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Location: Northwest | I just got a nicely bred 2 year old in a trade. Super impressed with her in every way except her size-she seems really small for a 2 year old. What are you feeding yours? Right now she is getting 50/50 grass/alfalfa but I am wondering if I should add grain/supplements. |
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Location: Florida.. | I would since shes only 2 |
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Location: Southern Oregon | My last one was a midget sized two year old and now he is 4 and still a midget. I gave up on breeding for my barrel horses, from now on I will just buy TALL 3 and 4 year olds. lol.... 14 hands does me NO good even with fantabuolous breeding. I'm 6'2" !!!!! lol |
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | My 2yr old filly is 15.2 and still growing... not ribby...feeding 3/4 of a lb of renew gold twice a day...1 flake alfalfa morning 2 flakes alfalfa at night..free choice coastal hay...a handful or two of purina senior to make her msm stick to her feed and electrolytes....msm to keep the inflammation out of her joints and growth plates since she's been growing so fast... |
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| Mine is 15-1. I feed a 14% pellet that is $12 a sack. I would feed her Platinum but she goes to the trainer next week and I did not want her to be too energetic. She gets a little salt in her feed in the evening. With all the rain we have had she has plenty of grass. |
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Location: Loma Linda, CA | Mine gets alfalfa and rolled oats with DAC colt grow...
Shes 13.2h and Im not seeing any improvement haha!
Dam - 14.3, Sire 15.1
String test says she will be 14.2/14.3 which I would be okay with haha!
If anything she could be a vegas pattern horse :P |
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Location: Texas | Mine is a June 1 colt and 14.3 now, but string tests to 15.2. He is stall bound unfortunately due to a horrible abscess (for a month! did I mention I hate this rain?). He eats like a teenage boy and is NOT fat (not ribby either, but I think he needs some muscle development). Unlimited high quality coastal, 1 big flake of alfalfa, ~5# rolled oats+ ~5# 14/8 pelleted feed, some ulcer prevention & probiotics (aloe Vera, Fasttrack, etc), handful of wheat bran. Can't wait to turn him out (his foot is better, it's just still a little soft in the abscess area & monsoon season in Tx rages on!) he is growing fast. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | My filly is 15 hands and filled out nicely. She gets RG mixed with Blue Seal Sentinel LS - Free choice hay, Sho-Glo minerals twice daily, Cal-Density White Label twice a day. |
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Location: Oklahoma | My 2 year old is on pasture 24/7 with a bermuda round bale. She gets 4 lbs of blue bonnet omega intensify force and 3 pounds of alfalfa pellets. |
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Location: South | My 2 year old ( turned two 2/28/15) is easily 15.2 and still growing. I have her on Strategy once a day with free choice grass. She is very muscled up, and in great shape. However her half sister is 14 hands on her Tallest days and on the same feed as well.
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Location: Northwest | Yikes I do have a midget! She officially turns two next week and she just taped 13.3hh. I hope she has a little growth spurt.  |
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| Phxbarrel - 2015-05-20 3:30 AM
Mine gets alfalfa and rolled oats with DAC colt grow...
Shes 13.2h and Im not seeing any improvement haha!
Dam - 14.3, Sire 15.1
String test says she will be 14.2/14.3 which I would be okay with haha!
If anything she could be a vegas pattern horse :P
Sometimes horses like this are late bloomers. You go out there and it seems they have grown a couple of inches. Make sure that it is getting quality feed and Platinum Performance contains amino acids which are essential for growth. |
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