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 Jr. Detective
    
Location: Beggs, OK | After running some numbers for a few friends I'm curious to see what everyone else is spending on commercial feeds.
What feed?
How much per bag?
How much are you feeding per day?
Do you add supplements and what are they?
Why do you feel that they are needed?
How much do they cost? |
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 Experienced Mouse Trapper
Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | I have 5 head.
2 get Woodys Summer heat ($19/bag) 3 pounds per day
3 get Woodys Sweet 12 ($17/bag) 1 1/2 pounds per day
All get 1 scoop progressive nutrition proad ($37 per 25#-I think) I believe the scoop is equal to 2 ounces...the proad is my "substitute" for flax AND a vitamin mineral supplement. I have a horse that needs biotin all the time or his feet fall apart. Benefits of the omegas in the flax are noticeable. Horses are on pasture when they're not being rode-no hay until winter.
Summer heat is beet pulp based and adds some zip and shine to the 2 that need it. The other 3 really don't need much but they are easier to catch and deal with if you feed them :) |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 477
Location: Lost in the swamps | Unfortunately all the feed stores around
my area the only quality pellets are
Strategy gx 15.99
About to switch to safe choice org. 15.99
Alfalfa pellets 13.99 for 40#s 1# a day
1 bag lasts me roughly 10 days per horse @ 5#'s a day
Supplemets :
flax oil 20.00 for 128 servings
Red cell 24.99 for 128 servings
Electrolytes right now for 9.99 for???
Pastured 24/7 right now, no hay
Edited by imturnin3 2015-07-02 11:58 AM
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Expert
Posts: 1695
Location: Willows, CA | I will start
I feed mixed hay, 70% timothy, 30% alfalfa. Available in slow feeders.
Three year old gets 1 1/2 pound of Renew Gold per day @ $30 per bag = $1.50 per day
mature horses get 1 pound of Renew Gold per day @ $30 per bag = $1.00 per day
They all get Redmond Salt = about $0.25 per day per head.
Instead of additional supplements, I spend that money on better roughage and better attention to teeth. I do use an electrolyte when conditions call for it. I also would use a probiotic when it makes sense to do so, but not on a daily basis. I have access to good roughage if I choose to use my feeding budget to that end, and I do. If I did not, I would use a quality hay cube to support the grass hay and slow the hind gut down some for better break down of the fast moving grass hay roughage. Over all cost, of supporting the roughage is $1.40 to $2.00 per day/ per head.
No ulcers, no colic, calm energy because there is not an overfeed of starch and sugars.
simple and cost effectrive.
$550 plus roughage cost per year on mature horses, $730 plus roughage cost per year on my three year old. This includes electrolyte in summer.
Edited by winwillows 2015-07-02 1:53 PM
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Jr. Detective
Location: Beggs, OK | As an example:
Purina Omolene 200 - $17.99/50# = $0.36/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 8# $2.88/day
Purina Amplify Supplement - $60.49/50# = $1.21/lb
Recommended Rate - 2# $2.42/day
$5.33/day - $1,934.50/year
Nutrena Safe Choice - $15.99/50# = $0.32/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 10# $3.20/day
Nutrena Empower Boost - $31.99/30# = $0.80
Recommended Rate - 1.5# per day $1.20/day
$4.40/day - $1,606/year
Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force - $22.95/50# = $0.46/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 5# $2.30/day
BB Transform DSI (Probiotic Digestive Supplement) - $229/40# = $0.36/oz
Recommended Rate - 2oz $0.72/day
$3.02/day - $1,102.30/year
Omnis Complete Performance Cubes $13.50/50# = $0.27/lb
As a complete Ration with no other feed or forage - 20#
$5.40/day - $1,971/year
Edited by rachellyn80 2015-07-02 12:10 PM
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| Summer months
Grass
Non riding horses get whole oats we produce our own
Free choice buckeye mineral 35/bag generally 1-2 bags a month for all horses
Free choice salt
Winter months
Hay we produce our own
Green feed we produce our own
All given free choice
For performance horses
Buckeye grow and win 45/bag about 2/day/horse
1/2 cup flax seed 40/bag lasts 3-6 months depending on how many horses
Lubrysin 15-30 ml 1.75-3.50/horse
Papaya 0.84-1.6 per horse
Equitop Myoplast 85/tub which lasts 60/horse I believe
If I need more calories, I will add oats
For horses lacking then I will specialize their diet
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 Shelter Dog Lover
Posts: 10277
| 5 head
1 lb renew gold/day 1.00/day
alfalfa cubes once a day $25/week for all 5
winter turn out 24/7 on 100 acres except for weather
summer, turn out at night, stalled during the heat of the day
salt
Edited by rodeomom3 2015-07-02 12:26 PM
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 Accident Prone
Posts: 22277
Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Right now, I'm spending $78.35/month on my barrel horse. $61 for supplements and $17.35 for feed. Hay is an additional $20-50 per month but I'm not really feeding any at this time because my pasture is in great shape.
The supplements are a vit/mineral/probiotic because his feed is unfortified, and a vit E supplement because he's had immune issues in the past.
I wish I hadn't looked. LOL
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 477
Location: Lost in the swamps | Ok...
Strategy 15.99 =.32 per # @ 5#s a day=1.60 annual 584.00
Alfalfa pellets =.35 per # @ 1# A day = .35 annual 127.75
Flax oil= 19.99 per 128 oz @ .16 per oz per day= annual 58.40
Red cell= 24.99 per 128 oz @ .20 per oz per day = annual 73.00
Cost to feed daily feed and suppliments is $2.31
Not counting hay in winter
and basic salts year round |
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Accident Prone
Posts: 22277
Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | rachellyn80 - 2015-07-02 12:08 PM As an example:
Purina Omolene 200 - $17.99/50# = $0.36/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 8# $2.88/day
Purina Amplify Supplement - $60.49/50# = $1.21/lb
Recommended Rate - 2# $2.42/day
$5.33/day - $1,934.50/year
Nutrena Safe Choice - $15.99/50# = $0.32/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 10# $3.20/day
Nutrena Empower Boost - $31.99/30# = $0.80
Recommended Rate - 1.5# per day $1.20/day
$4.40/day - $1,606/year
Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force - $22.95/50# = $0.46/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 5# $2.30/day
BB Transform DSI (Probiotic Digestive Supplement) - $229/40# = $0.36/oz
Recommended Rate - 2oz $0.72/day
$3.02/day - $1,102.30/year
Omnis Complete Performance Cubes $13.50/50# = $0.27/lb
As a complete Ration with no other feed or forage - 20#
$5.40/day - $1,971/year
The problem with those numbers is I have never fed anywhere near the recommended amounts because my horses would be too fat. |
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Accident Prone
Posts: 22277
Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Now I'm going to go try to tweak my supplement program. Thanks so much, Rachel.  |
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Posts: 5293
| I am in the process of transitioning over to Nutrena Senior. But Both my horses were getting 2 pounds a day of ultium and FORCO. ALso feed one scoop Formula 707 daily essentials cause they were not being fed at the regular feeding dosage on the bag. Electrolytes as needed. Tight Joints plus Joint supplement. They have access to 24/7 alfalfa orchard grass mix hay. My horses would not touch timothy ( WHich is fine at 30.00 a bale) and they did not do well on Renew Gold and I tried it for 5 months. |
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Red Hot Cardinal Fan
Posts: 4122
| Here is what I was feeding -
Custom Grain Mix: $110/50 lbs = $0.20 lb
ADM Healthy Glo: $30/40 lbs = $0.75 lb
I was feeding 5 to 10 lbs of grain plus a pound of Healthy Glo daily, so worked out to be $1.75 to $2.75 daily. But with all the ADM problems I recently started Renew Gold. With that it is $1 to $1.5 per horse, and I am slowly cutting out their grain. Not sure if I'll be able to cut it completly out, but I'll see.
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Jr. Detective
Location: Beggs, OK | Three 4 Luck - 2015-07-02 12:26 PM rachellyn80 - 2015-07-02 12:08 PM As an example:
Purina Omolene 200 - $17.99/50# = $0.36/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 8# $2.88/day
Purina Amplify Supplement - $60.49/50# = $1.21/lb
Recommended Rate - 2# $2.42/day
$5.33/day - $1,934.50/year
Nutrena Safe Choice - $15.99/50# = $0.32/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 10# $3.20/day
Nutrena Empower Boost - $31.99/30# = $0.80
Recommended Rate - 1.5# per day $1.20/day
$4.40/day - $1,606/year
Bluebonnet Intensify Omega Force - $22.95/50# = $0.46/lb
Recommended Rate for an average horse - 5# $2.30/day
BB Transform DSI (Probiotic Digestive Supplement) - $229/40# = $0.36/oz
Recommended Rate - 2oz $0.72/day
$3.02/day - $1,102.30/year
Omnis Complete Performance Cubes $13.50/50# = $0.27/lb
As a complete Ration with no other feed or forage - 20#
$5.40/day - $1,971/year
The problem with those numbers is I have never fed anywhere near the recommended amounts because my horses would be too fat.
I know...but, the people that I was helping out with their budgets were actually feeding more than the recommended amount and not seeing the results that they wanted.
The biggest issue that I see with horses in our area is the lack of quality forage....and people are not feeding enough of it anyway. People seem to want to feed more and more concentrate and add fat supplements instead of getting a more natural source of quality nutrition. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 477
Location: Lost in the swamps | Again here to If I would feed the reccomended rate horses would be obease but my area store doesn't stock renew gold or anything comeparable. They look at you like your dumb when you ask for it. Even tr supply doesn't stock it in my area. All they stock is nutrena boost.
But I do see what your getting at is gettig result and cost per pound ratio on certain feeds. For instance one feed is say 12.99 but you need to feed 10# a day vs a 15.99 bag that says feed 6# a day.
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  Whack and Roll
Posts: 6342
Location: NE Texas | I completely agree with the lack of quality forage in this region (TX, OK). I would prefer to feed alfalfa/grass mix, but unfortunately it isn't available in my area, and the alfalfa that is available scares me due to blister beetles. Pretty much the only thing available is coastal and it's hard to tell good Coastal from bad.
I currenlty am feeding Bluebonnet Omega Force Intensify as well, Cur-Ost supplements for respiratory issue, but these supplements also aid inflammatory control. I do feed coastal once daily to one horse, but he's out on grass the other half of the day. All others out on grass right now.
If I could get good quality alfalfa mix, I would feed whole oats once daily, just enough to mix in my Cur-Ost. |
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 Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
Posts: 13315
Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | 8 head - 5 riding horses (4 @1200+ pounds; 1@ 1,000 pounds) and 3 pasture ornaments (500-900 pounds)
RIDING HORSES - Total Equine (was feeding original Strategy)
(TOTAL per day)
1 scoop feed
1-2 cups flax seed & rice bran
1 scoop alfalfa cubes
2 flakes grass mix hay
Night turn out on decent pasture
1 horse is on Super Sport for more energy
2 horses are on DMG - they loose condition quicker than the others
3 are on joint supplements
**winter time I up the alfalfa cubes since their pasture is minimal & throw out a couple flakes of hay per horse
PASTURE HORSES
1 & 1/2 scoop per day of Pinnacle Balancer
Winter time I keep a round bale out.
We have about 10 acres total in pasture. The reason I switched to Total Equine is that their feet seem to do better on that than Strategy -- I was feeding the same amount.
If they slack off on weight during the winter, I make up the weight with alfalfa cubes & fat.
We got through aabout 700 square bales, and 40 round bales per year. I go through a little over a bag of cubes per week, 4 bags of TE per week, and about a bag of flax and a bag of rice bran a month. |
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
Posts: 3314
Location: Jersey Girl | I have 2 horses. My retired 22 yr old gelding and my 8 yr old that I currently run.
I feed Legends performance pelleted. Daily they each get Equipride, the 8 yr old also gets Gastroade. I supplement with electrolytes as needed (hot humid days and on race days).
The Legends is $20.99 a bag (3 bags per month) I only grain once a day with free choice hay and some pasture. They get fed 1 lb and 3-4 lbs (use a 13oz coffee can) respectively.
The Equipride is 59.99 for 50 lbs. Not sure how long it will last me since I was only buying the 25lb previously. I am sure it will be at least 2 mos.
The gastroade is $36 and lasts me 2 mos at 1 feeding per day. |
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Veteran
Posts: 194
Location: OKLAHOMA | Rachelly, I agree to the forage thing. I am in NE OK also have always fed good hay and some pasture time. I think if folks could just backup and do more GOOD forage there ponies would not need some of the extra's... MIne look great on 1LB of RG and pasture with little Chaffhaye, No supplements at this time.. If i start riding more and going again i will check into maybe some supp's.
By the way thank you for sharing your knowlege with us, i do greatly appreciate it. |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
Posts: 9992
Location: Kansas | Ultium 9lbs per day |
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