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cowgirlsense

Registered: 12/04/09
Posts: 1

    12/04/09 at 11:40 AMReply with quote#1

Does anyone have any advice on feeding weanlings soon to be yearlings to prepare for futurity 3-year-olds? I have a Spoonful and a I'm Countin Checks. They were born in Feb and March. I'm currently feeding strategy and high quality grass hay. But I want to make sure I do everything possible to get them ready for the workload when they go into training the end of next year.
CBQH

Registered: 06/16/08
Posts: 206

    12/04/09 at 06:00 PMReply with quote#2

Just leave them be and let them grow up.  Unless the vet, through testing, tells you they have some deficiency, they don't need any supplements.  I would not even feed Strategy.  Fourteen percent protein is too high in protein, in my opinion, for a baby.  A good 10 or 12 percent feed is fine.  Too much weight or growth that is too rapid is bad for their joints. 

cutter76

Registered: 05/03/08
Posts: 104

    12/04/09 at 06:05 PMReply with quote#3

Good advice!!! Get off the Strategy.
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