I’m that horse owner that has boarded forever and never had many issues with a healthy horse, so never really learned as much as should have. I am moving my horse from a place that specialized in seniors with a large feed room for mixing the recipes that worked for each horse to a smaller place with less storage for the “ingredients”. So, I am trying to see if what she’s currently being fed, can be simplified at all so that I don’t take up half the feed room.
She currently gets 2lbs soaked alfalfa pellet, 2 lbs soaked beet pulp shreds, 1lb soaked timothy pellets and 1.5lbs Purina Senior (red bag). The soaking is wet to break down the pellets. I am thinking that I can eliminate the extras and increase the senior feed (served wet) but am unsure of my knowledge. She will have access to free choice hay and be turned out 16+/7. No current issues with teeth and am open to other feed brands such as TC Senior, if better.
and that was my thought. I assume it adds calories at a lower cost than the increase in senior feed. I also think they make the soaked part in bulk, then add the feeds, meds, etc. on an individual basis for all horses (they have rescues and medical boarding at this facility).
I just unwithdrew it. I originally wrote it in a bad mood and then couldn’t decide if it would come across as too snippy or not lol