Cooking Apples

[Morrigan_Lady]

Are they ok to give to horses??

 

[fizzer]

very sour, i personally wouldnt

 

[*hic*]

*prepares to be told it's all wrong*

My horses are allowed into the orchard for a treat and they love to pick up the fallen cooking apples. I do exercise some control about how many they eat but I have never had a problem yet. They also enjoy pears and plums as well as eating apples.

 

[JessPickle]

I have always been told not too but dont know exactly why!

 

[Tanta]

fine to give a few with their feed or as a treat - just dont give them a whole bucket at a time!

 

[maisie]

my boy had terrible colic after eating just a couple - I wouldn't recommend them!

 

[only_me]

my horse loves cooking apples! and they dont seem to do him any harm...
he can have as much as he wants because i live in an orchard!

 

[Croeso]

here too never had a problem with apples however crab apples might have given one girlie mild colic this yr but can't confirm this as i was on holiday at the time!

 

[Jay89]

My lot have never ever had a problem with cookinbg apples
!!

 

[kerilli]

i only let them have half of one per day, per horse. very acidic. this is probably ridiculously over-cautious but it's better than attacks of colic!
i knew a horse which got laminitis from getting into an orchard and gorging on apples...

 

[LEC]

Depending on the size of apple we have fed them for 25 years and have never had a problem. Rarely fed on there own but normally chopped into feed.

 

[Donkeymad]

I believe OK if fed in 'small' amounts, eg, not more than two a day for example.
I expect horses who eat them all the time get used to the acidity.