2007-01-05 08:11:46 · 6 answers · asked by Girlie girl 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Every horse is different. Most people feed some type of grain (oats and corn with soy, molasses, and/or a ton of other things) or a pelleted form.
Then comes the hay- you want good quality hay from grasses to alfalfa.
You can also feed supplements, which there are a billion of.
As for the amount of food: I have a 1700lb draft sporthorse that gets ridden dressage 3-4 times a week. She gets 2 gallons buckets of a sweet grain/pellet mixture w/ biotin supplement (1 am and 1 pm) and at least 1 bale of decent, but not the greatest hay a day. She is still a little on the skinny side after all of this.
A 1000lb QH I know- gets 2 flakes of hay a day and 1 lb of grain- and is still overweight.
Our semi-active pony- 4 flakes of hay a day and 2-3 lbs of grain for perfect weight.
As you can see, it varies from horse to horse.
2007-01-05 08:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Range of food? Well, horses mostly need hay and grasses. They function best on a high fiber diet. They can also eat grains, sweet feed and pellets as well as some fruits and veggies, although these are mainly used as treats.
2007-01-05 18:21:53 · answer #2 · answered by rockerchic821 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your horses energy requirements. What ever you do you want to make sure your horse has a good concentrate, and good quality roughage, call your feed store and ask them what the crude protein level is in their roughage and get a good concentrate feed with a good metabolized energy requirements.
2007-01-05 16:18:04 · answer #3 · answered by crazypranks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the range? well, cereals. some fruit. some vegetables. that's about it. salt. water. why??
2007-01-05 16:19:34 · answer #4 · answered by KJC 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i over fed my horse and shes dead now ,, ,, but half a bale is a lot,
2007-01-05 16:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
sure
2007-01-05 16:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by j j 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋