This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/22/2008 3:47:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It is based on feeding whole oats. You feed as much or as little whole oats as each individual horse requires. You balance the deficiencies in oats by adding a supplemnt called Just-Add-Oats. This ensures that each horse gets the proper calcium to phosphorous ratio and all the minerals and vitamins they need, while not having to eat huge amounts of feed to get them. Then you also add a fat supplement which slows the absorbtion of the starches in the oats so as not to get those peaks and valleys of blood sugars and insulin, and also to provide the fats that horses need. So do you just put out containers and let them eat all that they want? I would think some breeds (Fjords, ponies, mustangs, donkeys, etc) would eat too much. Or are they supposed to balance out after they get what their systems need? I would like to know how this goes, as I have a 30+ year old pony who doesn't like her senior unless we buy John Lyons, which is loaded with molasses. She has lost most of her teeth and has choked repeatedly on hay. Patty **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
