This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- Sarah Vogeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Sarah Vogeley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I have read on several Fjord-List posts that > feeding a textured feed to > > Fjords is NOT recommended. Guess I've missed these posts. Don't know what the problem might be. I have used textured feed (pellets) for two years now - exclusively. Our geldings just get too energetic, and too fat, on grain or grain-based feed. Ditto for the old mare. "The boys" get two measuring cups of pellets(called "sterling pellets", a complete ration including vitamens) twice a day along with their grass hay - around 20 lbs each a day. Old Line gets the same amount of a "senior feed", based on beet pulp and alfalfa products, twice a day along with grass hay. I've only had one case of colic - our one and only case - with Line last winter. It's cause was not drinking enough water, due to a different watering situation than she was used to. We always feed hay first - let them start on it - then throw the pellets in. Each horse eats in his own stall, so there is no "gobbling" of feed for fear someone else will get the most. Anyone else? Mary ===== Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com
