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Location: SE Missouri | I've never had oats make a horse hot.. Remember all oats are not equal (it's a whole grain, growing conditions can affect the weight of the grain and quality). But good clean oats someone mention steamed crimped and I've fed the steam rolled as well (which look and smell like dry oatmeal.
Weigh your grain at least randomly so you actually know what they are getting.
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Location: Texas | barrelracr131 - 2016-01-10 5:56 PM
Junior - 2016-01-10 4:12 PM Glad someone posted this! Was thinking of switching over to oats and alfalfa pellets from Nutrena Safechoice original! What type of oats are best to feed? I know its trial by error but do oats make a horse hot?
As long as they weren't mixed with molasses, they never made my horse hot.
In general I'd say no, it doesn't make my horses hot, but there is this ONE mare I have. If I feed her oats she turns into a crazed lunatic (which on normal occasions she is just a lunatic).  So I take her reaction with a few grains of salt and a some lime. |
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| We decided try switching to whole oats, but ours refused to eat them. We started out mixing their Omolene in to start the switch, but even at half and half they turn their noses up and walk away. We don't have many options for oats in our area, so we just got some from the local feed store. Do we need to look for better quality or do something different? Or have they just been spoiled? |
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| Mine would NOT touch tractor supply oats but love the bigger race horse oats.. lol Omele is pure sugar, so they probably want the sugar taste.. ANy kid is going to eat a donut over a salad./
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Coyote Country Queen
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| FLITASTIC - 2016-01-11 12:16 PM
Mine would NOT touch tractor supply oats but love the bigger race horse oats.. lol Omele is pure sugar, so they probably want the sugar taste.. ANy kid is going to eat a donut over a salad./
I'll see if I can't find a better quality and maybe that will help. One of the horses we started on oats had been on no grain, just alfalfa and teff, and he wouldn't have any part of eating them. We don't feed very much grain as it is, but I've heard talk of oats being good for horses fed alfalfa and wanted to give it a try. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Jenbabe - 2016-01-12 9:23 AM
We decided try switching to whole oats, but ours refused to eat them. We started out mixing their Omolene in to start the switch, but even at half and half they turn their noses up and walk away. We don't have many options for oats in our area, so we just got some from the local feed store. Do we need to look for better quality or do something different? Or have they just been spoiled?
The ones listed as "Race HOrse Oats" here that I got about a month ago were so nasty full of dust and mold and corn I ended up dumping them out to the deer and unfortunately the only clean ones I've been able to get are the TSC ones...its exhausting trying to keep on top of feeds and feed companies. |
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| run n rate - 2016-01-11 10:46 AM
Jenbabe - 2016-01-12 9:23 AM
We decided try switching to whole oats, but ours refused to eat them. We started out mixing their Omolene in to start the switch, but even at half and half they turn their noses up and walk away. We don't have many options for oats in our area, so we just got some from the local feed store. Do we need to look for better quality or do something different? Or have they just been spoiled?
The ones listed as "Race HOrse Oats" here that I got about a month ago were so nasty full of dust and mold and corn I ended up dumping them out to the deer and unfortunately the only clean ones I've been able to get are the TSC ones...its exhausting trying to keep on top of feeds and feed companies.
I wonder if TS has different suppliers for different areas? I know they are a low cost buyer so they find the cheapest they can. |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Not sure, I know I was warned about TSC "producers Pride" oats but I have had no luck in getting oats that looked let alone smelled clean at the other 3 feed stores here. The Producers Pride oats at TSC at least don't come with 2 inches of "dust and God knows what" at the bottom of the bag. So frustrating. |
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Location: North Dakota | I've had the best luck with fleet farm brand oats. I wouldn't buy any of their other feeds but their whole oats are clean with not a speck of dust to be found. TSC where I live, the oats are terrible...the bag is filled with dust. |
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Location: Texas | What a beautiful paint horse in your profile...... |
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Location: Not in Texas anymore. . . | We feed whole oats by ADM (and alfalfa and forco)...always been great quality! |
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Location: NE Texas | For those with picky eaters, here is a interesting article that could shed some light in this subject. It seems as though they are finicky, but looking deeper, could be alot more to it!https://nouvelleresearch.com/index.php/articles/403-the-equine-diet-and-picky-eaters-thoughts-and-concerns
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| Herbie - 2016-01-11 6:12 PM
For those with picky eaters, here is a interesting article that could shed some light in this subject. It seems as though they are finicky, but looking deeper, could be alot more to it!https://nouvelleresearch.com/index.php/articles/403-the-equine-diet-and-picky-eaters-thoughts-and-concerns
For this reason I am doing a 30 day round of the EQ Rejuvinate. We suspect my colt may have a bacterial imbalance in the hind gut. The Rejuvinate is supposed to balance that out. Already I am seeing some improvement in his flank tightness on the left side. Dr Schell is working on a specific formula to address this specifically. |
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Location: Where you need a paddle... Oregon! | readytorodeo - 2016-01-11 1:05 AM
I feed the triple clean race horse oats. Add Renew Gold and her CurOst supplements. Feed Alfalfa Hay and Timothey free choice.
Almost exactly what I feed. Whole oats, Renew Gold and free choice timothy and alfalfa hay. Wish my horse would get hot.... lol The only time she's been remotely close to being "hot", and even then it wasn't hot, she just felt really good and moved smooth, was when I had her on Animal Element detox and Product X along with the other stuff (except Renew Gold). |
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| I've been a whole oat feeder for about 4 years now. Love it. |
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| A question for those of you that feed oats. Will oats and the Omnis cubes maintain a senior horse's (26) weight? He is probably about a 1200 lb, he is retired, on pasture 24/7 and I have hay in front of him now that it has turned cold 24/7. I get my oats from Bluebonnet and they are dust free, triple cleaned Race Horse Oats. I also give THE Muscle Mass with added formula. |
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Location: Central Texas | I feed Tractor Supply oats and mine are doing well. They seemed a little hesitant when I initially made the switch but when nothing else was put in the feed buckets they ate them and they didn't hesitant long. I have no problems getting them to eat them now. I guess I am lucky my Tractor Supply oats are clean and dry. A little smaller than the Race Horse brand but they are working. My vets comments on my horses all the time now. She didn't before! |
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| The biggest issue I have run into with feeding whole oats is finding good CLEAN whole oats around me! I bought 100 lbs yesterday from a new place they are by bryant grain company and I liked how heavy the bags felt but when I poured them into the oat bin I found more corn than I'd like to see... some chopped some whole pieces. So frustrating! I've got a tsc nearby but they only carry the rolled oats and I haven't heard good things about them. |
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Location: Central Texas | want2chase3 - 2016-01-12 2:20 PM
The biggest issue I have run into with feeding whole oats is finding good CLEAN whole oats around me! I bought 100 lbs yesterday from a new place they are by bryant grain company and I liked how heavy the bags felt but when I poured them into the oat bin I found more corn than I'd like to see... some chopped some whole pieces. So frustrating! I've got a tsc nearby but they only carry the rolled oats and I haven't heard good things about them.
If you are going to be a regular customer I bet they will order them for you. They do for me. You pay ahead, they order. |
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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
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Location: SE Missouri | Whole rolled is so dang expensive but I really like it Bc they are clean and the horses love them.. Typically i buy whole cleaned. I don't like buying just whole Bc they typically was dusty and the quality isn't consistent in my area. This year has been a terrible oat year!! |
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