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Location: Oklahoma | So she feeds Strategy (I think 2 coffee cans a day, she doesn't have a scale), a mineral supplement and or a mare & foal supplement, alfalfa hay, and brome hay. She doesn't let them on pasture too much because her broodmare foundered last year. I think she feeds way too much. like even more than the big breeding facilities around Weatherford where we went last weekend. I also want to know if over doing the minerals etc can cause crooked legged babies. I'd love studies or any Good resources. Please and thank you so much. |
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| Two scoops of strategy for a broodmare is not too much. I'd like to c it split into more feedings but thats def not too much if thats the feed she's chosen to feed. |
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Location: Kansas | How big are the coffee cans? And if they don't have access to pasture, I don't see why it's a big deal.
I have a gelding and a yearling filly.....gelding gets 8lbs of ultium a day, along with round bale of brome and 2 flakes of alfalfa each feeding. Filly gets 8lbs of a mix from the coop, along with brome and alfalfa. |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | How do her horses look? Some are easy keepers and that might be too much for. Others are hard keepers and that might not be enough. It really depends on the animal and what work they do/exercise they get. But it doesn't sound outrageous |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Danger Girl - 2015-05-05 10:10 AM So she feeds Strategy (I think 2 coffee cans a day, she doesn't have a scale), a mineral supplement and or a mare & foal supplement, alfalfa hay, and brome hay. She doesn't let them on pasture too much because her broodmare foundered last year. I think she feeds way too much. like even more than the big breeding facilities around Weatherford where we went last weekend. I also want to know if over doing the minerals etc can cause crooked legged babies. I'd love studies or any Good resources. Please and thank you so much.
How big of a can and how offten/ many times a day? If the mare is nursing a foal she needs all the help she can get. She needs to be fed at least twice a day. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Lack of mineral will cause issues... Access to mineral is critical and horses will typically only eat what they are needing. |
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Location: South Georgia | The amounts sound about right to me, and go along with the recommended feeding guidelines for Strategy. |
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Location: Oklahoma | She has a broodmare and yearling both being fed the same. The yearling had sand build up so she's been at the vets, then boarded a month and just came back. The mare has been at a foaling out facility for a month and looks the same or better. She's on a big dry lot and they feed strategy, alfalfa, and grass hay. They are both have the back crease etc as far as being fat. Shiny, no bones sticking out. My main concern is the extra added mineral pellets to feed. There aren't any free choice or a lick block. She is worried something she is feeding can make foals born crooked. She had 3 ETs then The mare carried her first foal last year for 12 months. She looks like she is going to hold out this year for 12 months again. She keeps thinking the babies aren't as straight as she would like even though sire and dam are. Oh and the cans are the big ones. Idk I don't drink coffee lol. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Fed twice a day. At least one can each time |
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Location: Oklahoma | They get no exercise but the yearling is supposed to go back to full pasture in a few weeks |
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Location: South Georgia | It's not that unusual for yearlings to be fed a bit more than you'd feed an adult horse. They are growing. To me, based on all of the details you have described, they are being adequately cared for and are quite healthy. I'd rather see a little extra weight on one than a little skinny. |
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Location: N Texas | In my experience, people don't really like to be told that what they're doing is wrong, and are reluctant to change. Surely if there was a problem, her vet would have said something, and it would probably mean more coming from a vet. It doesn't sound like it's an extreme amount to be feeding. |
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Location: Kansas | horsegirl - 2015-05-05 11:19 AM It's not that unusual for yearlings to be fed a bit more than you'd feed an adult horse. They are growing. To me, based on all of the details you have described, they are being adequately cared for and are quite healthy. I'd rather see a little extra weight on one than a little skinny.
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Location: Oklahoma | She's just been worried about future foals and considering switching feed. As far as I know she hasn't talked to her local vet about feed at all. The vet is new to the area. She usually just discusses feed with other breeders. She hauled the filly down to Weatherford Equine as soon as she started acting weird but she only spent like 3 days there before moving to a different place where she spent a month. |
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| Danger Girl - 2015-05-05 11:31 AM
She's just been worried about future foals and considering switching feed. As far as I know she hasn't talked to her local vet about feed at all. The vet is new to the area. She usually just discusses feed with other breeders. She hauled the filly down to Weatherford Equine as soon as she started acting weird but she only spent like 3 days there before moving to a different place where she spent a month.
I would have asked the vets at Weatherford Equine about feeding. If she is worried, she should call them. |
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Location: Oklahoma | So if there is nothing wrong with a blood test or feed would you assume that the mare was the cause of conformation faults? Business wise she has lost money on one foal, excellent profit on another, two passed away from disaster, one gets sold this fall, and the other is not born yet. |
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| Doesn't mean the mare caused the faults it could have been the stud or just an abnormality. Some colts still cut the clock even with faults. I think your over thinking things wayyyyyyy too much. |
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Location: Oklahoma | We were talking about partnering on a breeding/foal next year so that's why I'm curious about all of this. I've only been around pastured broodmares. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I never thought their faults were really noticeable but it drives her crazy lol |
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