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| What does everybody feed their younger prospects (2-4) to help them spread out and look more grown up?
I have a three year old that just hasn't filled out like the other one we have and he still has the slim, long legged baby look about him.
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 Career in Looney Tune Land
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Location: the high desert | I have a yearling so not exactly what you are looking for but i will probably be feeding him the same thing as a 2 year old lol. For grain he gets renew gold and beet pulp, supplements he gets horse guard (a vit/min supplement) and FORCO. |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Mine are usually on pasture or if they are in the corral, they get free choice grass hay, loose mineral and I have seen wonders with THE Muscle Mass. It gives them the vitamins and minerals they need and puts a nice bloom on them. I just started using ADM feeds and am quite impressed with the 2 together. I only feed 1-2#'s of PrimeGLO. The whole feed/supplement is much cheaper than what I have done in the past. |
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Location: ND | I let mine grow up at their own speed, I don't push them to grow/fill out. They get all the good quality grass/alfalfa hay or pasture that they want, grain during the winter months & free choice loose salt & minerals. I know some will disagree with me but I prefer them to grow at their own pace & reach maturity gradually. These are my 3 yr olds....I think they look fine anyway.
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | SaraJean - 2014-08-03 11:13 PM
I let mine grow up at their own speed, I don't push them to grow/fill out. They get all the good quality grass/alfalfa hay or pasture that they want, grain during the winter months & free choice loose salt & minerals. I know some will disagree with me but I prefer them to grow at their own pace & reach maturity gradually. These are my 3 yr olds....I think they look fine anyway.
Love that paint!!
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Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | BleuIdGrl - 2014-08-04 8:53 AM SaraJean - 2014-08-03 11:13 PM I let mine grow up at their own speed, I don't push them to grow/fill out. They get all the good quality grass/alfalfa hay or pasture that they want, grain during the winter months & free choice loose salt & minerals. I know some will disagree with me but I prefer them to grow at their own pace & reach maturity gradually. These are my 3 yr olds....I think they look fine anyway. Love that paint!!
ohhhh if only a picture could show how he moves! He literally floats over the ground, one of the smootherst horses I've ever been on. Beyond excited about his future! |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | I agree with Sara, let them grown at the rate their meant too....my 4 year old who gets rode regularly is on alfalfa cubes, pasture and a mineral block!!! I never grained my young horses, but I'm also lucky to have access to good quality hay, pasture etc!
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Location: Sunny So Cal | THE Muscle Mass!! Works AMAZING! Love how it makes my horses look! |
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 Living on the edge of common sense
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Location: Carpenter, WY | dream_chaser - 2014-08-04 3:11 PM I agree with Sara, let them grown at the rate their meant too....my 4 year old who gets rode regularly is on alfalfa cubes, pasture and a mineral block???I have never grained my young horses, but I'm also lucky to have access to good quality hay, pasture etc! I agree with Sara too. At some point you need to just let genetics kick in IMO 
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Career in Looney Tune Land
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Location: the high desert | here are some pictures of my colt. Roughage wise he gets grass hay and has 24/7 access to grass pasture.
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Location: Oklahoma | Mine are on grass 24/7. They also get Safe Choice Original and Adeptus Augment. I feed my stud Mushroom Matrix ECP for focus. I've been feeding my horses the same way for years. The only change I've done is moving from So Cal to OK. So, now my horses are turned out instead of just getting bermuda twice a day.
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| I've had great luck feeding straight alfalfa with no grain. |
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