Posted by JDseller on August 17, 2011 at 01:13:11 from (208.126.196.144):
I saw the post below about how much a horse eats. Dave II stated that if the guy was going to just put the rescued horses in with the cattle to just do them in now. My youngest brother"s wife is a city raised horse nut (animal idiot) She would make the same type of statement. She once told me that todays horses could not live on hay alone?????
Well I think horses where around for several million years before man started to care for them. I even remember seeing some mustangs that run wild in the western USA. I even read about how the state of Kentucky is having trouble because people are turning their horses loose in the state parks. The horses are thriving.
Here is the funny part about my sister-in-laws horses. Three years ago My brother and her go on missionary service for a year. Guess where the horses ended up at??? You got it my place. I HATE HORSES. So be darned if I was going to baby the darn things. They are just some cross breed pleasure horses, nothing special. I had the vet check them out while he was here for my cattle. He gave them a good worming and some shots they needed. ( Seems the SIL does not like "chemicals/medicines" for her pet horses) I then turned them loose in the pasture with my brood cows. This was in late Sept. They had fun running the whole length of the pasture field. She never lets them out of their stall unless she had a saddle or lead rope on them. ( I think that is cruel myself) They settle down after 15-20 minutes. The cattle checked them out and they the cattle. So everyone was happy. I let them run with the cattle the whole year. Some of the grand kids would come over a few times each month and lead them around and rode them some to keep them broke. I never gave them any extra feed other than the sweet lick the brood cows get. ( I made sure it was safe for horses) So when I knew the brother and SIL are coming back I catch the horses and put them back into the stalls at my brother"s place. THEY RAISED cane about that, the horses that is. LOL
She could not get over how much healthier they looked. They had gained weight and where well muscled. She asked me what I had done with them. I told her it was a big secret. LMAO
So in about three months she came over and asked me what she should do as the horses did not look as good now as they had when she came back. I told he to bring my brother and come back in the evening. I called him and told him IF he brought her over I was going to tell her some home truths about animals. I was going to ride her hard on her treatment of her horses. They came over.
Her problem with her horses: 1) Locked in a 12 x 12 foot stall 365 days a year. Only exercised when she has time. About twenty minutes each week. If that.
2) Her " organic" worm and health treatment was snake oil. Both horses where loaded with worms again. They where seen by the vet each time we ran the cattle through the chute. They where health when they left here.
3) She feds them a flake or two of pure alfalfa hay each day with sweet feed on top of that. That would be like a person eating candy bars all day and wondering why they where not feeling good. A leisure horse will do much better on a alfalfa/grass or clover/grass hay. Feed them 3/4 to a bale each day. The horses guts will work one hundred times better. You will have way fewer health problems. You guys baling what ever you find to feed your horses. You would tell me that I know nothing about feeding horses. Well I don"t feed junky weeds/grass to any of my livestock. Use good feed/hay but the appropriate type for your livestock.
4) Get the horses out in a pasture for a majority of their day. Put them in at night if you want but get them out. They will do much better in the open air and sun shine. Plus the exercise will do them wonders.
Well how did it go??? She was bawling her eyes out and my brother was mad. They stomped home. Two days later she came over to see if I would help her fix their pasture fence so she could let the horses out during the day. They have ten acres that is fenced. I told her I would give her all of the mixed grass hay in round bales that her horse would need. She could come over and help the wife do house work to trade it off. She has the vet check the horses out when he does my herd health. Her costs are way down and the horses are healthier.
Do I know horses??? NO. I could not put a saddle or harness on to save my life. I do know how to feed livestock: cattle, pigs, horses, chickens, etc. YES I was raised on this farm when horses where used in the everyday working of this ground. I hated them then and now but I do know how to treat animals. How many treat their so called pampered animals to me is criminal. A horse was made by God to run to lock one up all of the time is just wrong.
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