I've not heard of dry, crimped corn. Possibly we have this but a
different name. I think corn is sometimes a valuable food for horses.
But here in my area I have heard of too many horses get sick from
moldy corn. Where I first kept my horse we found the owner was feeding
our horses ears of corn from a moldy sack of corn. I think this hurt
my Dare's insides, and made him susceptible to gas colic.
This is what I was talking about, the folks around here don't seem to
care enough to find out what is really bad for a horse to eat. Too many
think they can get away with risky practices. I'm not a farmer, nor
want to be, but I think our wet weather and unpredictable weather makes
it hard for the farmers to turn out good dry feed and hay. Anyone want
to correct me on this?
The corn that is available can be moldy and you cannot see the mold.
I feel (I can only speak for myself and my experiences) it is too risky
to feed corn when there are other quality feeds to be used. One of our
local feed store doesn't sell corn for use as horse feed, for the same
reason. I'm not positive but they may also be responsible for someone's
horse getting sick if they sold moldy corn. They also told me that
the mold can be there but not be seen.
Maybe other areas are different or more reasonable when it comes to
horses. I have learned to be extra careful because I almost lost my
horse more than once from the negligence of other peoples meddling.
I hope this isn't too long and I'd like to hear of other peoples
experiences about corn. What do endurance horses get to eat? Anybody
feed just good old fashioned oats? corn?
. Happy Trails!!
\_/ Cathy Caber cmc3@psuadmin.psu.edu central PA, eastern U.S.A.