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AlfieGG

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What are people's opinions on feeding horses bread? I wouldnt have thought that it is very good for horses and thats the general opinion on the yard but a new livery has come and it gets fed a bucket full of carrots and sliced bread every night!
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What do you think?
 
bracken adores bread and she does get it but not a lot and not every night. she normally gets 4 slices (medium sliced loaf!!) ripped into bits and hidden in her haynet to entertain her!!or sometimes she will have 2 slices ripped into bits and put in her feed or used to make jam and bute butties!!!
 
Boomer adores bread because up his old yard they had geese, so his owner would always take a bit of the geese's bread and feed it to him - many a time he has mugged me off my sausage rolls at shows XD I think it's ok once in a while, but not often
 
I've made "horse biscuits" from stale bread (not the sliced type). If you have left over bread put it in the oven on a low heat and it will dry out and end up a bit like french toast. You can make treat size pieces and store in an airtight container.
 
I feel very strongly against feeding horses bread - based mainly on the discussion about it in our equine science lectures at college, but also due to a horse I knew who had serious colic as a result of being fed it
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I was furious to discover someone had thrown some over my horses gate a few months ago. I fence off their field gate with electric tape for this exact reason.
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I give the occasional slice of bread, but won't feed it often. I know of some Welsh Mountain Pony Breeders who feed loaves of it every day!!
 
My old horse needed daily medication during the last few weeks of his life. He adored a slice of bread (though be careful as bread is VERY high in calories as anyone who has tried the Atkins diet will know!) and I was able to hide his medication in a golden syrup sandwich every day - he actually looked forward to it and no stress. Never say never is what I say.
 
Bread is high in calories! what rubbish!!Think you'll find the golden syrup has more! Mine get a slice a day with marmite on, this helps sweet itch, they haven't had it for years.
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As for Atkins diet, never again unless you want to feel ill all the time.
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My boy has the crusts from the loaves we eat as a treat when I catch him or put him out - he likes them best with jam. He also loves a bit of cake sometimes - bakewell tart is his favorite
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I never fed bread in England, but it's so common over here! Ours get leftover bread that has gon hard, whenever we have some or other people give us some! And so far neither of them have had colic or any other problems because of bread! So i'm not going to stop feeding it to them, they love it! We even gave them each a whole baguette that was left over from a party, Hemir was a site, running round with it is his mouth - all excited!! And spent about half an hour playing with it!
 
My horse will do anything for bread. In fact in the summer when shes doing her 'wont be caught' routine, I have been known to stand waving a French baguette at the field gate! That soon brings her running over!
 
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