Posted by Nancy Howell on August 17, 2011 at 06:23:10 from (144.162.49.4):
In Reply to: Babying horses!!!!! posted by JDseller on August 17, 2011 at 01:13:11:
I"ve had horses for over 20 yrs. While I"m no expert, I think you are right on.
At our place in Dallas, we only had a couple of acres and 4 horses, I could not let them "roam" on the pasture full time or it would be dust. 99% of their food ration was horse quality coastal hay. They were not stalled, but spent most of their time in a 40 x 60 corral.
They got fat on just the hay and lack of exercise. I would let them out for a couple of hours each day, but again, because I didn"t have enough acreage, couldn"t let them out all the time.
Now that they are at the farm and have 8 - 10 acres to graze, they are very happy horses. They have lost weight and look good. Feet and coats are in good shape. In the winter they get horse quality rounds to eat as they choose.
Too many horses are kept in stalls all their life and never get the opportunity to "be a horse". Many of these horses develop very bad habits because of boredom. They can also be hard to handle when you take them out because they want to run, play, & stretch their legs.
I have had friends try to give me alfalfa to feed. I refused. Its very easy to hurt a horse on alfalfa not to mention the blister beetle problem. A horse can eat all the coastal (grass) hay they want and unless its been extremely heavily fertilized and is running 14% or better, they will never make themselves sick on it. Too may horse owners don"t realize a horse"s digestive system is designed for quantity not quality.
I would advise your sil to have a long talk with a good horse vet.
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