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<blockquote data-quote="Stepper" data-source="post: 256544" data-attributes="member: 3398"><p>We buy our horse feed in the bulk from the feed mill. We have a COA mix that we use. That is (corn,crimped oats,alfafha pellets,minerals and molasious.) We feed each animal 2 flakes of hay in the morning and 2 in the evening. Each horse gets 1 scoup of grain during the morning and 1 in the evening. </p><p></p><p>Each horse also has its own pen. about a 1/4 of an acre pen. This way each horse gets its full ration and it is safer feeding them when giving them grain. They tend to fight and kick at one another when they are all in one pasture. </p><p></p><p>These horses are barrel horses and they get lots of excerise. And they stay pretty hyper.</p><p></p><p>Some of our horses that we dont ride all of the time are just turned out on the pasture and not given any grain. Just pasture and a mineral block. We also keep mineral blocks out for all of our horses year round. But any time you ride a horse after you are done for the day and after it brushed down and ready to be turned loose in the pasture. You should give it a scoup of grain. And if you are going to be riding it very often. I would grain it everyday. Exspeically if you are riding long distances ( 5 or 10 miles ) I know 10 is on the long side. But alot of times we will ride 10 or more miles on a trail ride.</p><p></p><p>On a horse that is under weight we usually increase his grocherys and will add a cup full of calf mania with its grain at each feeding. And check for any problems that might be causeing it to lose weight. Make sure it has been wormed currently ( every 6 months) And switch up its wormers. Some wormers will not get all types of worms. So even though it may have been recently wormed. The wormer it was given may not have gotten all of the worms. I think quest gets all of the worms. My wife usually does all of this. Check to see if the horse is dropping grain while it is chewing. If it is that is a good sign that it may need its teeth floated.</p><p></p><p>On a old horse you probably should buy a feed from the feed store that is designed for seniors. It will contain more vitiams that a older horse will need.</p><p></p><p>And always feed hay regardless wether you grain them or not. Hay is how they produce body heat. Molded hay can kill a horse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stepper, post: 256544, member: 3398"] We buy our horse feed in the bulk from the feed mill. We have a COA mix that we use. That is (corn,crimped oats,alfafha pellets,minerals and molasious.) We feed each animal 2 flakes of hay in the morning and 2 in the evening. Each horse gets 1 scoup of grain during the morning and 1 in the evening. Each horse also has its own pen. about a 1/4 of an acre pen. This way each horse gets its full ration and it is safer feeding them when giving them grain. They tend to fight and kick at one another when they are all in one pasture. These horses are barrel horses and they get lots of excerise. And they stay pretty hyper. Some of our horses that we dont ride all of the time are just turned out on the pasture and not given any grain. Just pasture and a mineral block. We also keep mineral blocks out for all of our horses year round. But any time you ride a horse after you are done for the day and after it brushed down and ready to be turned loose in the pasture. You should give it a scoup of grain. And if you are going to be riding it very often. I would grain it everyday. Exspeically if you are riding long distances ( 5 or 10 miles ) I know 10 is on the long side. But alot of times we will ride 10 or more miles on a trail ride. On a horse that is under weight we usually increase his grocherys and will add a cup full of calf mania with its grain at each feeding. And check for any problems that might be causeing it to lose weight. Make sure it has been wormed currently ( every 6 months) And switch up its wormers. Some wormers will not get all types of worms. So even though it may have been recently wormed. The wormer it was given may not have gotten all of the worms. I think quest gets all of the worms. My wife usually does all of this. Check to see if the horse is dropping grain while it is chewing. If it is that is a good sign that it may need its teeth floated. On a old horse you probably should buy a feed from the feed store that is designed for seniors. It will contain more vitiams that a older horse will need. And always feed hay regardless wether you grain them or not. Hay is how they produce body heat. Molded hay can kill a horse. [/QUOTE]
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