of bleeder stop and 1 cup of aloe Vera juice at home. When I haul she also gets omeprazole at night and ranitidine in the morning. When at home she is in a 3 acre pasture to herself so free grazes, when hauling she gets as much coastal hay as she wants. She stresses when she is hauled and stalled so that's why I add the omeprazole and ranitidine is to cut down on ulcers.
I used to feed Ultium in the blue bag and loved how she looked but it made her hot and she was also on Platinum Performance and I didn't notice much difference in coat or hoof health so I discontinued that.
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Location: NE TX | I feed Bluebonnet Equiline Pellets 1 scoop once a day with one scoop of bleeder stop and 1 cup of aloe Vera juice at home. When I haul she also gets omeprazole at night and ranitidine in the morning. When at home she is in a 3 acre pasture to herself so free grazes, when hauling she gets as much coastal hay as she wants. She stresses when she is hauled and stalled so that's why I add the omeprazole and ranitidine is to cut down on ulcers.
I used to feed Ultium in the blue bag and loved how she looked but it made her hot and she was also on Platinum Performance and I didn't notice much difference in coat or hoof health so I discontinued that.
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| In regards to feeding peas. What kind of peas do you use? Fresh peas,k frozen??? Freeze dried?? |
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| Sandok - 2017-04-13 4:02 PM
In regards to feeding peas. What kind of peas do you use? Fresh peas,k frozen??? Freeze dried??
They are dried split peas have seen some whole peas in feed as well but they are pretty hard so I liked the split ones. Not sure it matters though. |
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| Sandok - 2017-04-13 4:49 PM
Where do you get them at?
I was buying at health food supply stores either in town or there are places on line but have not used them. I now have found some farmers who are growing them so will be doing that now. |
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Location: North Dakota | Grass. Just grass. As much as he wants. He's still a fluffy dirty mess since it's too cold here so no pictures, but he's put on muscle everywhere, his belly looks better, he was shiny (before the winter coat grew in), his hooves have never looked and felt better (he is now barefoot and previously could hardly walk on gravel without front shoes, his soles were so bad). And the pain from his KS is better than it was when he was on supplements that cost me over $100 a month. |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | It is amazing on how we all feed our horses different and they all look good. It just goes to show us that their is no perfect way to do it. We just have to find what works for each horse. |
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| 5 gal bucket Alfalfa cubes 2x a day/ BB Horseman's Elite half scoop 2x a day/ and then regular Platinum. Cost effective and works! First pic is 1 month ago when I got her, then every 2 weeks.
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| Here's Felicia. 2 flakes of alfalfa AM/PM and she gets a coffee can of purina impact SR, and a regional feed called Equis Performance. It's similar to ultimium but I find mine prefer it to Ultima.
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| Anyone feed just alfalfa and rice bran with unlimited access to grass hay and a good fertilized pasture? Would there need to be a vitamin/mineral added? |
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| Trying a new diet on my mare that tends to get ulcers easy.
Pumpkin Seeds - 1/2 cup
Rice Bran - 1 cup
Beet Pulp (NO MOLASSES) - 1 cup
Alfalfa Pellets - 2 cups
Ground Soybean - 1 cups
Aloe Juice - 1/2 cup
Soybean Oil - 1 cup
My other mare and the Friesian Sporthorse gets a spinoff of this but the get a small soup can of ProAdvantage Grass Balancer.
I'm not saying the ulcer diet is a cure all or anything but I have seen a significant improvement with her. She use to eat a couple bites, drop several pieces (she's just lazy I've had her checked), walk a couple circles in her stall, come back, make a racket with her bucket, and eat. Now she stands with her nose in the bucket the entire time. I could also sneak in her ulcer meds and she never blinked an eye. With the other diet she'd refuse to eat because of the meds. Other diet was all measured with the small soup can. 2 Cup shredded beet pulp, 1 cup proadvantage, and 1 cup corn. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Grass hay or pasture 24/7/365. One flake alfalfa a day 3-5#, 2# of COB (corn, oats & barley) with a basic vitamin mineral supplement. Free choice mineral/selenium salt block & fresh clean water. Pulled him out of his pen took him to get him cleaned up and get pics. After a week this is what he looks like.
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| mgander - 2017-04-19 9:53 AM
Trying a new diet on my mare that tends to get ulcers easy.
Pumpkin Seeds - 1/2 cup
Rice Bran - 1 cup
Beet Pulp (NO MOLASSES) - 1 cup
Alfalfa Pellets - 2 cups
Ground Soybean - 1 cups
Aloe Juice - 1/2 cup
Soybean Oil - 1 cup
My other mare and the Friesian Sporthorse gets a spinoff of this but the get a small soup can of ProAdvantage Grass Balancer.
I'm not saying the ulcer diet is a cure all or anything but I have seen a significant improvement with her. She use to eat a couple bites, drop several pieces (she's just lazy I've had her checked), walk a couple circles in her stall, come back, make a racket with her bucket, and eat. Now she stands with her nose in the bucket the entire time. I could also sneak in her ulcer meds and she never blinked an eye. With the other diet she'd refuse to eat because of the meds. Other diet was all measured with the small soup can. 2 Cup shredded beet pulp, 1 cup proadvantage, and 1 cup corn.
I put 20 head on my ulcer diet which included pumpkin seeds and they are doing great. They all had ulcers or suspected ulcers from a toxic hay issue last year. It took a while to get them all detoxed and healthy but has been working so well. I don't feed soy at all because I have one who is very sensitive and I mix in large batches so easier to leave it out.
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| cutnrunqhmt - 2017-04-19 10:16 PM
mgander - 2017-04-19 9:53 AM
Trying a new diet on my mare that tends to get ulcers easy.
Pumpkin Seeds - 1/2 cup
Rice Bran - 1 cup
Beet Pulp (NO MOLASSES) - 1 cup
Alfalfa Pellets - 2 cups
Ground Soybean - 1 cups
Aloe Juice - 1/2 cup
Soybean Oil - 1 cup
My other mare and the Friesian Sporthorse gets a spinoff of this but the get a small soup can of ProAdvantage Grass Balancer.
I'm not saying the ulcer diet is a cure all or anything but I have seen a significant improvement with her. She use to eat a couple bites, drop several pieces (she's just lazy I've had her checked), walk a couple circles in her stall, come back, make a racket with her bucket, and eat. Now she stands with her nose in the bucket the entire time. I could also sneak in her ulcer meds and she never blinked an eye. With the other diet she'd refuse to eat because of the meds. Other diet was all measured with the small soup can. 2 Cup shredded beet pulp, 1 cup proadvantage, and 1 cup corn.
I put 20 head on my ulcer diet which included pumpkin seeds and they are doing great. They all had ulcers or suspected ulcers from a toxic hay issue last year. It took a while to get them all detoxed and healthy but has been working so well. I don't feed soy at all because I have one who is very sensitive and I mix in large batches so easier to leave it out.
Thanks for all your help! How long did you keep giving them pumpkin seeds? It's a little pricey around here. I was worried about the soy with her, figured if she didn't respond positively it could go to the cows but she'll eat her grain over fresh grass |
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| mgander - 2017-04-19 9:38 PM
cutnrunqhmt - 2017-04-19 10:16 PM
mgander - 2017-04-19 9:53 AM
Trying a new diet on my mare that tends to get ulcers easy.
Pumpkin Seeds - 1/2 cup
Rice Bran - 1 cup
Beet Pulp (NO MOLASSES) - 1 cup
Alfalfa Pellets - 2 cups
Ground Soybean - 1 cups
Aloe Juice - 1/2 cup
Soybean Oil - 1 cup
My other mare and the Friesian Sporthorse gets a spinoff of this but the get a small soup can of ProAdvantage Grass Balancer.
I'm not saying the ulcer diet is a cure all or anything but I have seen a significant improvement with her. She use to eat a couple bites, drop several pieces (she's just lazy I've had her checked), walk a couple circles in her stall, come back, make a racket with her bucket, and eat. Now she stands with her nose in the bucket the entire time. I could also sneak in her ulcer meds and she never blinked an eye. With the other diet she'd refuse to eat because of the meds. Other diet was all measured with the small soup can. 2 Cup shredded beet pulp, 1 cup proadvantage, and 1 cup corn.
I put 20 head on my ulcer diet which included pumpkin seeds and they are doing great. They all had ulcers or suspected ulcers from a toxic hay issue last year. It took a while to get them all detoxed and healthy but has been working so well. I don't feed soy at all because I have one who is very sensitive and I mix in large batches so easier to leave it out.
Thanks for all your help! How long did you keep giving them pumpkin seeds? It's a little pricey around here. I was worried about the soy with her, figured if she didn't respond positively it could go to the cows but she'll eat her grain over fresh grass
I have actually kept them in my ration they are expensive. I am working on a place to buy them and happy to pass that information on to you. I only feed 1-2 ounces a day . |
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| cutnrunqhmt - 2017-04-20 1:01 AM
mgander - 2017-04-19 9:38 PM
cutnrunqhmt - 2017-04-19 10:16 PM
mgander - 2017-04-19 9:53 AM
Trying a new diet on my mare that tends to get ulcers easy.
Pumpkin Seeds - 1/2 cup
Rice Bran - 1 cup
Beet Pulp (NO MOLASSES) - 1 cup
Alfalfa Pellets - 2 cups
Ground Soybean - 1 cups
Aloe Juice - 1/2 cup
Soybean Oil - 1 cup
My other mare and the Friesian Sporthorse gets a spinoff of this but the get a small soup can of ProAdvantage Grass Balancer.
I'm not saying the ulcer diet is a cure all or anything but I have seen a significant improvement with her. She use to eat a couple bites, drop several pieces (she's just lazy I've had her checked), walk a couple circles in her stall, come back, make a racket with her bucket, and eat. Now she stands with her nose in the bucket the entire time. I could also sneak in her ulcer meds and she never blinked an eye. With the other diet she'd refuse to eat because of the meds. Other diet was all measured with the small soup can. 2 Cup shredded beet pulp, 1 cup proadvantage, and 1 cup corn.
I put 20 head on my ulcer diet which included pumpkin seeds and they are doing great. They all had ulcers or suspected ulcers from a toxic hay issue last year. It took a while to get them all detoxed and healthy but has been working so well. I don't feed soy at all because I have one who is very sensitive and I mix in large batches so easier to leave it out.
Thanks for all your help! How long did you keep giving them pumpkin seeds? It's a little pricey around here. I was worried about the soy with her, figured if she didn't respond positively it could go to the cows but she'll eat her grain over fresh grass
I have actually kept them in my ration they are expensive. I am working on a place to buy them and happy to pass that information on to you. I only feed 1-2 ounces a day .
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