Feeding straights

Well depends. I feed straights but I could either feed straights with a vit and min supp for growing young stock or feed straights with a balancer. Oats, speedie beet, and either a good protein plain grass nut or alfalfa nut with acesss to good quality forage 24/7 in most cases is enough. Horses have been healthy and happy and most importantly used to be raised like this for centuries. Ok not counting speedie beet obviously but before balancers horses really did manage to grow up ok. Mind you people knew how to tweak things and manage grass. Now big feed companies tell you it's not ok to feed straights and that you are harming your horse without them. Oh and that grass is evil.

Seriously, they can actually survive and grow up healthy and normal. But yeah you have to make sure they get a balanced diet. We've lost that art of feeding.

Terri
 
I have been feeding cubes/mixes for years but have just thought I would try to feed straights with a supplement, have always fed a balancer and alfalfa and suger beet anyway so just thought I would give it a try mainly due to the rising cost of feed.
 
My mare and foal (7/8tb) are out 24/7 on grass, Speedibeet, Ready Grass, basic cubes and hay. The foal is unrugged and growing visibly as I write any more feed would be too much.
 
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