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Location: California | For those that add shredded beet pulp to their mixture; do you just feed the mix dry?
I'm currently feeding Oats, renew gold, and free choice grass hay. I'd love to add alfalfa but I just can't afford the prices here! I heard if you don't feed alfalfa with the Renew Gold then it's just wasting money. Not sure how true that is. I'm about to order THE Muscle Mass blends as well. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | cheryl makofka - 2015-12-24 9:25 AM
For the people who are feeding oats from feed plants, as I know in some processing plants run whole oats through to clean the lines after running medicated feed through.
I would be looking at seed cleaning plants, grain elevators to buy whole oats from.
Or try and buy some from a local farmer.
I was told they normally use Corn because it is heavier...
TSC oats were just so much cleaner than anything else I've been able to get my hands on around here. |
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Location: California | I use oats from Atwood and they are nice and clean. |
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| Tdove - 2015-12-22 7:50 PM
When it comes to oats, you get what you pay for. The better oats, the better value. I personally, would not recommend TSC oats. That would be producers pride house brand. They are cheap oats and will have less energy and nutrition. I would recommend Woody's oats if you can find them. They are good oats. Don't be cheap on whole ingredients. It's just like hay or forage. The good stuff is more expensive but a better value and better nutrition.
I tried feeding Woody's oats but noticed my horses getting lazier on them? Why would that be? I was only able to feed one bag as one of the horses ended up having a hole in his sinus cavity and the oats would come out of his nose as he ate so I had to switch to the cubed Cool Fuel.
If I was to feed oats longer and let the horse's system adjust to them would they have picked back up to their normal energy level?
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Location: Willows, CA | Serenity06 - 2015-12-23 11:40 AM
For those that add shredded beet pulp to their mixture; do you just feed the mix dry?
I'm currently feeding Oats, renew gold, and free choice grass hay. I'd love to add alfalfa but I just can't afford the prices here! I heard if you don't feed alfalfa with the Renew Gold then it's just wasting money. Not sure how true that is. I'm about to order THE Muscle Mass blends as well.
We do a lot of diets that use grass hay only with Renew Gold. The issue is not Renew Gold, it is the greater challenge of properly digesting some grass hays. Many grass hay diets use higher amounts of grain based feeds because they are not digesting the grass well to begin with. In effect, they are masking the grass inefficiency with calories from grain. This becomes a vicious circle because increased grain makes even more problems in digesting the roughage. When you drop the amount of grain to the amount that fits in the system, you need to improve digestion of the grass hay to get the most out of it. There are several ways to improve digestion of the grass hay. One is to make sure the horse breaks it up a much as possible by chewing it well. This increases the surface area of the grass hay and makes it much easier to digest. This is why I harp on teeth condition so much. Another benefit to well chewed grass hay is a much lower risk of impaction from long strands of grass hay wrapping around each other to start the foundation of a future blockage. In most cases where people have issues with Renew Gold and straight grass hay the problem is either very poor quality grass hay or a failure to properly chew it so it can be used better. The issue of adding alfalfa to grass hay along with Renew Gold is not about improved energy from the alfalfa, but rather the fact that alfalfa slows the hind gut transit time down so that the grass hay portion of the diet has more time there to be digested. The bloom you see from adding some alfalfa to a grass hay diet is not necessarily from the alfalfa alone, but from the fact that the grass hays are now being much better digested.
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Location: Georgia | Sandok - 2015-12-23 12:15 PM
I get my oats from Bluebonnet. They have awesome race horse oats my horses love. No dust.
I hope you don't mind me asking, but how much are the oats per bag? |
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Location: Georgia | Ok, say I switch to oats and rice bran, along with my current supplements, grass hay and alfalfa, what would be the ratios of bran and oats, how much should I feed per day, and would you recommend adding anything additional? |
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Location: California | I was in no way bashing Renew Gold! I do like the improvements I've seen in my horses! I agree about the grass hay. In Colorado we had acess to beautiful orchard grass that the horses looked amazing on. Down here in Texas all we have is coastal and I HATE it with a passion. Last year I had access to pasture as well so my horses looked great, this year I no longer have pasture so it's free choice grass hay.
My main mare lost weight and muscle during her 3 month lameness spout but she is gaining it back nicely. My 3yr old paint and 4yr old arab are my issue mainly.
I think I will try the 1 bag oats, 1 bag barley, and 1 bag alfalfa pellets mixture and add in the Renew Gold to their buckets. |
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| Serenity06 - 2015-12-23 1:38 PM
I was in no way bashing Renew Gold! I do like the improvements I've seen in my horses! I agree about the grass hay. In Colorado we had acess to beautiful orchard grass that the horses looked amazing on. Down here in Texas all we have is coastal and I HATE it with a passion. Last year I had access to pasture as well so my horses looked great, this year I no longer have pasture so it's free choice grass hay.
My main mare lost weight and muscle during her 3 month lameness spout but she is gaining it back nicely. My 3yr old paint and 4yr old arab are my issue mainly.
I think I will try the 1 bag oats, 1 bag barley, and 1 bag alfalfa pellets mixture and add in the Renew Gold to their buckets.
I am not familiar with renew gold, but to me it still looks like you have a lot of starches, and not much fat.
I personally won't mix the three bags into one container as I don't believe they should be given at a 1:1:1 ratio. As each product has a different weight per volume.
As people have said do not feed more then 2lbs of oats. Barley I wouldn't feed over 1lb, alfalfa I would feed closer to 3-5 lbs per feeding, or more especially if my horses were not getting the protein content from the hay.
If my horses don't have a nice topline, or needing weight, I add oil and flax. I like oil as I can top dress it, depending on the research you read canola oil is either good or bad, if I get a skinny horse, I will give 1/4-1/2 cup of canola oil per feeding. |
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| My horse needs a better topping r any suggestions on how to feed for that? |
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-12-23 1:49 PM
Serenity06 - 2015-12-23 1:38 PM
I was in no way bashing Renew Gold! I do like the improvements I've seen in my horses! I agree about the grass hay. In Colorado we had acess to beautiful orchard grass that the horses looked amazing on. Down here in Texas all we have is coastal and I HATE it with a passion. Last year I had access to pasture as well so my horses looked great, this year I no longer have pasture so it's free choice grass hay.
My main mare lost weight and muscle during her 3 month lameness spout but she is gaining it back nicely. My 3yr old paint and 4yr old arab are my issue mainly.
I think I will try the 1 bag oats, 1 bag barley, and 1 bag alfalfa pellets mixture and add in the Renew Gold to their buckets.
I am not familiar with renew gold, but to me it still looks like you have a lot of starches, and not much fat.
I personally won't mix the three bags into one container as I don't believe they should be given at a 1:1:1 ratio. As each product has a different weight per volume.
As people have said do not feed more then 2lbs of oats. Barley I wouldn't feed over 1lb, alfalfa I would feed closer to 3-5 lbs per feeding, or more especially if my horses were not getting the protein content from the hay.
If my horses don't have a nice topline, or needing weight, I add oil and flax. I like oil as I can top dress it, depending on the research you read canola oil is either good or bad, if I get a skinny horse, I will give 1/4-1/2 cup of canola oil per feeding.
I would feed the renew gold and oats then alfalfa hay and feed your grass hay free choice. I would add EQ Total and Immune from CurOst. And no I don't sell it. Before the bashing starts. Don't feed anymore that 1lb of Whole Oats at a time. That with 1lb of Renew Gold twice a day. Give it a chance. Hopefully Herbie will come on here too and Flitastic. Both have had fantastic results with this type of feeding program. |
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Location: California | As much as I would LOVE to try CurOst I can't afford it. I also don't have local access to quality alfalfa hay. I refuse to pay $14/bale for stalky alfalfa that is so dry it pretty much powderizes when you touch it.
I've been feeding Renew Gold for 3 months now. Bwe feeding Oats for 4. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | Serenity06 - 2015-12-25 12:42 AM As much as I would LOVE to try CurOst I can't afford it. I also don't have local access to quality alfalfa hay. I refuse to pay $14/bale for stalky alfalfa that is so dry it pretty much powderizes when you touch it. I've been feeding Renew Gold for 3 months now. Bwe feeding Oats for 4.
Have you tried alfalfa cubes? Thats what I used if I can't get good quality alfalfa bales. |
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Location: Florida.. | fulltiltfilly - 2015-12-25 6:54 AM Serenity06 - 2015-12-25 12:42 AM As much as I would LOVE to try CurOst I can't afford it. I also don't have local access to quality alfalfa hay. I refuse to pay $14/bale for stalky alfalfa that is so dry it pretty much powderizes when you touch it. I've been feeding Renew Gold for 3 months now. Bwe feeding Oats for 4. Have you tried alfalfa cubes? Thats what I used if I can't get good quality alfalfa bales.
Serenity no you add water dont feed it dry the beet pulp I mean... and I think the alflafa cubes soaked would be great for weight gain.. you do need calories to.. and Id keep it simple.. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-12-23 10:25 AM
For the people who are feeding oats from feed plants, as I know in some processing plants run whole oats through to clean the lines after running medicated feed through.
I would be looking at seed cleaning plants, grain elevators to buy whole oats from.
Or try and buy some from a local farmer.
Not necessarily. Most places actually use chicken scratch (12,000 tons or so) to clean out with.
Depending on the set up, whole grains can be safer because they aren't having to be mixed. They go from a bin to a cleaner to the bagger and bypass the mixer. The mixer is when things like ionophores are added. Although there still could be cross contamination in the bagging lines if they use the same ones.
I'm not saying to trust a mill that uses ionophores. But rather to research for yourself if you have questions |
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| If you can't get good alfalfa, feed the alfalfa pellets and good Timothy hay. |
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Location: California | fulltiltfilly - 2015-12-25 4:54 AM
Serenity06 - 2015-12-25 12:42 AM As much as I would LOVE to try CurOst I can't afford it. I also don't have local access to quality alfalfa hay. I refuse to pay $14/bale for stalky alfalfa that is so dry it pretty much powderizes when you touch it. I've been feeding Renew Gold for 3 months now. Bwe feeding Oats for 4.
Have you tried alfalfa cubes? Thats what I used if I can't get good quality alfalfa bales.
I've been debating whether to go with cubes or pellets... I really hate not having access to all the great hays we had in Colorado! I despise coastal but its all you can find here. I know there is good alfalfa being trucked in but most is hours away. I never really go anywhere regularly. I would LOVE to try Omnis Cubes but those dealers are hours away as well.
I have access to alfalfa pellets and cubes at Tractor Supply, both Standlee and Dumor. I also have access to BlueBonnets Alfalfa/Rice Bran pellets. |
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Location: SE Missouri | I like pellets better than cubes by far.. I'd still focus on finding some high quality forage instead of going crazy on grain. |
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| Klittle3 - 2015-12-22 3:21 PM
Thank you both for sharing! Any particular brand of whole oats or just whatever your local feed store sells?
The heavier the oat the better the quality. Also, recleaned oats are better than non recleaned oats. Oats that have been "clipped" are even better. One end of the oats is clipped off giving you more digestible nutrient per pound. The hull (outside) of the oat has no beneficial nutritional value-only filler. The kernel (inside) provides the nutrition-the heavier the oat the bigger the kernel. Steam rolled oats provide more nutrition than whole oats due to the removal of the hull and cracking of the kernel but may not be cost effective as you can feed more whole oats than steam rolled to equal the nutrition out. Steam rolled oats are great for older horses with teeth problems. |
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Location: Florida.. | The more processed the Oat is the less nutritional value it is. |
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