Stout for horses?

ummmmm ok i hold my hands up but I stress not on regular basis - my daughters 2 ponies both loved it(found out when cheeky one was caught slurping from my step fathers can) so xmas morning they wiuld share a can in their feeds and ummmmmm i still do for my two now - I was told many years ago it was good for them not sure if thats true but always found they like it s its a xmas treat - gosh am i a bad mum lol :)
 
Definately good for them - one horse on a yard I worked in had one daily over winter when hunting hard. He looked fantastic.

Beer is also good for early stage colic, I have a drenching gun which has at times been used to give one of the school ponies a bottle of beer - he used to get just niggly bouts of colic and the beer always worked.
 
phew glad im not a bad mum lol - ok stout is supposed to be good for iron - my mother was told by doc to drink a can a day as doesnt eat meat but thats some years ago lol - personally i wouldnt give to much - acholic horse eeek - i wouldnt more than once a week if you felt horse needed it - i personally keep it as a treat but others may have more ideas :) at end of day there are such good feeds and supplements out there so giving a horse achohol on regular basis(which is what you would be doing and thier bodies react so different to ours) i wouldnt do but hey ho only my thoughts :) xx
 
I feed it as Christmas treat and also do use it when big chap shows early signs of uncomfy tummy.

Hes not great at drinking and doesnt go for electrolyte so I think the main benefit is making him drink more, plus the iron traces.
 
Yup one of the racehorses we train gets Guinness every evening in his feed. The iron thing is actually a myth but it is very high in B vitamins and palatable which is why this fella was started on it...he was a bad grubber!
 
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