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<blockquote data-quote="TR" data-source="post: 232182" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>Sorry y'all, I gotta jump in on this one. I've noticed that alot of the feeding information being given here is from folks up north. While I'm all for the natural way of raising horses, I can honestly and in good faith say that a "good" pasture in the Pacific Northwest (my experience with northern pasture) is a helluva lot different than a "good" pasture down here in Texas. I've seen horses get fat on nothing but an acre lot of what looks to me like close cropped astroturf up in the Pac North West, and I've seen horses look like they're starving on 10 acres of knee high coastal bermuda (Texas's "good" pasture) down here. </p><p></p><p>This colt is in a lot in a drought stricken area. From the looks of the pictures, there is not enough grass in there to sustain him. As this colt is both healing and growing, he needs to be fed while in that lot, and the two big alternatives to hay down here are Coastal Bermuda or alfalfa. Considering our incredibly hot summers (and the promise that this one is gonna be a humdinger) and the accompanying humidity, Alfalfa is just too hot for any animal, so that leaves the Coastal Bermuda option for BubChub. Coastal hay down here is running between 8 and 12% protein in a good year. (12% being very good hay). Again, we're in a drought, so hay isn't as good as it usually is right now either, so more nutrition for this guy is in order. Now, whether BubChub choses to feed him a sweet feed, a pelleted feed, or oats and accompanying vitamins is up to him. I personally feed a 10% sweet feed to get a moderate rate of growth on colts, but again, its hot for our summers, so I only feed a little (half a coffee can 2X daily) so that they get the nutrition that the hay (pasture grass is down to dirt right now due to drought) lacks but don't stand around sweating all day. Alot of folks will go for a 12-14% pelleted feed for colts in the summers down here as its not as 'hot' as a molassas sweet feed is. Being as he's a baby and confined due to his injury, I'd keep coastal hay in front of him at all times. It will keep him somewhat occupied while he's in there. </p><p></p><p>My apologies again if I've stepped on anyone's toes, but please keep in mind that there are some big regional differences here when talking about "good" pastures. What may be considered good in one region could be something not fit for grasshoppers in another. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TR, post: 232182, member: 22"] Sorry y'all, I gotta jump in on this one. I've noticed that alot of the feeding information being given here is from folks up north. While I'm all for the natural way of raising horses, I can honestly and in good faith say that a "good" pasture in the Pacific Northwest (my experience with northern pasture) is a helluva lot different than a "good" pasture down here in Texas. I've seen horses get fat on nothing but an acre lot of what looks to me like close cropped astroturf up in the Pac North West, and I've seen horses look like they're starving on 10 acres of knee high coastal bermuda (Texas's "good" pasture) down here. This colt is in a lot in a drought stricken area. From the looks of the pictures, there is not enough grass in there to sustain him. As this colt is both healing and growing, he needs to be fed while in that lot, and the two big alternatives to hay down here are Coastal Bermuda or alfalfa. Considering our incredibly hot summers (and the promise that this one is gonna be a humdinger) and the accompanying humidity, Alfalfa is just too hot for any animal, so that leaves the Coastal Bermuda option for BubChub. Coastal hay down here is running between 8 and 12% protein in a good year. (12% being very good hay). Again, we're in a drought, so hay isn't as good as it usually is right now either, so more nutrition for this guy is in order. Now, whether BubChub choses to feed him a sweet feed, a pelleted feed, or oats and accompanying vitamins is up to him. I personally feed a 10% sweet feed to get a moderate rate of growth on colts, but again, its hot for our summers, so I only feed a little (half a coffee can 2X daily) so that they get the nutrition that the hay (pasture grass is down to dirt right now due to drought) lacks but don't stand around sweating all day. Alot of folks will go for a 12-14% pelleted feed for colts in the summers down here as its not as 'hot' as a molassas sweet feed is. Being as he's a baby and confined due to his injury, I'd keep coastal hay in front of him at all times. It will keep him somewhat occupied while he's in there. My apologies again if I've stepped on anyone's toes, but please keep in mind that there are some big regional differences here when talking about "good" pastures. What may be considered good in one region could be something not fit for grasshoppers in another. :D [/QUOTE]
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