I got a new skinny horse…what should i feed him?
I’m in California and if I have a horse who’s starting to look a bit “ribby” or I’ve purchased some rack of bones, I go out and buy a 50LB sack of A&M (Ground alfafa and molasses) (In the mid west they use beet pulp BUT I’ve been informed that you HAVE to add water to it or it will swell in a horse’s belly causing colic), dump it into a tub or feeder in the horse’s stall, then top it with some rolled barley corn that is mixed with corn oil and apple cider vinegar. (I feed a 3LB coffee can of the barley corn mixture once a day.) The horse will normally devour the first couple of bags of A&M, but then they will slack off as they get used to it (Never had an issue with colic or founder)… I haven’t fed oats or any mixed feed in decades, basically because I’ve had running horses and TBs I’m trying to keep quiet, so I feed the rolled barley corn mixture to them for weight, NOT heat. I also give my horses a hot bran mash twice a week with a 1/2 CUP of apple cider vinegar and corn oil (I can
