In the interest of science.........

[Supertrooper]

I had a lick of my pony's salt lick today, it was VERY salty ;-)

I've also tried fast fibre, tastes a bit like chocolate xx

 

[tallyho!]

Good to know eh Supertroops...

Salt licks are salty. Who knew!!!

 

[Supertrooper]

;-) didn't realise they'd be that salty though!

 

[Sukistokes2]

Mmmmmmmm, I think I will stick to diary milk!!!

 

[FellOutOfFavour]

I tried a sugar-free peppermint flavour herbal treat. It was revolting, like eating grit.

 

[dominobrown]

My friend's kid will eat any horse food, always snacking on pony nuts and now top spec...

ps. those likits taste nice... full of sugar though!

 

[HaffiesRock]

I like a bit of a likit bar, very nice! Accidentally tried fibre nuts once and did have a nibble of a Baileys horse treat which wasn't as good as I thought it would be

 

[OldNag]

My friend's kid will eat any horse food, always snacking on pony nuts and now top spec...

Bet he/she has a lovely shiny coat lol.

 

[Arizahn]

Sugar beet tastes okay. Not great but okay. And oats remind me of oatcakes - no surprise there!

 

[JustKickOn]

The molasses horse licks aren't great, the respiratory one is revolting. Pony nuts are like herby cardboard bites. Chaff isn't that appealing either. Hay is nice though!

 

[Spotsrock]

Mmm cherry likit mmm

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Love Likits! Baileys Outshine tastes ok, mixes tend to taste nicer too. I dont mind sugar beet but Speedibeat tastes like cardboard! Blergh! I'm a bit partial to some Alfa A too lol

 

[throughtheforest]

This really is such a funny thread... I have never tasted anything on purpose.... but once i landed face first in, yeah you guessed it!

Needless to say the taste was as bad as the bruising....

 

[pennyturner]

Not tempted to try thistle flowers, which the ponies adore above all else.
Nettles are popular with my neddies, but I prefer mine cooked (Ideally in buttery mashed potato, Mmmm!)

 

[Brightbay]

The little black seeds that occasionally pop to the top of the micronised linseed are delicious But then, I like bread with linseeds sprinkled on it so I guess I was always going to eat the occasional one I find on my hand after mixing feeds! I agree, horse treats are suprisingly gritty...

 

[BeingKate]

Another vote for likits... they should definitely bring out a human likit bar, I would buy it!!!! My other half is shocked that me and my horse actually share them... I suppose that is a bit disgusting...

 

[sandi_84]

Pony nuts are like herby cardboard bites.

This could be the new marketing campaign for pony nuts!... Not sure it'll take though

I too have also tried most of the horsey foods I've come across - some are actually alright, others like sugar beet not so much. Well you've got to haven't you

 

[HeresHoping]

The little black seeds that occasionally pop to the top of the micronised linseed are delicious

Do you mean the mouse poo?

 

[doriangrey]

Do you mean the mouse poo?

Tea all over my netbook screen!!

 

[FubsyMog]

Pony nuts are like herby cardboard bites.

I tried a bit of apple horse treat - they smelled amazing, but were just like really hard, tasteless cardboard. They must have tasted of something though as the horse loved them (she wouldn't eat any of the rosehips I brought her though).

Sometimes I think it would be great to be able to eat hay - would fill me up with few calories!


ETA: OH tried silage when he was a child. He said it was ok.

 

[joulsey]

I ate a whole lickit when I was a teen. My cob didn't like it (shock horror!)..so I nibbled a bit....then slowly but surely I ate the whole lot eventually!

 

[3OldPonies]

Not actually tried any pony food, but have in the past been tempted to add milk to the veteran mix when I was running late and my breakfast was in jeopardy. Now they're on soaked conditioning nuts and fast fibre the urge has gone way . . .

Ah. no wait a bit I forgot - I used to share Banana likit bars with P after riding - I think I liked them more than he did!

 

[fburton]

Best: foal milk pellets - at least, in small quantities.

Yuck: soaked sugar beet - not sweet at all!

Worst: popped a sheep feed pellet at the Glasgow Garden Festival '88 and chewed. After 5 minutes of concerted chewing and a growing foul taste, I had to find a quiet corner (not easy!) to spit it out again.

 

[cptrayes]

Calcined magnesite is just like grit.

Molglo desugared molasses is hardly sweet at all but still quite treacle flavored.

Horse and pony cubes are like a dry biscuit you put cheese on, but quite edible if you're hungry

 

[rara007]

barley rings- yum!

 

[Brightbay]

Do you mean the mouse poo?

lol, yes, I knew there was a reason we didn't try too hard to get rid of the mice!

 

[turnbuckle]

Have just tried a high-fibre nut.

Despite quite a nice nutty initial taste, I think I'll be sticking to Polos for my cross-over menu!

 

[Annagain]

Yuck: soaked sugar beet - not sweet at all!

Doesn't surprise me, it's made from what's left after the sugar is taken out. When I was in 4th form (year 10 to all you youngsters) I went on an exchange trip to France. We got taken by the French school on a trip to a Sugar / Sugar beet factory. They took the sugar out of the beet to refine and then turned the byproduct into animal feed. God knows why they thought it was interesting to a bunch of 15 yr old British towny kids (I was about the only country bumpkin) but I can still remember the smell which lingered on my coat the whole time I was in France as I couldn't (literally didn't have the vocab!) ask my exchange family to wash it. I have never fed my horses sugar beet since, the smell of that place was just too awful.

 

[HollyWoozle]

Mmm cherry likit mmm

This! The cherry likit bars are delicious!

 

[Equi]

i try everything, i love likits and cool n cooked (red mills natures diet is the best though)