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Location: Middle Tennessee | How/ what are y'all feeding?
I give my horses 61/2 pounds of feed per day, 8-10 large flakes of red clover hay, and plenty of turn out time to graze the pasture.
My dilemma is that the pasture this year is terrible and my horses don't look as good as they usually do this time of year.
What can I add to help out? More feed, more hay, or??? Feed is just so expensive around here. |
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| Renew Gold. Alfalfa hay. Add herbs as they are needed. A horse without issues will do on Working Tonic and joint Plus. Get a hair analysis to show what they are needing. I guarantee your horses will look good on this program. |
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| What is the 61/2 lbs of feed, and is that including the hay.
I feed mine 3lbs of buckeye grow and win. It has proteins in 30% range! low NSC, 1/2-1 cup of flax seed daily depending on body condition.
If I need to add more fat, buckeye also has a 100 % fat content I have been feeding this to my broodmare with the above feed.
Mine are still on pasture and look great.
My performance horses I give ulcer meds to if their coat is dull, have a bit of a potbelly, or are showing other signs of ulcers.
All my horses get free choice mineral, and free choice loose salt.
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Location: Middle Tennessee | 61/2 pounds of grain per horse per day, then they each get 6-10 flakes of hay as well per day. Plus pasture.
They dont look bad, but don't look as good as they usually do either.
They lack that "bloom" and their muscles aren't as full as they usually are and I am riding the same amount. At certain angles they look ribby. |
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The Advice Guru
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| RodeoGirlJodi - 2014-09-14 1:55 PM
61/2 pounds of grain per horse per day, then they each get 6-10 flakes of hay as well per day. Plus pasture.
They dont look bad, but don't look as good as they usually do either.
They lack that "bloom" and their muscles aren't as full as they usually are and I am riding the same amount. At certain angles they look ribby.
Is it grain as in oats or a specific feed.
I am not a fan of whole oats as it is high in sugar which can cause digestive problems as it can change the ph of the hind gut which can cause absorption issues.
Also why type of hay, have you had the nutrition content tested, as it my be poor quality hay even if it looks good to the eye. |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | I am feeding Purina Impact 12% textured.
My hay is red clover. It has been tested but I don't have the readout on hand. I feed it because it is close in nutritional value to alfalfa, but has less of a calcium value because one of my horses has a bone spur and is on Equi-Bone and they say alfalfa has too much calcium for their product to be effective. |
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Location: North Dakota | IMO I would just add a cup of flax (I prefer ground) per horse per day. There is something about the components of flax that really help a horse get through the really "wet" part of lush grass pasture and the dried up time in the fall.....also, the mineral/salt is very important especially during those times. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Look up Adeptus Augment. It's minerals/vitamins that the hay is lacking. Mine get free choice round bale bermuda, 1 large scoop timothy pellets in the morning and 1 scoop safe choice oiriginal in the evening with the Augment. |
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