Carrots&Mints
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Definitly overcomplicate feeds. My section d is on ab lib haylage, sugar beet, baileys no 19 and top chop zero. He also has a supplement to try and get rid of his god awful sarcoids
stopped feeding minerals/extras three years ago-didnt notice any difference in three unshod equines. Now have two barefoot, one of those in work (ish) (and he was shod up until last summer-has cracking feet)-they get grass, hay and a salt lick. They do have hill grazing though, which they are designed to do well on.
Im jealous!
My iron and manganese come through in the water so there's nothing I can do abbot them but I have drastically reduced the magnesium I've been feeding (big doses of magnesium being part of the barefoot mantra) and I've noticed no difference at all.
Ireland, Ester, where supplementation is actually not as rife as it seems to be over in the UK. If it was just about simply wasting money and lining feed companies pockets that would be merely mildly amusing, but when people are actually harming their horses that's a whole other level of stupidity.
We have been browbeaten by the feed companies into falling for their 'crap in a sack' because the sack has pretty colours on and a lovely horse with a. shiny coat cantering in the long grass or being ridden over a huge XC fence.
I stripped mine back years ago, they now only have 3 'brands' Simple Systems, Thunderbrooks and Agrob's, no waste byproducts, fillers or bulking agents - they both look amazing.
They also have adlib hay and a multi vitamin.
Both barefoot, they are rugged because I can't cope with dirty muddy horses.
I also only feed Agrobs and Thunderbrooks oh and pink mash. Literally every other feed on the market has molasses/filler/alfalfa in it.
I also only feed Agrobs and Thunderbrooks oh and pink mash. Literally every other feed on the market has molasses/filler/alfalfa in it.
Simply not true. Dengie's new meadow grass pellets and chaff are just grass. Some of Halley's chops are just grass. Emerald Green also does plain grass products. I think you are still falling for the marketing if you choose your brand based on the image they try to project ("wholesome", "natural" etc.) rather than look at the actual products and consider cost, convenience (what's easily available at your local feed store?) and, in my case, how far the feed has travelled around the world.
It surprises me, given how particular you are, that you feed GM soya. Just saying ....
Simply not true. Dengie's new meadow grass pellets and chaff are just grass. Some of Halley's chops are just grass. Emerald Green also does plain grass products. I think you are still falling for the marketing if you choose your brand based on the image they try to project ("wholesome", "natural" etc.) rather than look at the actual products and consider cost, convenience (what's easily available at your local feed store?) and, in my case, how far the feed has travelled around the world.
couldn't agree more!
(emerald green user here, suits my horses well)
I feed Northern Crop Driers Graze-On, also just dried grass. Although I think I prefer the Dengie Meadow Grass chaff and will go back to that.
Mine weren't huge fans of the grass in graze-on but they love the EG and I like having pellets because they take up less storage space (and for me work out cheaper, at £10/20kg bag )
Might try the new meadow pellets if I can get hold of them.
If all those feeds are "just grass", why not just feed hay (which is "just grass")......this is confusing me so please enlighten!
If all those feeds are "just grass", why not just feed hay (which is "just grass")......this is confusing me so please enlighten!
If all those feeds are "just grass", why not just feed hay (which is "just grass")......this is confusing me so please enlighten!
see I am quite particular (well and the horse is which doesn't help), I wouldn't be a huge soya fan if I had the choice of it or linseed but the fact that it is GM doesn't bother me one jot.
"It's great that you obviously have access to good hay that supplies everything they need Cortez, not everyone does."
Yes, I suppose so, but do people try feeding hay first and then add stuff if that's not working? Or do they just whang in the bagged stuff because that's what you do, I wonder? I note that some people are saying it makes them feel good to feed. I also note the sheer number of posts about horses being spooky, hot, napping or otherwise difficult, or lack of TO/exercise and usually think "How much hard feed is it getting?". Sounds like the answer is "Lots".