Re: beet pulp

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

The rule of thumb suggested by Skip Hintz at Cornell (highly respected in
the field) is up to about 45-50% of the forage ration is okay.  Example, if
a horse is normally eating 20 lbs of hay a day, then you can replace 8-10
pounds of that with beet pulp, dryweight.

Of course, work up to that amount slowly.

Susan G

----- Original Message -----
From: <TddWil@aol.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 5:31 PM
Subject: RC: beet pulp


> How much beet pulp is too much? Since its mostly fiber can horses munch on
it
> pretty much free choice? I feed grass or timothy hay and wanted to feed
beet
> pulp to make the hay supply last longer and get some extra water in the
> horses during the winter.
>
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