This message is from: "Sue Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Will do! Thanks for the info, it's very helpful. I will tell >our boarding >managers to feed 1/3 alfalfa and 2/3 (good quality!) oat >hay.
No, no, no,....not "oat" hay....that, in this neck of the woods, is just plain old straw...suitable only for bedding and is never fed. A mixture of grass hay (pasture grasses....timothy etc) is what you want. We also feed Storm and our other two horses a 12% protein sweet feed plus 1/2 cup of Blue Seal Sunshine plus twice daily. Each gets about 4 cups of sweet feed with the sunshine plus and two flakes of hay twice daily....also a flake of hay apiece at noon. So far Storm is in good shape....not too fat or thin...but if and when he starts putting on too much weight, the grain will be decreased. Our vets all recommend some grain, regardless of breed. We finally bought a light driving harness. I got it brand new at a horse and tack sale a week ago. It is cob size and had to be taken up with lots of growing room, so it looks as if it will always fit. Storm is 13.2 hh and was two in April. I don't think he is going to be very tall. Even the cob size Bridle can be let out more. It is hunting season here so no more going in the woods. We do all our ground driving in the paddock. The day I got the harness, I brought it out to the barn and hubby says...ok put it on him. Me, who had never before harnessed a horse or even seen a driving harness put on, immediately set it on Storm and went to work. When I headed for the belt punch, hubby stepped in.....he says "what are you doing?" I says " oh I am trying to get this part here fastened around his girth. and it is too small... I need another hole".....Randy says "hold it right there ...that goes over the withers"....ohhhhhh....at that point I was ousted from my attempts and he harnessed the little guy, who just stood there non chalantly nibbling hay. Ok ok laugh if you want....I guess it was sort of funny. (: Maybe I will get it right next time???? well er maybe that one part. LOL Maybe I should stick to a saddle? By the way, one of my Atlantic Giant Pumpkins reached a weight of 191 pounds and won 3rd prize in a big pumpkin contest. I got a hooded bug jacket...and a silly court jesters type orange and black hat. The largest weighted 431 pounds.....I sure have to try to get a heavier one next year....ideas anyone? (I use only the best fertilizer..... 1/3 Fjord poop and miracle gro. ) LOL Well gotta run, have a nice day everyone, Sue in N.B. (Desert Storm's mom)
