Re: Re: Beet Pulp

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Shut up, shut up, shut up!  We can not GET beet pulp out here.  Do you have
any idea how jealous of all of you I am.  I do not want to hear about beet
pulp until one of you agrees to export some to me, on a monthly basis, for
no fee.  Okay!
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: karlak@mail.tca.net <karlak@mail.tca.net>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:53 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Beet Pulp


>Start feeding beet pulp as though you were introducing a different hay---a
>pound or two the first few days, increase it a few pounds every few days.
>You can replace up to 50% of the hay ration with beet pulp without worries,
>as it's digested and metabolized as a roughage, not a grain.  Don't worry
>about the molasses content, it's fairly insignificant.
>
>I would not recommend soaking it for 24 hours---you're more likely for it
to
>start to ferment, especially in warm weather.  For the same reason, I
>recommend removing any beet pulp that hasn't been eaten within about 6
hours
>(though at my barn, there's no such thing as uneaten beet pulp).  A half
>hour or hour or so of soaking is plenty, and actually, plenty of it is fed
>dry without soaking.  SOME horses will have problems with it dry (usually
>with the pellets, not the shredded as you have), so it's an individual
thing
>whether you soak it or not.  If it's feasible for you to soak it awhile and
>still be around to hand it out, soaked is always nice.
>
>Good luck,
>Susan Garlinghouse
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Karla Koch Dick <karlak@mail.tca.net>
>To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:05 AM
>Subject: RC: Beet Pulp
>
>
>> I finally went out and bought a bag of beet pulp.<G>  The only thing our
>> feed store had was beet pulp with molasis, it is dry and in shreds.  At
>> what rate do I add it to the ration?
>>
>> The bag has both wet and dry instructions, is it better to feed it wet?
>> I've a mare nursing her filly and wanted to add calories without adding
>> more grain, so I figured bulking up with beet pulp should do the trick
>> and also let me introduce the filly to another feed texture.
>>
>> The wet instructions say to soak 24 hours.  If you don't soak that long,
>> but it is OK to feed it dry, is that still allright?  The guys at the
>> feedstore just look at me funny when I ask questions.  I suspect they
>> just feed and forget, but I'm a worrier.<G>
>>
>> --
>> **************************
>> Karla Dick  (Fluffs and Foxtrotters)
>> mailto:karlak@mail.tca.net
>> mailto:Windsum@compuserve.com
>> Texas
>> **************************
>>
>>
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