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[RC] 2 Yr. old, feeding ??????? - Laurie Durgin

After reading have decided to try and get my colt to get his extra calories from more beet pulp/oil and less from grain. He has never gotten more than 1.5% grain for bodyweight.
Situation is this: on hilly paddock, no grass to speak of(shares with 4 other horses)Round bale hay, bermuda the last 8 months (changes to fescue/bermuda in spring/summer).The bermuda change this winter put weight on everyone, so have been trimming their grain ration.
Colt was getting 4.5 lb. grain 2x a day(down from 5.5 lb. )as he started to get close to fleshy.Have cut that ration of grain to about 3lb, currently 2x a day and about 1 lb. beet pulp and a couple ounces of oil.
?????Do I need to add any kind of multivitamin)?,grain has some a,e,biotin,yeast in it.(Denhams Showtime 11%, I think). How much beetpulp/oil can ,or should I subsitute for in a growing youngster?
(I can figure the arabs and the tb, but am not sure the colt is getting what he needs or too much). Can't leave free choice beet plup out as the arabs will get tubby.So I feed 2x a day , plus leave hay out 24 hr.
thanks, Laurie and Rascal(Honey, Champ and Scout the baby





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