This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eileen, We have fed it all this last winter with a little alfalfa thrown in. We have now stopped the alfalfa but still feed the bluegrass straw. Our horses love it! What we have is really soft, small stemmed hay. The horses held their condition great all winter. The only bad thing about it is that it is in 1000 lb bales! We have tractors and have devised a way to feed it but it would really be a problem if we didn't! For the cows we just "drop a bale" off in the pasture as they won't overeat on it. Barb Lynch
-------------- Original message from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > This message is from: > > OK, I don't recall seeing anyone post this question... > > Has anyone on the list fed out bluegrass straw? I'm wondering where to > get it, and if I can feed it just like hay? I'm looking for a really > low-cal hay substitute to fill my mare up. > > On a similar note, I ran across some early clinical trial results that > suggest that horses that are insulin resistant may be lacking in > magnesium. I started Jane on a supplement by MVP called 'X-Carb', > which is a hefty amount of chelated magnesium and a small amount of > chromium, contained in a rice bran filler. Has anyone used magnesium > for their tubbo ponies? It's too early to tell if it's working for my > mare , I just know that she thinks it's *not* yummy at all. > > > Eileen and Jane, who's off all grass :(, in eastern WA
