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[RC] Feeding Corn?? - Barbara ReevesI've been reading the digests and all of the huff about corn prices with some amusement, but I have to ask, why are you feeding your horse corn or corn-based grains/pellets? Corn is not good for horses. It can cause metabolic changes, poor behavior, and founder. There are many better feed items for horses than corn, namely HAY. We feed our horses a forrage based diet and they are doing better than they ever have! They look better, act better (not so spooky), my mare's heats are barely noticable, their work ethic is improved, recovery times are better, and their weight has stabalized (mare was too fat, gelding was too skinny). Plus, we are saving a TON Of money! No more expensive grains or supplements, just good hay a mineral salt block. They are currently getting quality bermuda hay, alfalfa pellets, and stabalized rice bran. On heavy work days they get some plain whole oats. Our whole boarding stable is on this forrage based diet and they all look great. I am 100% sold on a more natural diet. I won't ever go back to commercially prepared sweet feeds or pellets again! ~Barbara ________________________________________ http://EquineFriends.com http://AreteSaddlery.com http://2HotToTrot.com "To be an equestrian in the classical sense is not just to be a rider. It is a position in life." --Charles de Kunffy Learn more about the fight against Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption in the USA. http://www.StopHorseSlaughter.com The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. -George Bernard Shaw =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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