bubchub
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This is my colt who was injured Sunday. He looks a little gaunt because of losing weight from stress and only having hay instead of ryegrass due to being penned.
bubchub":hbvccfgf said:I have been told today that I am underfeeding my colt and am practically starving it. I have probably asked this before but what should I exactly feed him to get him growing and looking stout. Here are some feedingsuggestions I have been given from people who say THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FEED a horse:
-feed a 4 gal. bucket of oats to him 2 times a day
-mix horse and mule feed with oats, topdress with cornoil 3 times a day
-whatever you do don't feed oats
-feed good hay and vits and mins
- feed sweet feed
-don't feed sweet feed, it'll rot his teeth out
Everybody has the BEST idea. WHat should I do?
rk":h97z10bt said:Oats are a good ingredient, but leave alot to be desired if they are the only/main part of the diet. Ca ratio is inverted and lacks other vitamins and minerals. Younger horses especially need the proper nutrition that a balanced diet provides in order to grow correctly.
msscamp":vpwz2qls said:rk":vpwz2qls said:Oats are a good ingredient, but leave alot to be desired if they are the only/main part of the diet. Ca ratio is inverted and lacks other vitamins and minerals. Younger horses especially need the proper nutrition that a balanced diet provides in order to grow correctly.
If your post is directed at me, I would suggest you re-read my post - if not, please go confuse someone else. As far as younger horses needing 'proper nutrition', I'm thinking someone with a degree and too much time on his/her hands has complicated things way beyond belief! We've raised too many foals on nothing but good quality hay, grass, and a few oats (be they rolled or whole) or rolled wheat and every one of them went on to live a long, trouble-free, healthy, and productive life for me to believe otherwise. All one needs is an understanding of what a growing animal needs - not fancy, expensive feeds.
Bez!":66nupm7x said:msscamp":66nupm7x said:rk":66nupm7x said:Oats are a good ingredient, but leave alot to be desired if they are the only/main part of the diet. Ca ratio is inverted and lacks other vitamins and minerals. Younger horses especially need the proper nutrition that a balanced diet provides in order to grow correctly.
If your post is directed at me, I would suggest you re-read my post - if not, please go confuse someone else. As far as younger horses needing 'proper nutrition', I'm thinking someone with a degree and too much time on his/her hands has complicated things way beyond belief! We've raised too many foals on nothing but good quality hay, grass, and a few oats (be they rolled or whole) or rolled wheat and every one of them went on to live a long, trouble-free, healthy, and productive life for me to believe otherwise. All one needs is an understanding of what a growing animal needs - not fancy, expensive feeds.
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Bez!
cowgirl580+":2o0vnjin said:when you say oats, are you talking about the kind with molasses? we feed rolled oats, when they've done something. i am giving my horse a mineral supplement right now that's supposed to work from the inside out. will have to look at bucket and get name, again. it's also for weight gain. wound looks like it is healing right nice.
cowgirl580+":3lgdsztg said:when you say oats, are you talking about the kind with molasses? we feed rolled oats, when they've done something. i am giving my horse a mineral supplement right now that's supposed to work from the inside out. will have to look at bucket and get name, again. it's also for weight gain. wound looks like it is healing right nice.
bubchub":37vdjhfw said:I have been told today that I am underfeeding my colt and am practically starving it. I have probably asked this before but what should I exactly feed him to get him growing and looking stout. Here are some feedingsuggestions I have been given from people who say THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FEED a horse:
-feed a 4 gal. bucket of oats to him 2 times a day
-mix horse and mule feed with oats, topdress with cornoil 3 times a day
-whatever you do don't feed oats
-feed good hay and vits and mins
- feed sweet feed
-don't feed sweet feed, it'll rot his teeth out
Everybody has the BEST idea. WHat should I do?