GRAINS
Different Types of Grain are made by different feed companies. Each feed company adds different amounts of additives to their feed, making each one slightly different than the rest. Some popular feed companies include Purina, Southern States and Producers Pride. Purina's feed list includes Ultimun, Athelete Horse Feed, Equine Junior, Equine Adult, Equine Senior, Horse Chow, Omolene, Horsemans Edge, Strategy, Natures Essentials. Southern States makes a long line of 10%, 14%, Growth formula, Senior Formula in the line of Legends and Triple Crown Horse Feeds. Producers Pride inludes a line of 10%, 12% and 14% horse feeds. Research on your half needs to be done to find out what your horse needs in terms of protiens, fats and vitamins. Read the ingredients, they are in put on the bag in the order of the amount put into the feed. For instance, if the first ingredient on the tag is corn...than that is what is used the most in the grain.
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VITAMINS
When it comes to your choices in vitamins for your horses, you have ALOT of research to do! You can get your all -n-one type vitamins like Show n Go, Focus, Focus Sr., Source, Vita-Plus, Grand Complete, Accel and Check Mate. Along with vitamins, you have your minerals and specific additives for what ever your horses may need for their line of work. Most of your complete horse feeds that you buy are regulated to have a complete listing of the vitamins and mineral that are already in the feed. By adding more vitamins, you risk overdosing your horse in Selinium...a deadly thing to do! If you mix your own feeds, then you need to know what minerals and vitamins those grains have naturally, so you know what you can add and what you need to add. So, do your research before you begin adding things to your horses feed.
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FLY SPRAYS
Lets Talk About Fly Spray and Feed Thrue Fly Controls! You have your choice of fly spray out there! You can buy oil based or water based. You can buy chemical make up or natural make up...you can even make your own! During the fly season, fly sprays work when you apply them more than once a day. Many of the fly sprays you have to apply till just before the run off point. The best defense against flys in your barn are the overhead misters like Mist Away, that are on timers. You can also buy feed thrue additives to add to the horses feed such as Solitude, IGR. The fly sprays that I have found work the best with my horses are Marigold fly spray sold through Eqyiss and Horse and Pony Spray which is sold just about everywhere. There are several recipes on the internet for making your own fly spray as well, just do a Google Search to find them! Be sure to follow the directions to the letter or you may end up having your horse with a chemical burn because the ingredients were improperly mixed!
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