Upper Penn Love
Exploring the pasture
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This is my first horse and I feel rather unprepared. My neighbors decided to get rid of their two horses when there daughter went away to college and they sprung the idea on me that they would just give me the older of the two about a month ago. Both horses went to stay at our other neighbors barn as she had dibs on the younger horse she bred herself. In exchange for help around the barn on days she work 12 hour shifts she agreed to let me board my new horse there for free. I just need to pay for hay and feed.
Not clear on the age of my horse but she's supposed to be in her early 20s. The original owners had her on pasture and supplemented with grain in the winter, a quart bucket full a day I believe. She's looking lean this year so we have been upping it in the new barn to about 2 quarts a day, and we are splitting a 2string bale of hay between 5 horses while they are still on pasture at the moment.
If her weight doesn't start to look up we were going to look into beat pulp. My question is about senior pellets. I've been looking into the 50# bags at tractor supply company how do these compare to the hay/ grain/ possibly beet pulp idea? It looks like it might be a bit more expensive but if it has a more balanced blend especially for seniors I'd give it a shot. Anyone else have senior? What ratio do you feed for pellets/grain/ hay?
I do live in northern michigan, we have already had a few frosts and it's a long snowy winter.
Not clear on the age of my horse but she's supposed to be in her early 20s. The original owners had her on pasture and supplemented with grain in the winter, a quart bucket full a day I believe. She's looking lean this year so we have been upping it in the new barn to about 2 quarts a day, and we are splitting a 2string bale of hay between 5 horses while they are still on pasture at the moment.
If her weight doesn't start to look up we were going to look into beat pulp. My question is about senior pellets. I've been looking into the 50# bags at tractor supply company how do these compare to the hay/ grain/ possibly beet pulp idea? It looks like it might be a bit more expensive but if it has a more balanced blend especially for seniors I'd give it a shot. Anyone else have senior? What ratio do you feed for pellets/grain/ hay?
I do live in northern michigan, we have already had a few frosts and it's a long snowy winter.