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[RC] Feeding for Less - Lisa DouglassI apologize if this is repeat information . . . We have found feeding from 3x3x8 square bales is much less expensive than small bales. The hard part was finding someone who would deliver the big bales, but luckily a little perseverance paid off there since we found one farm that would. There is also one hay farm an hour away that still allows people to buy directly from them, so that also really helps on cost since there is no middle-man-mark-up. Anyone read the John Lyon's article published a year or so ago, which spoke of feeding straw as an alternative? We tried that, and the horses did eat it, though there was quite a bit of initial waste at first. A local vet here in Colorado, who's big into nutrition, recommended wheat straw over any of the other straws, as it fulfills the same nutritional need of horses in the wild when they eat dead forage out on the range. I never could find wheat straw around here, just barley. We always feed a high quality vitamin/mineral supplement, so fed that with the straw, along with soaked beet pulp and one cup of Ultium. We found this scenario the cheapest way to go in our area, while still keeping the horses healthy and fit. Lisa Douglass Moss Rock Endurance www.mossrockendurance.com (719)439-2472 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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