coss
Well-Known Member
Really puzzled by one of my ponies... moved to a fresh lot of grass with another older pony. Had the older one up there daily for about a week so it was partially eaten down. All electric fence so have been expanding/moving to fresh grass but wanted them to eat it down a bit. There is butter cup but not as much as the previous grazing. There are quite a few docks (again, previous grazing had some) but now the pony seems to have taken a liking to docks? Didnt' seem to eat them before but now have seen him munching them quite a bit. And has randomly taken to chewing wood (but not crib biting). Bucket feed diet hasn't changed and the "new" grass is just a different part of the field so shouldn't be a big change in quality. Older pony's dropping haven't changed at all - he's just put on a bit of weight (the result I was after). Younger pony is now doing cow pats. Initially thought it would be the grass but it's not green cowpats - actually I'd say a healthy colour just wrong consistency. Are docks poisonous in large quantities? Are they known for this? Not had a horse eat them before and it's not like there's a shortage. Thought he'd eat the thistles before docks?