Re: RC: Re: feeding horses eggs

["Bonita B. Young" <corky@foothill.net>]

I had a mare who would eat goose eggs, I would not of believed it if I didn't
see it with my own eyes.  I thought it odd that the geese in the pasture had
not had any young for over a year, I was blaming the local coyotes then I found
the mare eating the eggs, shell and all.  Oh well it takes all kinds.

Corky Young

Susan Evans Garlinghouse wrote:

> It's not a good idea to feed raw eggs to anybody---the white contains a
> substance which binds biotin and makes it unavailable.
>
> Cooked, it wouldn't have that problem, but I can't for the life of me think
> why you would want to feed a horse cooked eggs.  If you're looking for a
> protein source, stick to good quality hay.  Other than that, there is
> nothing in eggs that would be helpful to horses.
>
> Susan Garlinghouse
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Massey <masseyj@syix.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 7:49 PM
> Subject: RC: feeding horses eggs
>
> >i was wondering if it was good to feed raw eggs to horses or if you should
> >cook them before and if so how would you cook them?
> >
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >tammie massey
> >
> >
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