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Location: Viola, IL | We feed a sweet feed mix from the local elevator. But, I've been looking into alfalfa pellets and oats. I was wondering if anyone feeds this, and what kind of ration you feed? |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | I have fed that combo before. I mixed two parts oats to one part alfalfa pellets, and grass or grass hay. All the horses liked it and did well. It's easier for me to just feed a pellet these days, and two of my horses are on senior feed. |
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Location: Arkansas | I hand mix mine oats, alfalfa pellets and beet pulp. I adjust according to horse (age and work load) and time of year. It has worked better for my horses than any feed that I have bought, and I know exactly how much of what they are getting. I used to add corn as well but my horses seemed more body sore. My dad, however, adds corn to his and has no issues. |
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 Too Skinny
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | haven't added oats but do alfalfa, minerals and rice bran. I did choose the cubes over the pellets to encourage slower eating and chewing. |
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Queen Bean of Ponyland
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Location: WYOMING | I feed oats and alfalfa cubes (soaked).
IDK the wt but I feed half scoop oats and half scoop cubes. We have plenty of grass in the summer but I up the alfalfa in the winter or when I am hauling. |
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Location: California | Alfalfa pellets are the number one thing horses choke on. I say that with having experienced this personally in the last year (a 2 year old, 11 year old and 14 year old, all with good teeth, but choked in different instances) If you're going to feed the pellets, I suggest you soak them. |
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Location: ga | Did you soak the beet bulp before feeding? |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Arkansas | I wet down all of my feed and have it pretty sloppy. I feel this helps with digestion and puts off the possibility of colic. I also want to avoid any possible choking. My horses literally are slurping and clean the buckets at each feeding. Mine also take their supplements and/or powdered meds much better when mixed with the wet feed. This is just my experience though. |
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 Maine-iac
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Location: Got Lobsta? | *almost there* - 2014-09-03 1:16 PM Alfalfa pellets are the number one thing horses choke on. I say that with having experienced this personally in the last year (a 2 year old, 11 year old and 14 year old, all with good teeth, but choked in different instances) If you're going to feed the pellets, I suggest you soak them.
Thank you for stating that! Its hard to get an answer on whether to soak pellets. I know a lot of people that feed it straight. I have only heard to soak the cubes and have been holding off feeding pellets because I didn't know to soak or not. Thank you!!! |
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 A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | Soak Soak Soak...... I feed alfalfa pellets and beet pulp to my older horses and oats to my younger ones
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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | I don't usually feed alfalfa pellets but when I do, I always soak...I just feel like the added water is not only good for their digestive tract but also (and I may be wrong here) aids in the break down of the particles making it easily digestible. |
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