Hello, I am looking for a natural way to supplements my horse with vitamins and minerals. I saw your recommendations of the grains, green food, wheat germ, molasses and so on. Could you tell me how much of each he should get? Thank you
Robert Replied:
I suggest you keep your horse primarily on hay and pasture 24/7 day and night. Don't lock him up in a stable and if you need to give extra dry grass try to get meadow hay rather than something pasteurised.
Soak 2 or 3 cups of grain, barley perhaps, overnight and give each day this amount. Add pollard 1 cup per day or 2 if you are trying to recover any lost weight.
Add to a litre of boiling water and make into a tea each day 2 tablespoons of Chamomile Flowers and 2 tablespoons of Rosehips Granules. This will provide for digestive system support, vitamin C and Iron and many other useful ingredients.
Use the tea above to dampen feed am and pm and add 2 desert spoonfuls of molasses.
Give a protein concentrate like copra meal 2 - 4 Kg's each day.
Give ground Millet and Linseed (Flaxseed) one cup each to protect and assist all bone and ligament strength and elasticity.
This is all that is needed for healthy strong horses.
