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Veteran
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| I'm the proud new owner of a yearling, but have never owned this young of a horse before.
What should I be feeding her so she gets all the right vitamins and nutrition?
Right now, I am just feeding her straight grass hay, no grain.
Should I be feeding any grain? Alfalfa? |
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Expert
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Location: Willows, CA | Total protein of the entire diet needs to be around 15%. You may need to add some alfalfa to a straight grass hay diet to get the total there. GroStrong minerals from ADM and 1/2 pound of Renew Gold per day, and you are good to go. |
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 Night Chat Leader
Posts: 13150
 
Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | Wish we had ADM around here. |
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 Bulls Eye
Posts: 6443
Location: Oklahoma | Mine gets timothy pellets in the morning, free choice bermuda, on 24/7 pasture, and safe choice with Adeptus Augment (vitamin/mineral supplement) at night. |
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Expert
Posts: 1414
| Quality pasture 24/7, hay available all the time and Tribute Kalm n Ez with Essential K twice a day, plus loose vit/min free choice.
I don't feed a lot of grain but I do feed some to make sure they're getting what they need. |
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 Experienced Mouse Trapper
Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | foals need more protein than other horses. Find a good protein source plus excellent quality hay. I prefer woodys futurity blend because there is a very small amount of feed needed for a yearling-there stomachs are small. Mine also get a vitamin/mineral supplement (mvp) and 1/2 cup flax per day. If they are looking a little tough they will also get a flake of alfalfa daily. Nothing too heavy but what you feed them should be good for what they need-no junk. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 959
Location: Borger, Tx | My little one is on Total Equine, free choice coastal/bermuda round bale, small flake of alfalfa once a day and is growing like a weed:)
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 Chasin my Dream
Posts: 13651
Location: Alberta | I've had great results with quality pasture & alfalfa/grass mix hay and a mineral block....have never fed my youngsters grain. We just got a weanling and he will get hay and mineral this winter. |
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 You get what you give
Posts: 13030
Location: Texas | we feed a 14% feed and then grass hay and some alfalfa. You don't want to short them on protein at this stage in development. If you are just feeding pasture and mineral I suggest testing your pastures to know what they are getting from it. |
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 BHW's Lance Armstrong 
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | 14% protein grain. 3 cans of grain a day size #10 can, some call it a gallon can. |
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