So I’m sold on making forage the primary base of my horses diet. Last year my herd was two retired thoroughbreds, my broodmare and her filly. Now, I only have the broodmare, her foal and her yearling. The paddocks had been overgrown for almost 5 years and had just been bush hogged when I arrived. The first year the horses ate the grass down to the dirt and I supplemented with hay during turnout. During the winter I sowed pasture seed, Timothy, Perennial, and Annual Rye, Endotoxin free Fescue, White Landino Clover, Orchard grass and a special expensive variety of Alfalfa that can handle grazing. This year my pasture is beautiful and lush. As of August the horses seem to have ate all the timothy and I didnt see any orchard grass come up at all. The weather was also great this year for pasture. I love my pasture. Its like my second garden.
So why do my horses eat up their alfalfa hay at night but they eat AROUND the alfalfa growing in the ground? It looks like a pasture with alfalfa weeds!
Does anyone else reseed their pasture every year? I cant find any forums on pasture for horses. I only see cattle pasture forums and their grazing needs are very different.
