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| Just wondering what the best complete feed is for a 5 month old weanling for health and growth? She's currently on a oat, corn mix with grass hay. |
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Location: North Dakota | How does she look?? Young horses tend to need more protein than other horses-maybe look into a growth, I've had good luck with woodys futurity blend |
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Location: Texas | Alfalfa. |
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Location: West Texas | bellablue - 2015-09-05 4:52 PM
Just wondering what the best complete feed is for a 5 month old weanling for health and growth? She's currently on a oat, corn mix with grass hay.
A weanling will need more protein that the ration you are providing. I would cut out the corn and add alfalfa pellets or cubes. |
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Location: Kentucky | I'm feeding Excel Equine feeds, which is milled locally. Here is the analysis on what I'm feeding mine:
Crude Protein: 14.00%
Lysine: 0.60%
Crude Fat: 6.00%
Crude Fiber: 12.00%
Calcium (min): 0.85%
Calcium (max): 1.30%
Phosphorus: 0.60%
Copper: 50 ppm
Zinc: 175 ppm
Selenium: 0.6 ppm
Vitamin A (min IU/lb): 5,000
Vitamin D3 (min IU/lb): 600
Vitamin E (min IU/lb): 100 |
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| LMS - 2015-09-06 1:56 PM
How does she look?? Young horses tend to need more protein than other horses-maybe look into a growth, I've had good luck with woodys futurity blend
I feed Woody's too. My colts are still nursing and getting FB 18
http://www.shop.woodysfeed.com/Futurity-Blend-18-BP-75015.htm
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Location: Gainesville, TX | We feed Ultium Growth, mineral supplement, and good quality coastal hay. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | oija - 2015-09-08 9:49 AM We feed Ultium Growth, mineral supplement, and good quality coastal hay.
This yr I am going with Utium Growth and THE yearling formula in Muscle Mass. |
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Location: Northeast Texas | Bluebonnet Growth and Development. Here is the link for it. This is one of my top selling feeds at the feed store that i work.http://bluebonnetfeeds.com/department/intensify-growth-development/ I have seen some outstanding results of some customers feeding this to their young colts to broodmares. |
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