Posted by JDseller on July 04, 2011 at 10:37:20 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Best feed??? posted by dave2 on July 04, 2011 at 05:16:34:
Dave2 remember that the feed mill guy is going to promote what he has and can make the best profit off of.
I would be very cautious about feeding barley. It is 12-13% Crude protein and 7% fiber.
Oats(hulls on) are a much safer feed for horses. 11-12% crude protein and 16 percent fiber.
Barley is a much more dense feed with easily digestible starch. The rapid rate of starch digestion can result in more digestive problems.
Your horses are not working hard so you just need to just maintain them. They will digest a lower protein higher fiber diet much better and safer. You would be able to feed them more lbs of this type feed per day. A horse"s digestive track will work much better with the higher fiber and more volume.
Rolled oats, with some rolled barley, molasses, and a mineral would be a good feed for horses.
If you want real cheap then just find some bulk oats. You can feed them straight. With the hulls on them they are just about impossible for a horse to founder on them. You can use a mineral supplement either in a block or loose.
I am not a horse person but I have sold a lot of hay and oats to horse people my whole life. Some very good horse people have told me one of the biggest mistakes they see is feeding too high of protein feed to horses that are NOT working. People go to the race track and see the top dollar alfalfa being feed to those horses and think that their horses should have that. WRONG!!!! Most people"s pleasure horse in not working everyday. They will do much better on a straight grass or timothy hay. Plus you can give them a third of a bale rather than just a thin slab of alfalfa. The extra volume will make the horse digestive track work much better.
The only issue is that I don"t know if oats are available where you are at. I have attached a article about feed grains. It is talking about cattle but it has a very good chart listing the common grains crude protein and fiber. Plus some of the feed issues will pertain to your horses too.
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