Re: More feed questions

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Hi Cindy,

Try the old tried and true standby, corn, oats and barley.  45% whole
oats (preferably recleaned, but not crimped or rolled), 30% barley
(crimped or rolled) and 25% corn (also cracked or rolled).  It's not
rocket science, don't kill yourself getting  the proportions exactly
right.  If your horses need more energy, add some fresh vegetable oil at
each feeding.  Lots of good hay.  No alfalfa meal, no bran, certainly no
rice bran.  If you like, you can add a small amount of ONE complete
vitamin-mineral mix, but it's probably not necessary.  I personally also
recommend adding 20 mg of biotin daily, plus some vitamin E and a pinch
of a good probios.

The mixture of grains complement each other very nicely and along with
good hay, provide all the nutrients your horses need, for alot less
money.

Good luck!

Susan G

Budler,Cindy wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been feeding my endurance horses a formulated feed specifically
> for endurance- 13 % protein, fat etc. It has got extremely expensive
> lately and have been playing with the idea of making my own feed up-
> basically grains, but need some info on ratio's and types of grains to
> feed.
>  My easy keeper has been getting a kilogram of the packaged feed a day
> and about a kilo of oats added, together with sunflower oil added. If I
> were to feed grains which should I feed?
> Corn ? Oats ? Soyabeans? Alfalfa meal. Bran etc and in what ratios or
> quantities?
> Our pastures are what we call Aragrostis- the equivalent of Sudan grass/
> or Brome( I think) with some Bermuda interspersed.
> What other additives would I need to add??
> Regards,
> Cindy Budler
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