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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
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Location: SE Missouri | What mineral supplement are you feeding to balance out the calcium/phosphorus ratio from an alfalfa based diet? Barrel horse is getting Feeding free choice alfalfa, 4-6# whole oats, and just a mineral block.
My broodmares currently are on grass round bales (no fescue), alfalfa pellets, whole oats, and an ADM mineral tub. I am starting to up their alfalfa and don't want to get the cal:phos ratio off as alfalfa is increased over the next weeks/months as they getting ready to foal and are nursing.
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Location: Willows, CA | abrooks - 2018-03-11 9:21 PM
What mineral supplement are you feeding to balance out the calcium/phosphorus ratio from an alfalfa based diet? Barrel horse is getting Feeding free choice alfalfa, 4-6# whole oats, and just a mineral block.
My broodmares currently are on grass round bales (no fescue), alfalfa pellets, whole oats, and an ADM mineral tub. I am starting to up their alfalfa and don't want to get the cal:phos ratio off as alfalfa is increased over the next weeks/months as they getting ready to foal and are nursing.
Thanks in Advance
Your oats are so high in phos that, if that is your concern, you should be fine in that respect. Don't feed more than two pounds of concentrates per feeding. |
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 Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | On the suggestion of others here, I started mine on Purina's 12:12 mineral.
We fed alfalfa for nearly a year and after 6+ months they began to look a bit rough, I'm hoping the added minerals this go around will solve that issue.
I mix their mineral in with 1.5lb oats in the evening so I know each one is getting their serving. |
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| There is a great mineral supplement called EQUINE CATALYST (Deridder, Louisiana based company) that will meet your needs if feeding primarily an alfalfa diet. I would also recommend a really good fat based feed, like RENEW GOLD, to enhance the balance of your horse's diet. |
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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
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Location: SE Missouri | winwillows - 2018-03-11 10:50 PM
abrooks - 2018-03-11 9:21 PM
What mineral supplement are you feeding to balance out the calcium/phosphorus ratio from an alfalfa based diet? Barrel horse is getting Feeding free choice alfalfa, 4-6# whole oats, and just a mineral block.
My broodmares currently are on grass round bales (no fescue), alfalfa pellets, whole oats, and an ADM mineral tub. I am starting to up their alfalfa and don't want to get the cal:phos ratio off as alfalfa is increased over the next weeks/months as they getting ready to foal and are nursing.
Thanks in Advance
Your oats are so high in phos that, if that is your concern, you should be fine in that respect. Don't feed more than two pounds of concentrates per feeding.
THanks for you input :) |
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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
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Location: SE Missouri | TripleK - 2018-03-12 12:17 PM
There is a great mineral supplement called EQUINE CATALYST (Deridder, Louisiana based company) that will meet your needs if feeding primarily an alfalfa diet. I would also recommend a really good fat based feed, like RENEW GOLD, to enhance the balance of your horse's diet.
Thanks! Curious as to why you think it would be necessary to add RG to the diet if they look, act, and perform at or better than where they were? I've fed RG before and have no issues at all with the product just not sure why it would be necessary? I'll definitely check on the equine catalyst product :) |
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| Who has tried Thunder Mountain minerals? Following this as well....I feed free choice cubes and would like a good mineral supp that's not as expensive as Thunder Mountain |
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Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | lopnaround - 2018-03-12 2:26 PM
Who has tried Thunder Mountain minerals? Following this as well....I feed free choice cubes and would like a good mineral supp that's not as expensive as Thunder Mountain
I haven't heard of them until just now...looked them up and pretty pricey!!
The Purina mineral I mentioned above is around $30 a bag, and that will last us a month feeding 7 horses.
We've already had a few warm days in LA, but I've noticed since adding the mineral to their diet, they've all started really shedding out more and seem to look better. BUT, the spring grasses are also coming up so it's hard to ever really know what's causing what lol. |
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