This message is from: Rovena Kessinger <ro_k...@yahoo.com>
Hi Cindy. What do you mean about the pasture-- is the pasture not good, the 24/7 not good, or the over-grazed part not good? (Lol you know my difficulties comprehending language since I got into horses. I never understand the subtleties.) Bam-Bam is on snow-covered pasture now, so they aren't eating grass, fed "hay" 24/7 (supplied by facility, I don't know what it is), a small amount of a different kind of "hay" once/ most days that I bring and feedd to my two, and variable quantities of carrots and/or other treats. (I buy at the feed store, just to hopefully give them so variety) I'm a little worried about what's going to happen in the spring, but this is how he lived before I got him too, I mean out in a pasture just eating the grass with other horses, supplemented with hay, so hopefully it will be OK. Oh vitamin and mineral supplements too. I don't know if he is too fat or not, I don't really think so. --- On Sat, 3/9/13, Cindy B Giovanetti <cin...@ipi.org> wrote: From: Cindy B Giovanetti <cin...@ipi.org> Subject: Feeding the chubbies To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 2:51 PM This message is from: Cindy B Giovanetti <cin...@ipi.org> Those of you who limit your Fjord's feed to keep them from getting obese -- how much do you give them, and what do you give them? Mine gets 20 lbs a day of chaffhaye (which is very low starch/sugar alfalfa) + a couple of handfuls a day of a could-be-fed-free-choice feed (which I use in training) + some supplements. Oh, and plus very overgrazed pasture 24/7 (which I know is not good for IR-prone horses, but it's all I have). He gets the chaffhaye through a slow feeder, but it's still gone faster than I would wish. :( He looks terrific, but he tells me he's starving. What are you doing? Cindy Lots of pictures of his fine self here: https://www.facebook.com/LifeWithOden Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
