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Location: the land of dust & sticks | have been advised to put a horse I have on low starch feed. She’s not a super easy keeper so tell me your experience. Also what does it cost in your area? Thanks! |
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| barrelchasinmonki - 2018-11-26 6:54 AM
have been advised to put a horse I have on low starch feed. She’s not a super easy keeper so tell me your experience. Also what does it cost in your area? Thanks!
Renew gold is a great option for a low volume low starch diet that’s primarily based on forage. 1# a Day is all it takes. So many commercial feeds have you feeding 5-10 POUNDS per day. It can be found pretty much anywhere and is about 29.00 a bag in most places. One bag lasts one horse one month. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | barrelchasinmonki - 2018-11-26 8:54 AM have been advised to put a horse I have on low starch feed. She’s not a super easy keeper so tell me your experience. Also what does it cost in your area? Thanks! BlueBonnet and TripleCrown have the best low starch feeds out there, I feed TripleCrown lite to a mini and my one gelding that is IR. Bluebonnet Intensifty Ex-Factor low starch I was feeding it but went to the TC low strach, they are both good, but the triple crown lit is a bit cheaper and more feed 50# bag and the Ex-Factor is only a 40# bag, since my feed store carries both I went with the TC lite but I feed Bluebonnet to all my other horses.
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Location: Muskogee, OK | Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force or the Ex Factor...
I have all of mine on Omega Force and have been super impressed with it. Omega Force ranges from $22-25 per 50 lb bag depending on where you are. BUT you can feed so so much less of the feed because of the way it is formulated.
I feed about 3 lbs per head per day (about half of what I was having to feed previously with a different feed). |
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| Anyone try that Purina Well Solve yet low starch pelleted feed? |
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Location: North Dakota | While I agree that everything in moderation is definatly important and that there is nothing wrong with a low starch feed. I think we are forgetting that true NSC amounts our horses are getting is linked directly to how much of everything we are feeding.
I was just talking about this the other day with a friend of mine so I have some numbers that I calculated of a few popular feeds.
--Purina Enrich is 15% NSC at a 1-2# per day feeding rate= 0.15-0.30# of NSC they are getting in this feed
--Bluebonnet Omega Force is 15% NSC at a 3-10# per day feeding rate (depending on activity level) = 0.45-1.5# of NSC they are getting in this feed.
--Oats have an NSC that vary but the average I found is 37% and if you feed 1-1.5# per day = 0.37-0.55# of NSC
--Alfalfa hay on average has 11% NSC, if you feed 10lbs (a flake AM and PM) = 1.1# of NSC
--Grass hay varies alot. If it is cut at early heading stage which is normal for my area then it generally has an NSC of 15% fed at 20# per day will provide 3# of NSC per day.
Being sure your hay is not out of control on NSC is the first place I would start if you truley are worried about the amount of NSC your horse is taking. Low starch feeds can make no difference if you are feeding several pounds of them. You could feed 1# of oats and a vit/min supplement and have the same NSC as some of the popular low starch feeds being fed at the necessary amounts to get daily vit/min needs.
Sorry for all the numbers. I just had this on my mind from the other day and wanted to share my thoughts when I saw this post. |
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| Tribute Kalm N EZ Pellet
No corn, oats or molasses
Protein 14%
Fat 8%
Fiber 20%
NSC 13.5%
$18/bag
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Location: Willows, CA | MidWest1452 - 2018-11-27 10:45 AM
While I agree that everything in moderation is definatly important and that there is nothing wrong with a low starch feed. I think we are forgetting that true NSC amounts our horses are getting is linked directly to how much of everything we are feeding.
I was just talking about this the other day with a friend of mine so I have some numbers that I calculated of a few popular feeds.
--Purina Enrich is 15% NSC at a 1-2# per day feeding rate= 0.15-0.30# of NSC they are getting in this feed
--Bluebonnet Omega Force is 15% NSC at a 3-10# per day feeding rate (depending on activity level) = 0.45-1.5# of NSC they are getting in this feed.
--Oats have an NSC that vary but the average I found is 37% and if you feed 1-1.5# per day = 0.37-0.55# of NSC
--Alfalfa hay on average has 11% NSC, if you feed 10lbs (a flake AM and PM) = 1.1# of NSC
--Grass hay varies alot. If it is cut at early heading stage which is normal for my area then it generally has an NSC of 15% fed at 20# per day will provide 3# of NSC per day.
Being sure your hay is not out of control on NSC is the first place I would start if you truley are worried about the amount of NSC your horse is taking. Low starch feeds can make no difference if you are feeding several pounds of them. You could feed 1# of oats and a vit/min supplement and have the same NSC as some of the popular low starch feeds being fed at the necessary amounts to get daily vit/min needs.
Sorry for all the numbers. I just had this on my mind from the other day and wanted to share my thoughts when I saw this post.
This is a point that I make every day. It is not about the % of NSC in a feed, but how much of that feed the horse eats, which then tells you the total daily contribution of NSC of that feed. four pounds of a 10% NSC (super low) feed contributes twice as much NSC to the diet in a day as one pound of a 20% NSC feed because of the typical difference in feeding rates between the two types of feed. The higher vegetable fat types of feed are typically fed at a pretty low rate compared to lower fat feeds that are advertised as low NSC. Don't get hung up on percent of NSC. Find the daily total contribution of what you are feeding instead. This is what actually matters. |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | I have very good results with ADM Ultra Fiber Low Starch and very reasonably priced. I think I pay $15.00 per bag and I am in Georgia ... |
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| CYA Ranch - 2018-11-27 8:20 AM Triple Crown
Yep. Their Sr. is less than 12% NSC. Yet, people lose it because it has "some" molasses. And that's misunderstood by so many......  |
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What low starch feeds are out there?