Re: feeding pasture horses at rides

[Jim Holland <lanconn@tds.net>]

Kathleen..

The product I am using is called Triple Crown Forage.  It comes in 50
lb. bales and cost $12-15 depending on where you buy it.  It is
compressed into a shrink wrapped bale and lasts a quite a long time. 
Analysis is:

Timothy Hay
Cane Molasses
Corn Oil
Proprionic Acid (I have not a clue what this is...preservative? Susan?

Crude Protein		Min 8%
Fat			Min 15%
Fiber			Max 30%

Triple Crown Forage is made by:

Triple Crown Nutrition, Inc.
319 Barry Avenue South
Wayzata, MN  55391

1-800-451-9916

Web Site:  www. triplecrownfeed.com

Maybe you could call or visit their web site for nearest dealer.  Sunny
really likes the stuff. He will actually pass up grass for it.  I chose
this because it doesn't have any "supplements" of any kind in
it...basically timothy hay with a little molasses.  It's moist and Sunny
will also eat it wet.

Jim and Sun of Dimanche

Indy Stewart wrote:
> 
> I finally started feeding one of the packaged
> > "forages" made from timothy hay.  It's really simple, just chopped up
> > timothy, a little fat, and a little molasses. I give him a double
> > handful "treat" every day with his morning feed.  He has become used to
> > eating that every day and it keeps a "hay" product in his system. At
> > rides, I give him a choice of bermuda and fescue hay and all of the
> > "forage" he wants.  He has been eating more and getting better gut
> > sounds at the rides this year.  He sorta "browses" among them all.  I
> > also give him that in the trailer instead of hay.
> 
> I'm looking forward to Susan's comments, too.  In the meantime- can you
> please tell me the name/maker of the product you're describing?  In CA,
> years ago, we were able to buy a product just about anywhere called A and M.
> It was chopped alfalfa and molasses, sold in large sacks.   Here in the
> Ozark outback, I have difficulty finding a steady source of beet pulp!
> 
> Kathleen
> 
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