Barefooted Horses List Etiquette (This message is sent automatically monthly as a reminder) I have never been one for censorship of opinions and ideas;...
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Mar 1, 2006 8:59 am
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If you're really serious about probiotics (and you should be, in my opinion), check out growing your own with kefir. Google that. I beleive they have counted...
Hi Mack I'm not familiar with 12/12 minerals - are they marked under a brand name? What type of salt? When you say free choice is it like feeding goats where...
Mack - Great to hear your feeding plan and it's success (especially for working TB's). I have just used up the minerals I was feeding and am not planning to...
Hi Donna, I feed 1 oz. Fastrack microbial pack (top dress powder) every day and use the Fastrack gel under special circumstances (deworm, vaccinations, ...
Hi Nora, good questions! I am on an equine nutrition list that you might find interesting. It is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EquineNutrition/ Also, to...
Heather The minerals I use are marketed by Purina under the name of "Horse Mineral 12:12 For Maintenance." Comes in a 25# bag. The Analysis ticket shows...
Katherine, He has been barefoot since April 2003. On our really difficult, rocky fixtures, I use Swiss Horse Boots in front, barefoot behind. On more ...
Thanks for the input... Alfafa really isn't available in my area... Tennessee. Also, the hard keeper gelding is missing about half his teeth now & I don't ...
I kept an aged TWH gelding with nothing but stubs for teeth going in good shape till he was 34. He only died when he stepped in a hole and injured his hip or...
I also use the purina horse mineral 12:12, but I add 1 part magnesium oxide per 6 parts horse mineral 12: 12 (by volume), to bring the magnesium up to a point...
Hi Mack When you wrote about 1 X per day in separate feed pans but not separate and letting them (the horses) sort it out, do you mean the oats and beet pulp...
Hi, Rick, I'm looking at the ticket right now, and it shows 0.4% mg. Is that considered deficient? What does the addition of 1 part MgO bring the total Mg...
Heather No, the beet pulp and oats are mixed (not too thoroughly, however). I meant I just divide the total ration into four parts, put them each in a ...
Mack, are you sure it says 0.4% mg? doesn't it just say 0.4%? 0.4% mg would be about 4/1000ths of a gram - not very much and definitely deficient, but I...
I am new to this group. My horses are going barefoot starting next week. I just wanted to get some opinions on different horse boots. I have been looking all...
I just put in an order for the new "bare" easyboots and I will let you know how they go. I love the new design. I have a few friends getting them too. I have...
Richard, You are right, of course. It says 0.4 %. The 'mg' was my abbreviation for Magnesium, vaguely remembered from HS chemistry, but not looked up. And...
local feed & seed store - magnesium oxide is a very common cattle feed supplement. I buy it in 50# bags for, can't remember how much - not very much, less...
Hello Shane, go to a feed store, one that mixes their own feed, and ask to buy a 50 lb bag of magnesium oxide. Sometimes you have to tell them it is for your...
One thing you want to watch out for though is where it is mined. You sure dont want to be feeding your horse lead..and alot of that cattle feed is full of...
Hello all, I did some horseshoing in my college years, decades ago. Now I only do barefoot trims, mostly mustang trim. I like to know if anyone has PERSONALLY...
I tired an epoxy about 6-7 years ago that was new and in the developmental state at that time. It did not work for me in the rocky areas I ride here in...
Hello Kamran, I do my own trimming and on the rare occasion I apply plastic shoes, but mostly I use hoofboots which I make myself to protect my horses hooves...
Hello all, Bonnie, Thanks kindly for your detailed response. I hope you continue doing well with your BAREFOOT Tenessee Walking Horses. Such natural athletes,...
