Re: FEEDING BEER TO HORSES

["Patricia E. Peters" <patpeters1@juno.com>]

THANK YOU SUSAN... you just saved alot of folks a bunch of money...  

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 11:44:29 -0600 "Susan Garlinghouse"
<suendavid@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patricia E. Peters <patpeters1@juno.com>
> To: <GoldenCMK@aol.com>
> Cc: <Tivers@aol.com>; <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 2:42 PM
> Subject: RC: FEEDING BEER TO HORSES
> 
> 
> > There is a product called Weight On or Weight Builder that has 
> brewers
> > grains in it... says so right on the package... very expensive 
> stuff too,
> > but it seems to work.  Lots of fat... like 40% or something.  How 
> about
> > it, Susan?
> 
> 
> Brewers grain is what's left over after the process of fermenting 
> grain to
> produce alcohol has stopped.  By itself, brewers grain has only a 
> moderate
> (about 6%)  amount of fat, the manufacturer is probably using it as 
> a
> carrier/filler of some sort for another higher fat source.  Any 
> non-rancid
> fat source will work just as well (ie, provide calories), but 
> usually, just
> adding some fresh, good-quality vegetable oil will give you the same 
> results
> for a lot less.  The only advantage to Weight Builder (or products 
> like it)
> is usually just convenience, and some times better palatability if 
> the horse
> just won't accept liquid oil.  In that case, getting a bag of FatPak 
> is just
> as palatable and still less expensive than the fat products in 
> itty-bitty
> buckets.
> 
> Susan G
>