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Location: Willows, CA | 12 pounds of sweet feed per day simply does not fit properly in a horses digestive system and result in anywhere near a normal efficient result. That would be a challenge for a product like FORCO to improve. I think it is a well made product for supporting hind gut function in poorly balanced feeding programs, of which there are many. If the hind gut is really working well, you probibly will not see a huge change. I think that is why you hear extreme opinions one way or the other about its effectiveness. We have customers who feed it with Renew Gold and like it. A lot of that depends on how digestible their hay is. The worse the hay, the more positive the response to FORCO seems to be. This does make sense since that is really what it is designed to improve. |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Nevertooold - 2013-11-23 7:33 PM I've been feeding it since 2006. Good product and works great with any of the THE products.
This is very true. I started mine on it this spring. My old guy, before he passed away would have runny poo on and off. The Forco really helped him. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | winwillows - 2014-06-21 12:52 PM 12 pounds of sweet feed per day simply does not fit properly in a horses digestive system and result in anywhere near a normal efficient result. That would be a challenge for a product like FORCO to improve. I think it is a well made product for supporting hind gut function in poorly balanced feeding programs, of which there are many. If the hind gut is really working well, you probibly will not see a huge change. I think that is why you hear extreme opinions one way or the other about its effectiveness. We have customers who feed it with Renew Gold and like it. A lot of that depends on how digestible their hay is. The worse the hay, the more positive the response to FORCO seems to be. This does make sense since that is really what it is designed to improve.
I feed FORCO with the Renew Gold and so far I'm very happy with the combo since I have never been a big grain feeder. I do find it strange my horse starting leaving quite a bit of his Beet Pulp so I eliminated it and will add again in the winter. |
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| Vegas is on Forco and THE Muscle Mass with ulcer and joint added. The results speak for themselves where she is concerned. She looks like a million bucks, feels great and is out running the top rodeo horses in the nation consistently. I couldn't say that 3 months ago. |
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| Pellets or powder. I've been doing pellets. Stuff smells fantastic.
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 I Am Always Right
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | I feed the powder and I agree... it smells so flippen good, I want to stir some in my coffee. haha! Love that stuff. |
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Location: In a happy place | Nevertooold - 2013-11-23 8:33 PM I've been feeding it since 2006. Good product and works great with any of the THE products.
I have been feeding it since then too. Totally agree with NTO. |
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Location: Here | Yes and love it!! I really like the new pellets And so do the dogs I order from nevertoold |
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| I got the pellets because I figured less waste with them but didn't know which was better in everyone's opinion. I really like my lean gelding on it. It's helped him bulk up slightly. He's been on it for a couple of months. He's slightly nervous by nature and I think it's helped him in that department to. |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I didn't even know they had pellets. Mine don't leave any powder so it must be pretty decent tasting. |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | wyoming barrel racer - 2014-06-22 4:18 PM I didn't even know they had pellets. Mine don't leave any powder so it must be pretty decent tasting.
They started making the pellets soon after you ordered from me. |
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 Gotta Have a Gray
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Location: Tex. Panhandle | We have both of ours on it. Started out using the powder. Saw a big difference in my mare, my gelding not so much. But he plays with his feed and I think the powder was not sticking to his pelleted feed. Last time i reordered, i got the pellets. In about 3 weeks, I saw a noticeable difference in him. He is running bred and only 5. His black coat looks gorgeous and his topline has filled in. My mare is actually less stressed and calmer at big shows since having her on it as well. We have cut back on the amount of pelleted feed and hay we are feeding her since being on it as well. She easily maintains her weight, while being feed less on forco because she is breaking down and using more of what she eats. Big fan |
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| kelfish - 2013-11-23 7:42 PM
Wanted to know if you had any success with it? Did it help with weight gain and overall performance? Thinking about trying it for my gelding who needs to put on about 75-100 lbs. Just got him about 2 months ago and he has improved some on my feed, but still looks unconditioned and under weight. I am feeding him about 6 lbs of sweet feed, platinum performance and gastroade twice daily. plus hay. My other horses look great. This was suggested, just don't know much about it....
Last summer was my first experience on it. My gelding performed better last year than ever, I guess im not sure if that was al forco or him being healthier in general (made a few adjustments last year.) But to boot, I pulled him off his weight supplement and hes looking better than he did with it. Im a believer. |
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Miss Southern Sunshine
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Location: South Central Florida | We have a 25 year old gelding that is 14.2 and built like a tank. He has always been butterball fat on very little grain. Last year he started losing weight and I realized he was having diareah frequently...he has done this periodically all his life. But the weight gain was fast and drastic. Vet did all the normal stuff, blood, checked for sand, or worms etc. . . we could not find anything and decided expensive testing was not really in my budget and I would just take him home and let him enjoy until . . . well you know. He got so thin, I expected him to lie down and not get up however he would still trott up at feeding time and eat every little bite. He is on 10 acres with 2 other horses of Florida bermuda grass. Not the best ever, but it's always been fine.
I decided to try FORCO, it was an affordable option and nothing to lose. That was about 4 months ago and that is the only thing I have done besides regular worming and fly spray. He has gained back probably 80lbs. Diareah is almost non existant and he is all but back to normal. His back still needs some fat, but his hips don't show and his butt is heart shaped again. I'm just so very happy.
I have no idea if it's just his age, and the FORCO is improving something that will eventually come back, or what but I'm just so happy he looks and seems to feel so good.
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | It is by far the best supplement I have used both on horses and our dogs.
Ive been using it for about a year. Started with a 26 year stallion that just looked a little thin. Within 2 months, we looked like he was ten years old. Topline filled out, glossy coat and he felt great. He is still breeding at 26.
Second horse was a hard keeping head horse, after Forco, his feed is cut back from 2 1/2 scoops per day to 1/2 scoop per day and he is in better shape than ever.
As far as my dogs, they are in better condition than they have ever been as well. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Started feeding it last year at the beginning of June as I also had heard that it helped avoid colic episodes. Got some other cool benefits also from it. My then 10 year old mare had been injured in the trailer 2 years previous and had hurt her hock, got an infection in it and her immune system hadn't been the best since. Constantly seeming to come up with abscesses in her feet, always seemed like she was just a little off somewhere and had several huge sarcoids. After a month on the Forco, the sarcoids disappeared on her gaskin and under her throatlatch, the one on her ear was drying up but had started to irritate her so had that one removed, it had shrunk to the point it ended up only needing 2 stitiches. 2 months after I had started them on it she hadn't come up with an abscess in a hoof and by September she was moving better than she had in 3 years. Someone explained it that the Forco more than likely helped any inflammation in her gut that was going on and her immune system was probably then able to deal with the hock that still bugged her as well as the abscesses. I'm a firm believer in it also. |
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Veteran
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| Can a FORCO distributor please message me. :) Need to buy more! |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Jenet - 2014-09-15 4:21 PM Can a FORCO distributor please message me. :) Need to buy more!
I get mine from Nevertooold |
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Not Afraid to Work
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| So far I have been super impressed with it. My horse is no longer on a weight builder/supplement and is holding weight well. His performance is better since hes been on it also. I guess I dont know if its a direct link but I am not changing anything. |
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| One of our horses is in a paddock with 4 other mares and we cant get out to feed her separately every day.
Would feeding her FORCO 5 times a week be beneficial or detrimental to her? She needs to add a little weight all over plus some extra on her top line. |
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