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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 106274" data-attributes="member: 378"><p>Hang in there TCFC, most of your info was right in there in my experience. </p><p></p><p>Some of you guys know me well enough to know I'm going to throw in my two cents:</p><p></p><p>Our horses:</p><p></p><p>Feet: every 6 to 8 weeks we'll go 10 if they are in a slow growth period. $25 for trims and $75 for resets.</p><p></p><p>Teeth: every two years and only if needed</p><p></p><p>Sunscreen: never used it, but horses (with larger white areas) do sunburn and will blister. Greys are more likely to devolope skin cancer/problems than darker horses. We use fly masks every sunny day during fly season.</p><p></p><p>Supplements: everyday 365, in addition to top quality grass hay and grain, as well as a lick block. The amount of grain depends on what we are doing with them, varies from a hand full to several cups, again depends on the horses activity level. We don't feed alfalfa unless they are in heavy training, makes horses too hot, IMO.</p><p></p><p>Blankets: Always in the winter time and water proof during heavy rains. Saves the horses on the amount of energy they use to stay warm, rain rot, shaggy coats if you plan to ride during the winter, body clipping in the spring. Yes they can survive without, but like you and me we would rather not, give us a warm house out of the rain and good dry food.</p><p></p><p>Vaccs and wormer: Get a good schedule and keep up with it if you can Vaccs yourself you're better of $$.</p><p></p><p>Stable feed: Before we brought our horses to our new place and got our barns built, we had them in a "4-H" type boarding barn, $100 each full care with turnout. They fed the same top quaility grass we did and gave us a choice of 3 grains which all we good grains. We supplied or own supps. And the owner was more than eager to have some of the 4-H kids clean stalls for discounts on boarding.</p><p></p><p>JMO</p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan, post: 106274, member: 378"] Hang in there TCFC, most of your info was right in there in my experience. Some of you guys know me well enough to know I'm going to throw in my two cents: Our horses: Feet: every 6 to 8 weeks we'll go 10 if they are in a slow growth period. $25 for trims and $75 for resets. Teeth: every two years and only if needed Sunscreen: never used it, but horses (with larger white areas) do sunburn and will blister. Greys are more likely to devolope skin cancer/problems than darker horses. We use fly masks every sunny day during fly season. Supplements: everyday 365, in addition to top quality grass hay and grain, as well as a lick block. The amount of grain depends on what we are doing with them, varies from a hand full to several cups, again depends on the horses activity level. We don't feed alfalfa unless they are in heavy training, makes horses too hot, IMO. Blankets: Always in the winter time and water proof during heavy rains. Saves the horses on the amount of energy they use to stay warm, rain rot, shaggy coats if you plan to ride during the winter, body clipping in the spring. Yes they can survive without, but like you and me we would rather not, give us a warm house out of the rain and good dry food. Vaccs and wormer: Get a good schedule and keep up with it if you can Vaccs yourself you're better of $$. Stable feed: Before we brought our horses to our new place and got our barns built, we had them in a "4-H" type boarding barn, $100 each full care with turnout. They fed the same top quaility grass we did and gave us a choice of 3 grains which all we good grains. We supplied or own supps. And the owner was more than eager to have some of the 4-H kids clean stalls for discounts on boarding. JMO Alan [/QUOTE]
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