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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Bigfoot - 2015-05-28 12:31 PM I am going to break down, and try it. Say I put 10 pounds in a 5 gallon bucket, how much water do I put on them? Just enough to cover them?
I usually cover mine with 1-2" of water. That way they expand a little more which means they'll get more chew time. |
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| I picked up some for my horses today and they laughed at me and won't touch them. Lol |
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| Bit the bullet, and grabbed a bag today. 15 minutes ain't a start on soaking them things. After 30, still had plenty of cubes to break apart by hand. Did about 2.5 pounds per horse, to see what they would do. All 5 loved it. Let's say I'm traveling with stuff. How many pounds do I feed per feeding to totally replace hay. I'm probably feeding 12-15 pounds of grass hay morning, and again in the evening when I'm on the road. |
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| Bigfoot - 2015-05-28 1:49 PM
Bit the bullet, and grabbed a bag today. 15 minutes ain't a start on soaking them things. After 30, still had plenty of cubes to break apart by hand. Did about 2.5 pounds per horse, to see what they would do. All 5 loved it. Let's say I'm traveling with stuff. How many pounds do I feed per feeding to totally replace hay. I'm probably feeding 12-15 pounds of grass hay morning, and again in the evening when I'm on the road.
1.5-2 percent of horse body weight daily in forage so a 1000 pound horse should get 15-20 pounds. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | I'm feeding right around 2% of their bodyweight per day of the Omnis cubes and they seems satisfied. It takes them a long time to finish them up, but it's not because they're hard. These are the only kind of alfalfa cube I would ever feed. I've tried others in the past and they were always too hard to mess with. You don't soak these and it's not necessary. |
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| So if a 1000 pound horse is to get 15-20 pounds of cubes (and I take that should be daily) they if I have 3 1000 pound horses on them I would go thru a bag and 1/2 per day. Am I looking at that right? |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Sandok - 2015-05-28 4:20 PM So if a 1000 pound horse is to get 15-20 pounds of cubes (and I take that should be daily) they if I have 3 1000 pound horses on them I would go thru a bag and 1/2 per day. Am I looking at that right?
At the rate of 2% per 1000# horse you would feed 60# per day if you were feeding these cubes and no other feed or forage. |
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| rachellyn80 - 2015-05-28 2:25 PM
Sandok - 2015-05-28 4:20 PM So if a 1000 pound horse is to get 15-20 pounds of cubes (and I take that should be daily) they if I have 3 1000 pound horses on them I would go thru a bag and 1/2 per day. Am I looking at that right?
At the rate of 2% per 1000# horse you would feed 60# per day if you were feeding these cubes and no other feed or forage.
I bought some today and my horses picked them up once and walked away. They are hard as heck. So I soaked them 15 minutes and they softened up a little and they kind of ate a few but just had to dump them out cause they got nasty in the bucket and to soft. Powder basically. |
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Location: West Texas | All cubes are not created equal. Here is a video showing the cube softness.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=0WQRiHd2G...
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| I'm sure glad no one has ever told the 9-10 that I have eating them every day that they are to hard and have to be soaked.
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Ok, where can i get some of those cubes! Lol |
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Location: West Texas | Where are you located and I'll check?
Here is another video of a 21 year old broodmare and her 3 week old foal eating Omnis Complete Performance. How many cubes can do this?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pJKJrvA0NdY&feature=youtube_gdata_play... |
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| Tdove - 2015-05-28 4:57 PM
Where are you located and I'll check?
Here is another video of a 21 year old broodmare and her 3 week old foal eating Omnis Complete Performance. How many cubes can do this?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pJKJrvA0NdY&feature=youtube_gdata_play...
I LOVE the idea of this cube! My horses waste so much hay. I am in California. Southern California. I googled it and looks like all dealers are in TX/OK |
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| I won't say the name brand I bought, but they were hard as superman's forehead. Soaking 30 minutes, and it was still a struggle to get them broken up. |
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| I think a lot of it is the brand of cube you buy. My horses love their cubes, but I only feed cubes that are sun-dried alfalfa and bentonite. I would never feed one of the brands that have to use artificial colors and flavors. That only means they are using poor quality hay in their cubes.
I use both Hay-Rite and Dacon Mustang Sally. Love both products!! |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | rachellyn80 - 2015-05-28 4:19 PM I'm feeding right around 2% of their bodyweight per day of the Omnis cubes and they seems satisfied. It takes them a long time to finish them up, but it's not because they're hard. These are the only kind of alfalfa cube I would ever feed. I've tried others in the past and they were always too hard to mess with. You don't soak these and it's not necessary.
Are you still feeding Bluebonnet Intensify along with the Omnis Cubes? |
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Location: Willows, CA | You can minimize choke risk by being sure that your horses teeth are right. If it hurts to chew they will not break cubes up as much as they should and the risk is greatly increased. I have fed dry cubes off and on for thirty years with no issues. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | I love hard cubes. My horses are piggys. If it is eatable they gobble it up. It makes them eat slower and no waste. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Nevertooold - 2015-05-28 8:48 PM rachellyn80 - 2015-05-28 4:19 PM I'm feeding right around 2% of their bodyweight per day of the Omnis cubes and they seems satisfied. It takes them a long time to finish them up, but it's not because they're hard. These are the only kind of alfalfa cube I would ever feed. I've tried others in the past and they were always too hard to mess with. You don't soak these and it's not necessary. Are you still feeding Bluebonnet Intensify along with the Omnis Cubes?
Yes, I am feeding less of the Bluebonnet Omega Force now that I am feeding the Omnis cubes. Ultimately I want to get them on the most natural diet possible. |
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Location: Texas | Tdove - 2015-05-28 6:33 PM All cubes are not created equal. Here is a video showing the cube softness. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=0WQRi...
Trey,
So how much do you feed a day of the cubes? Currently I feed a mixture of grass hay and alfalfa. Normally a flake in the morning of alfalfa with a block of grass hay and at night I feed mostly alfalfa (block or a little smaller) along with Total Equine feed twice a day. I have considered the cubes since it's hard to get quality alfalfa and I am currently getting it from my parents' hay raiser out near Andrews and then bringing it to east TX where I live now because I haven't found a good supplier I trust out here. I have too heard about choking so that was my fear, but these seem softer than some. My father-in-law is feeding some now, not sure of the brand, but he loves them. As far as digestablity, is it better with the cubes verses actual hay or what are some statistics on that? I just worry about impaction possiblity etc. Thanks!! |
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