are oats safe for barefooters?

[buddy's mummy]

as title really,buddy is on safe & sound and oats for condition

 

[Goldenstar]

I feed mine oats up to three kilos a day and had no issues when they where BF.

 

[ester]

ditto GS.

 

[nikkimariet]

Feeding Fig rolled oats at the moment, not noticing anything horrific with his tootsies (or temperament thankfully!)

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

I feed mine oats up to three kilos a day and had no issues when they where BF.

7lbs of oats per day s pretty extreme, I won't comment

 

[dianchi]

7lbs of oats per day s pretty extreme, I won't comment

Clearly you have!

 

[buddy's mummy]

Buddy is on , 1 feed a day in evening - he has one round scoop safe and sound, one round scoop bruised oats, glug of veg oil, pernamax equine tabs & danilon, and some hay if when he feels like it. - he lives out 24/7 with 5 cows and fat as butter and barefoot!!

 

[criso]

Never had a problems even with a sensitive one. Just my local feed merchants own brand.

 

[ester]

7lbs of oats per day s pretty extreme, I won't comment

Well knowing what Frank gets and the level of work he is in, compared to GS's who I suspect are hunting, no I wouldn't think it extreme. - and is suggesting that even when fed in relatively higher quantities she experiences no problems.

I like this which was previously posted by Dry Rot

For example, Fream's "Elements of Agriculture", 13th edition (1948), the standard farming text book back then states....

"A suitable ration for a heavy farm horse doing medium work would be:

Oats..........12lb per day= 84lbs per week (i.e. two bushels a week)
Hay.......... 16lbs per day = 112lb per week.


"....Custom and experience indicate that oats form the most suitable concentrated food for horses. For horses doing fast work, such as hunters, oats are essential".

 

[alsxx]

Yup mine all get soaked oats.... My TB does well on them with no ill effects to feet.

 

[NZJenny]

Brilliant feed for BF horses, oats are oats and you know exactly what you are getting. Mine have been on them for years.

 

[Kat]

Yes my barefooter is on oats. Whole ones soaked. They are appetising and help me keep her condition.

 

[TarrSteps]

7lbs of oats per day s pretty extreme, I won't comment

Even the good old PC manual says 30lbs/day complete ration is not excessive for a large horse in hard work, so less than 1/3 of that in straights is hardly "extreme" for hunters in the peek of the season. I doubt Gs feeds that every day year 'round, she was only making the point she does and, amazingly, the horses have not died or killed her.

I don't think anyone is saying your average small horse being ridden 5x a week needs that, but you hope people have more sense than to decide on feeing levels going by random posts on the Internet!

 

[MrsNorris]

My barefooter is also on oats, does great on them, I prefer straights as you know exactly what you're feeding, then I add my own vit/mineral mix.

 

[Goldenstar]

7lbs of oats per day s pretty extreme, I won't comment

My horses are in hard work not fat natives doing very little.

 

[Enfys]

All unshod, soaked oats for all ages and types.

My Farrier says that 2 of my horses have absolutely perfect feet (the barefoot gurus would use them as shining examples he says) so oats can't be doing any harm.