Re: Unidentified subject!

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

I am really surprised that everyone doesn't use as much beet pulp...I take
a 40# bag with me on rides and rarely come home with much, if any left.  I
feed them (especially Jonathan who doesn't like to drink much at first) a
nice big tub of wet beet pulp with a smidgen of sweet feed and pellets, a
carrot and an apple 3 or 4 times on Friday plus their regular grain ration
before I go to bed.  I am trying to think of how much I put into this big
tub....at least 2 big scoops (2 qt. size, I think?) of beet pulp.  The
other stuff is mostly flavoring.  But this seems to have solved my problem
of making sure they have plenty of moisture to begin with.  We used to get
Bs on hydration/skin tenting.  They will almost always get As straight
through now.  I think all that wet slop really helps.  They also get all
the hay they want...we keep it front of them all the time.  
Maggie
Michigan

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> From: Alison Farrin <alison@hirschcompany.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  Unidentified subject!
> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 10:34 PM
> 
> Karen Chaton wrote:
> >I figure that they each consume approximately 30 pounds of feed per >day
> on >a multiday (what about the rest of you guys?)
> 
> and Angie wrote back:
> >>Good grief Karen, you'll founder all the newbies if they think that's
the
> norm!
> 
> so then I thought about it, and I agree with Karen (sorry Angie <G>):
> 
> Here's what mine consume that I bring with me:
> 20-25 lbs of bermuda grass hay (One horse eats closer to 20 the other
one,
> 25)
> 2 lbs equine senior
> 2lbs beet pulp
> 1lb oats
> the above 5 lbs fed as slurry with electrolytes added
> 
> This does not count what they eat at away vet checks; gotta be 2-3 lbs of
> hay/bran/carrots at each vet check.
> 30 lbs per day seems about right.
> 
> However, they get the same diet at home, minus the equine senior and the
> "away vet checks" food, so that's maybe 6lbs more food per day at a ride
> than at home.
> 
> I have not yet done a multiday, but I just bought a bale bag so I can
take a
> whole extra bale along when I do!
> 
> Alison Farrin
> The Hirsch Company/Innovative Pension Design
> 
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