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| I'm wanting to switch up what I feed my older rodeo horse and have heard good things from people who use whole oats in their horse's diets. Can anyone give me advice on how to feed it and how much? My horse is on full access to pasture, and receives coastal hay daily as well. Thanks in advance! |
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| If you are going to feed whole oats, I would add 1/4 alfalfa pellets and 1/4 corn. And for a supplement Vitalize High Performance. You won't need anything else except good grass hay. And your horse will look great. But only add the corn if you are going to be riding him. |
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| We feed whole oats, dac oil, and mineral. My 2 also get their oxymax. And they get a good quality alfalfa/grass mix. Everyone looks great and they all have a lot more energy without being what I would consider hot. |
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| I wouldn't feed corn.
I would (and am) feeding stabilized rice bran as my fat source. My 1275 lb hard keeper gets 1 lb twice a day. Of the whole oats he gets 3 lbs twice a day. If you're looking for a nice finish, alfalfa pellets with your coastal would be good depending on how many calories your horse needs.
My 1100 lb easy keeping mare gets 1 lb whole oats and 2 cups rice bran. It sure dapples her out, plus the Queen doesn't get her feelings hurt because she gets her bucket twice a day like everyone else. :)
I'm so happy I got off the processed grain and went to oats and rice bran. My feed costs went through the floor in comparison and the ulcer meds got off auto deliver.
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Location: Florida.. | I wouldnt add corn either ... but add some alfalfa in any form .. |
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| A little corn doesn't hurt. You are feeding very little. I would not feed rice bran. It can cause the calcium/phosphorus to be put of balance. It you want one to shine then add Vitalize High Performance. You will get a shine and you also get protection against ulcers and colic with the pre and prebiotic. Saves money on feed and supplements. |
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| My gelding gets alfalfa and we supplement whole oats with platinum performance. He looks and feels great. I feel like simpler is better but that's just my opinion |
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Location: North Dakota | Whole oats and whole flax with quality grass hay free choice and alfalfa to the one who gets worked. I also use Cur-OST supplements but that is to manage certain issues both my horses have. A good clean diet will do a horse wonders on its own. 
Edited to add: I feed 1lb whole oats and 3/4 cup whole flax one time per day to the horse that gets worked 5 days a week. .75lb of whole oats and 1/3 cup whole flax to my 23rd old who is just living life and could stand to loose a few pounds haha.
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Location: Texas | I like to feed whole oats, but feeding pellets is just easier for me (multiple horses, young, old, etc).
Oats are high in phosphorus and so is rice bran. You need to try to balance that with alfalfa, which is high in calcium. When feeding oat, I use 2 parts oats, 1 part alfalfa pellets. Or, feed a flake of alfalfa with it. Add minerals and that's all you need. |
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| We added oats to our horse's diets. If they are being ridden then they are stalled and get alfalfa twice daily, have a hay net of teff grass, and get about a pound of grain twice daily that is half oats and half Omolene 200. If they will eat the plain oats then I just give them oats, but I've found that some of them will leave the oats for their hay. Prior to this change we had just been feeding the Omolene, but I'd been hearing lots of talk about feeding whole oats instead so I decided to make the change. |
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| I won't feed corn. It can be moldy and you won't know it. It is too humid down here. Oats and barley are much safer to feed.
It is a mycotoxin on the corn that can be harmful.
Edited by GLP 2016-04-24 6:52 PM
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| This..
Plus a had full of flax seed. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GLP - 2016-04-24 6:47 PM I won't feed corn. It can be moldy and you won't know it. It is too humid down here. Oats and barley are much safer to feed. It is a mycotoxin on the corn that can be harmful.
I dont feed corn to my horses either to humid, I do feed corn to my goats I mix it in their feed. |
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| Whole oats, rice bran plus a had full of flax seed. |
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| readytorodeo - 2016-04-24 7:50 AM
A little corn doesn't hurt. You are feeding very little. I would not feed rice bran. It can cause the calcium/phosphorus to be put of balance. It you want one to shine then add Vitalize High Performance. You will get a shine and you also get protection against ulcers and colic with the pre and prebiotic. Saves money on feed and supplements.
Not always true. If your rice bran is stabilized (mine is) it has the calcium and phosphorous ratio stabilized. Only time you run into that is when you feed unstabilized. |
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Location: TX | Just FYI,
Corn can cause tying up. I wouldn't use corn much at all.
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| FLITASTIC - 2016-04-24 7:03 PM
readytorodeo - 2016-04-24 7:50 AM
A little corn doesn't hurt. You are feeding very little. I would not feed rice bran. It can cause the calcium/phosphorus to be put of balance. It you want one to shine then add Vitalize High Performance. You will get a shine and you also get protection against ulcers and colic with the pre and prebiotic. Saves money on feed and supplements.
Not always true. If your rice bran is stabilized (mine is ) it has the calcium and phosphorous ratio stabilized. Only time you run into that is when you feed unstabilized.
Xactly. |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | I feed 1lb of whole oats and 3/4 cup of flax, along with Cur-OST supplements.
Everyone looks great in my barn! |
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Location: Oklahoma | I feed cup Whole Oats, 1 cup Barley, and 1/2 cup of Sunflower with my CurOst supplements. They are on good grass pasture all day (or night as soon as weather gets hot) and alfalfa 2X a day with grass hay. Horses look and feel amazing!! My 2 hard keepers are no longer a hard keepers!!!
I used to feed high fat diets, but, nothing worked really. I would end up with a bit of a crusty neck. No more crusty necks and healthy happy horses. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I needed to add that my horses get very little grain. The oats, barley, and sunflower don't fill 1/2 a coffee can. It took me awhile to have the nerve to try that, but, once I did, I couldn't believe the results. I was afraid to feed less to hard keepers. I think less grain is better on the digestive tract anyway!! Learned all that from Cur-OST!! |
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