Barefooters and Grass Nuts

[TwoStroke]

A recent post reminded me that I wanted to ask about this...

Are there any barefooters on here who use/have used grass nuts? How did the horse do on them - any footiness? And which type of grass nut was it and how much did you feed?

Ta

 

[Enfys]

My horses are unshod, barefoot in that their feet are bare.

I feed alfa/timothy cubes in winter as a partial hay replacer.
Soaked (as our cubes are 2" square) I can't actually say we see much/if any difference to when they aren't being fed, but then my pasture has alfa and timothy in it anyway.

 

[TwoStroke]

Thanks, Enfys . Timothey cubes would be useful, have never seen them sold anywhere near me though .

 

[BlairandAzria]

I'm a barefooter and feed graze on grass nuts (soaked) by northern crop driers. I haven't found a problem with them at all, I feed with unmollassed chaff, micronised linseed and equimins meta balance.

I kept feeding them rather than speedibeet as I wanted a higher calorie/ energy content and I'm please with how my boy is looking at the min- and he's not been footy at all. If he started getting footy I'd switch him over to speedibeet.

 

[Oberon]

I used Readigrass with no issues.

Suck it and see......

 

[mulberrymill]

I use bearts grass nuts soaked, no problems at all

 

[Holzdweaver]

i fed both of mine grass nuts, graze on, linseed and speedibeet with no issues, one pony barefoot for ever and my TB who very recently went barefoot, they managed fine, i think it will depend on the horse and how tolerant they are to sugar.

now they are just on a teeny feed of speedibeet as a treat as they are fat xD

 

[Holzdweaver]

i fed my TB the following amounts:

1 scoop of grass nuts
2 scoops of dry sugarbeet
200g linseed
soaked the whole thing for fifteen mins, then added a few scoops of readigrass/grazeon

 

[amandaco2]

I have no problem with footy hooves on northern grass nuts but two horses developed marked swelling on their legs due to the high protein.

 

[TwoStroke]

Thanks folks, it's a constant voyage of discovery

 

[scewal]

My bare foot pony has soaked grass nuts with a scoop of good doer. Horse who is shod fronts only has grass nuts and happy hoof, will swap over to hifi once all happy hoof is gone, micronized linseed, magnesium and brewers yeast.