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| 1924.1 | All these things factor in.\ | LTSLAB::BIGELOW | PAINTS; color your corral | Thu Sep 01 1994 14:29 | 9 |
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Where is the place?
How much turnout per horse?
how much use does it get during the week.
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| 1924.2 | sounds ok to me... | GRANMA::JWOOD | | Thu Sep 01 1994 14:45 | 2 |
| I was told by a vet that if a horse had good grass in the summertime,
it didn't need ANY grain. I still give 'em a quart a day each.
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| 1924.3 | sounds ok to me too | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Seattle:Life in the espressolane | Thu Sep 01 1994 14:59 | 15 |
| I wouldn't worry about it too much. The horses may need some
vitamin/mineral supplements depending on the condition of the soil. For
example, the Northeast and Northwest are selenium deficient so we have
to compenstate for it.
Here in WA, many horses are pasture year-round with little or no hay in
the summer. In winter, the grass slows down so they need some hay.
Think about it though. Horses developed in the wild eating nothing but
grass. If the grass got enough growth to develop seed, they'd get a
little grain in the fall.
Horses that are ridden 1 hour or less a day probably don't need much
feed beyond "maintenance rations" so these guys sound like they're
doing OK
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| 1924.4 | | LEDS::SCULL | | Thu Sep 01 1994 15:54 | 11 |
| Thanks for the fast response.
In reply to .1 the horse is here in Westboro Ma. He's turned out from 8
to about 7 at night, so the gang is munching all day. He gets ridden
about every other day and the weekends.
From the answers you gave I'll tell my daughter he's probably fine, but
if she's still worried we'll get him a suppliment.
thanks again
craig
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| 1924.5 | | LTSLAB::BIGELOW | PAINTS; color your corral | Thu Sep 01 1994 16:36 | 2 |
| Which place in Westboro, I ride there (and use to live there).
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| 1924.6 | Pasturing Horses | MPGS::SHEPHERD | | Thu Sep 01 1994 16:40 | 9 |
| Craig,
Even in Colorado, we only gave our horses a cup of grain and a cup of
bran each day during the late spring and early summer. Our pasture
supported our two horses just fine. I would think that the grasses
here in Massachusetts would be even more nutritional.
Jim
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