wild horses to ride

I know someone that will not feed barley as a straight.......he said every time he has done something funky happens to the horses in one way or another

for our normal everyday horses we feed a good quailty pasture mix with alfa-A (bit like lucerene chaff..

competition horses were more like Alfa -a rolled oats in winter Sugar beet and top spec feed balancer! and at times other odds and sods
for my boy he had haylage (dust allergy) but for most, good quality hay that had been barn stored the year before.
I think our hay in the uk is a Little like what you call grassy hay hear according to someone at work......and they reckon grassy hay is crap! So i'm not sure...personaly uk hay I think is a cross between grassy hay and clover hay.

either way it doesn't matter how you brake it down I really really dont think a horse can be kept as a weekend retreat if your not prepared to put the work and money in

An alternative solution might be to get a dozen or so horses in the compact form of a 250cc dirt bike. :-)

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Originally Posted by dullbird

I know someone that will not feed barley as a straight.......he said every time he has done something funky happens to the horses in one way or another


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A good friend had a shed full of barley hay they'd acquired from Queensland and as a result of being on the national Elite Squad Kentucky Equine did an analysis on it and KER reckoned it was the most nutritionally balanced hay they'd ever tested.

But as you say, competition horses in full work require a slightly different diet to paddock bashers.

<edit> derr, you said barley (grain), not barley (hay) oops :oops2:

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Well thanks for that i will not be getting a horse now that all sounds like to much hard work and $$$ may wait till kids are older . For the greenies what i said is, as i own the land i can drive off the track and make my own tracks to any spot on the land i want. when i am in a national park i only stay on the tracks and get upset when i see others do the wrong thing.

There's nothing like going off the track in africa in a cut open defender sneaking up on a heard of elephant.

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Originally Posted by fatcat

Well thanks for that i will not be getting a horse now that all sounds like to much hard work and $$$ may wait till kids are older . For the greenies what i said is, as i own the land i can drive off the track and make my own tracks to any spot on the land i want. when i am in a national park i only stay on the tracks and get upset when i see others do the wrong thing.

There's nothing like going off the track in africa in a cut open defender

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sneaking up on a heard of elephant

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So get elephants instead:D they seem to like eating yellow grass :lol2:

Horse is a $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ word.

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There's nothing like going off the track in africa in a cut open defender sneaking up on a heard of elephant.

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Would that make them "seen and not herd":angel:

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Horses eat 2-3 times as much as cattle.

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WOW Really? Do you have Dexters or something?:confused: How much do your cattle weigh when you sell them I'm very interested how you were able to get them to do this? We sell cattle at 600+kg if they could do that while eating less 3x less than the horses that be great.
The cows here strip the paddocks bare; if you need to slash a paddock cows are great.
My horses get fed 2x a day pellets; chaff & Lucerne Hay (which is very good here in WA we buy it fresh locally) so did the cows but the cows got 3 X more. We also give them fresh fruit & vegetables; branches from fallen trees etc
My horses spend most of their day scratching their butts & starring at things; we put them in clean paddocks full of their favorite grasses but they barely graze they are too spoilt & lazy;). The cows eat until they are full sit for 20 minutes start then eating again much better at clearing the grass.
I can't talk for other horse owners but my horses don't cost much. We do pretty much everything ourselves except dentistry (cost no more than $50 a horse 1x a year) and buy feed in bulk. They have never cost me as much as the dog to feed & look after. Last time I vaccinated the dog it cost $200 the horses cost $15 each; sheep are $50 for 100:o Vet Bills are pricey with all pets no avoiding that.
But still the discovery wins it has cost more than any of the animals!:angel:

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Originally Posted by Disco2tow

WOW Really? Do you have Dexters or something?:confused: How much do your cattle weigh when you sell them I'm very interested how you were able to get them to do this? We sell cattle at 600+kg if they could do that while eating less 3x less than the horses that be great.
The cows here strip the paddocks bare; if you need to slash a paddock cows are great.
My horses get fed 2x a day pellets; chaff & Lucerne Hay (which is very good here in WA we buy it fresh locally) so did the cows but the cows got 3 X more. We also give them fresh fruit & vegetables; branches from fallen trees etc
My horses spend most of their day scratching their butts & starring at things; we put them in clean paddocks full of their favorite grasses but they barely graze they are too spoilt & lazy;). The cows eat until they are full sit for 20 minutes start then eating again much better at clearing the grass.
I can't talk for other horse owners but my horses don't cost much. We do pretty much everything ourselves except dentistry (cost no more than $50 a horse 1x a year) and buy feed in bulk. They have never cost me as much as the dog to feed & look after.

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Last time I vaccinated the dog it cost $200 the horses cost $15 each; sheep are $50 for 100:o Vet Bills are pricey with all pets no avoiding that.

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But still the discovery wins it has cost more than any of the animals!:angel:

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jesus how many bloody dogs do you have to get vacc costs like that:o

I cant believe that your horses cost less than your dogs:eek:

But then I suppose its each individual persons approach to care.....I know full well I could not care for a horse at the cost of a dog infact probably 4 dogs maybe more