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Location: Texas! | I'm always curious on the what do you feed posts how much everyone is feeding? Do you feed the recommended amount? MORE/less? Do you WEIGH your feed or just measure by scoops/coffee cans? How much extra supplements, how much hay? Alfalfa vs. grass? I feel like this all factors so much into this equation when people just focus on which feed is best but leave out but I'm feeding also 20lbs of quality forage and this and that supplements. Plus top dressing oil/rice bran etc. I thought it'd be fun to break it all down. I'm currently trying to tailor a good feeding program at my place so wanted to hear everyone's insight. |
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| Feed half pound of renew gold senior to each horse. Unlimited forage and a scoop of forco. Hopefully winwillows will chime in, but if you feed a good forage based diet, they don’t need a bunch of supplements. Winwillows puts it easiest “ people feed their horses into trouble and try and supplement them out. “ |
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| FLITASTIC - 2018-05-26 7:45 PM Feed half pound of renew gold senior to each horse. Unlimited forage and a scoop of forco. Hopefully winwillows will chime in, but if you feed a good forage based diet, they don’t need a bunch of supplements. Winwillows puts it easiest “ people feed their horses into trouble and try and supplement them out. “
Same, Renew Gold, alfalfa , turnout on 100 acres, Kombat boots vitamins and minerals |
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | Ours get Renew Gold (1/2lbs to 3/4lbs) twice daily, 2oz Forco once daily, Omnis cubes (4-6lbs depending on the horse) and out on pasture 22/7, with round bale in the winter.
Also the horse I run gets Aloe Vera and Lubrysin. |
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Location: Oklahoma | We feed about 1 scoop of hay-rite cubes am and pm for each horse. It’s probably about 3-4 lbs. We did used to weigh our feed but haven’t in a while. They are turned out during the day on a couple acres with grass, and in a stall with grass hay at night. They have a salt rock. Pretty much it. Ridden 4-5 days a week. Both are almost fat and since switching I think I will have to cut back on their cubes. |
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Location: Texas! | FLITASTIC - 2018-05-26 6:45 PM
Feed half pound of renew gold senior to each horse. Unlimited forage and a scoop of forco. Hopefully winwillows will chime in, but if you feed a good forage based diet, they don’t need a bunch of supplements. Winwillows puts it easiest “ people feed their horses into trouble and try and supplement them out. “
What is your forage source? |
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Location: Texas! | I'm currently feeding 10-20 lbs alfalfa cubes, depends on the horse housing situation. The underweight mare I have in a dry lot is getting the high end the horses on pasture 24/7 get the low end, 1 lb max-e-glo rice bran with a bit./mineral supplement. Since the thin filly has kind of plateaued Went ahead and added D&D Nutritions Exemplify 6 lbs a day as well. |
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| WYOracer - 2018-05-26 9:25 PM
FLITASTIC - 2018-05-26 6:45 PM
Feed half pound of renew gold senior to each horse. Unlimited forage and a scoop of forco. Hopefully winwillows will chime in, but if you feed a good forage based diet, they don’t need a bunch of supplements. Winwillows puts it easiest “ people feed their horses into trouble and try and supplement them out. “
What is your forage source?
High quality alfalfa is the base and I keep both teff grass and orchard around. I mostly feed alfalfa but throw in both teff and orchard daily so they always have something in front of them. |
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| Triple Crown Sr. 1lb/1/2 lb Renew Gold Sr twice daily. Alfalfa Hay and good pasture. Formula 1 Noni and Papaya Stomach Treat. |
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| Purina Strategy - 1/2 scoop which when we weighed way back when I think is just under a lb, 2x’s a day. Scoop of Platinum Performance. My hotter barrel horse and my colt both get Purina Gastric Care as well.
We feed a mix of grass and alfalfa hay off our own fields mostly...speaking of...anyone want to come help bale tomorrow when it’s 95*? |
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| I feed brome hay & alfalfa hay to all of mine . The ulcer prone mare gets mostly alfalfa hay & 6 lbs of purina equine senior a day . The fatter 3 get 2 lbs a day of tribute essential k . The 5 yo mare I bought underweight is on 8 lbs of senior a day . Everyone get 1/2 - 1 cup of omega horseshine a day . They all look great ! |
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Location: Texas! | What would y'all say your cost/day to feed one all together is? Or have you figured it up? |
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Location: never in the right place | 1 scoop Total Equine 2x day,( 1scoop is 2 lbs) 1 cup shredded beet pulp (no molasses- shreds) and 1 1/2 cups alfalfa pellets soaked and 1 carrot-added to pm feed , Forco 1x every other day, no pasture so grass hay available 24/7
Edited by ctdrumrunr 2018-05-27 1:25 PM
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| 3yo: 6lbs 14/8 pellet plus minerals (1.5 scoops twice per day)
Broodmares: 5lbs 14/8 plus 2lbs Blue Bonnet Intensify Growth + OCD pellets (1 scoop 14/8 + just under 1/2 scoop B.B.)
Yearlings: 6lbs Blue Bonnet Intensify Growth (1 scoops twice per day)
My horses are turned out on what little grass we have (not much at all) and get free choice Teff round bales. They look better than I’ve ever had. I average $100 per horse per month. |
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| Fancy Lass - 2018-05-27 10:13 AM
I feed brome hay & alfalfa hay to all of mine . The ulcer prone mare gets mostly alfalfa hay & 6 lbs of purina equine senior a day . The fatter 3 get 2 lbs a day of tribute essential k . The 5 yo mare I bought underweight is on 8 lbs of senior a day . Everyone get 1/2 - 1 cup of omega horseshine a day . They all look great !
Have you taken a look at the ingredients of Purina equine senior? It’s not a fixed formula and most of the ingredients are not very good for ulcers in my opinion. Lol |
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Queen Bean of Ponyland
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Location: WYOMING | 1 scoop whole oats 2x per day
1 scoop alfalfa pellets 2x per day
Rice bran oil 1x per day
Peanut hay
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| FLITASTIC - 2018-05-27 1:56 PM
Fancy Lass - 2018-05-27 10:13 AM
I feed brome hay & alfalfa hay to all of mine . The ulcer prone mare gets mostly alfalfa hay & 6 lbs of purina equine senior a day . The fatter 3 get 2 lbs a day of tribute essential k . The 5 yo mare I bought underweight is on 8 lbs of senior a day . Everyone get 1/2 - 1 cup of omega horseshine a day . They all look great !
Have you taken a look at the ingredients of Purina equine senior? It’s not a fixed formula and most of the ingredients are not very good for ulcers in my opinion. Lol
Yes I actually have .. but it’s all the mare will eat . She won’t stay on any other feed .. she’s on ulcer guard every day , so I’m not worried about it . I’m sure people wouldn’t agree with that either .. but it’s all that works for her . I doubt most people truly deal with ulcers as bad as this horse gets them . It’s what works & keeps her comfortable .. otherwise she is miserable . To each their own . Fixed formula or not , I’ve seen that senior work miracles time & time again for skinny horses . |
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Location: USA | I feed whole oats, black oil sunflower seeds and hayrite alfalfa mini cubes to my broodmare and 2 yr old colt. Everyone else gets alfalfa cubes and boss. All are out on pasture with roundbales since we’re in north Texas and don’t get much rain. |
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Location: NC | Mine get 1 scoop (scoops 2lb maybe a tiny bit more) 2x a day of local grainery MP http://mulecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/MP.pdf
Pasture and coastal hay
They used to get alfalfa but their feed has it in it.
They get cetyl m for joints and either salt or elecrolytes
Edited by Racer4eva 2018-05-27 5:24 PM
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Location: London Ontario | Half a scoop of renew gold, 1 scoop standlee alfalfa pellets, 1 cup flax, 1 scoop electrolytes, a scoop of their probiotic and a scoop of vitamin E. All are on unlimited grass and look fantastic. |
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