Man - Explains basic horse feed. Horse - Eats feed around both sides of man.

Thank you for actually teaching people about horses and horsemanship. I grit my teeth in frustration when this is done wrong. I've been a horseman on the English side for over 40 years. I am ready for a Wyoming cattle drive.

@ryanborghini2975

Жыл бұрын

Which state?

@sirtko

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanborghini2975 bhahaaha

@cherb_soco1891

Жыл бұрын

Colorado has Dude Ranches to. Colorado, Montana & Wyoming are three of the most beautiful states! Jump across the Pond & come visit the wild West. 😀

👍 I use round bales of clover mix in a feeder. Plus pasture plus supplements. The yearling I bought is now 34 years old. People forget how long they live.

@naidadeschesne9958

Жыл бұрын

Clover is too dusty to feed horses.Maybe you are feeding clover grass... maybe?

@showton8333

Жыл бұрын

You're so RIGHT! We just lost one of our 43+ year olds. Horses can only digest what is crushed and ground up, typically by their teeth. For "hard keeper" geriatric horses, the issue is often a lack of water. If they are semi-dehydrated they won't gain weight. (Remember the old saying about leading a horse to water...? So, HYDRATED beet pulp pellets adds water to the GI tract.) Pellets are more expensive, but they are "pre-chewed" for horses with bad teeth.

@billwilliams9362

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@anntrope491

Жыл бұрын

Just lost my 30+ Appy...a year ago...

@anntrope491

Жыл бұрын

@@naidadeschesne9958 clover is o.k. as long as it's not wrapped.

Yes I always fed alfalfa and usually bought first cutting or maybe third cutting.

I do endurance, no alfalfa hay, it causes the body to overheat and may lead to colic. Alfalfa is a legume, not a grass. I might supplement with alfalfa pellets. My horse get orchard, senior feed and rice bran.

I love your videos; they are so informative! I've loved horses all my life. I never owned one. Now, at 60, I go to a state park a couple times a year to love on the stable horses there. I don't ride anymore -- falling off would be more catastrophic at my age.

Love these videos. I don’t even own horse but love the videos

I'm from the Bronx, but I like your videos....! Cool stuff. Thanks

Basic info is key-

250 a ton is cheap right now. I'm in Idaho and we're projecting 300 to 400 a ton next year.

If I remember right when I was in NC it was 120 a Ton. That was also 15 years ago maybe

@cherb_soco1891

Жыл бұрын

It's gone WAY up due to drought, here in the west.

I love your shorts ... Didnt know I wanted to know about horses and bulls and mukes so much ❤ cheers Edit Mules 😂😂

What's the Montana livestock commission really like..?

At my old horse barn, we would give one leaf of alfalfa and one or two leafs of regular. Expecting mothers typically got two alfalfas

I lived in Montana for almost 5 years. My last couple of years I lived in Newhart,Mt. I’m from Texas and LOVE Texas, but I miss Montana so very much. If I’d never told my wife about being snowed in for a week at a time, and how cold it can get, I’d have moved back years ago!!

Thank you for so much and all of the information you give us about so many different topics. It's really appreciated.

I am paying for imported hay. 😖 we love our horses. But … buying a ranch with good mixed hay fields is looking better all the time. 😅

I have a renter who won't mow 1st crop and then 2nd crop is too wet. What a waste. Love your content as it's very informative 👌 👍 👏

That horse is in heaven right now. 😂

@GamingwithCash1

7 ай бұрын

Facts

It also loses a certain percentage of its nutritional value every month as it sits there. You also don’t want moldy hay. It cost less than $2.50 a bale when my daughter got into horses. Kept going up.

My two horses, one gets hot on alfalfa and the other does great on it. Seems to me it depends on the horse.

@suetucker9264

Жыл бұрын

Hot? What does that mean? Diarrhea?

@willhorting5317

Жыл бұрын

@@suetucker9264 maybe "hot" is her way of describing her horse foundering on the alfalfa? Back in the 1960s through the early 1970s, my grandparents had one of their horses that would founder every time she ate even a 4 inch thick flake of alfalfa. So they always had to keep her separated from it.

In the summer I'd buy a mix of Alfalfa and Timothy.

Hay has always been such a big deal at our barn. Buy early!!! Our horses are retired/old and it’s harder to keep weight in them.

We were selling 1500lb rounds, for $60. That's the going rate back east. I ship it by rail, to the place in Wyoming. Even with rail cost, it's still way cheaper than getting it in WY for the last few years. We have all 3 types, johnny hay, alphalpha, and a blend of both. Different hay for different purposes.

Your Buddy is a real character 😀

Buy while still in the field is often cheaper.

Alfalfa hay is higher in calcium and helps with ulcers

I use grain in the winter I use soaked beet pulp and hay...mix....I have appaloosas Owned horses for 48 yrs got my first horse when I was 12yo

That's the leaf I didn't recognize...they are planting it in the fields with the hay at a farm near us. Threw me off when they started doing that.

We feed alfalfa and orchard grass. More alfalfa during the winter. I also give them oats because I spoil them. Your hay is cheaper than ours. This year its 300 ton. Some even more. We were lucky to get it early for 240 ton.

425+ a ton of Alfalfa in Central Oregon. Grass hay around here is famous for to high sugar content. Soil nutrients are extreme for sure.

The farmers here in Indiana sell hey called sweet hey?? I don't know what that means.

We always fed this to our cows. As well as clover. Good nutrition shows up in the milk 🥛🧓🏽✌🏽❤️🇨🇦

I worked on a farm as a boy it thought me a lot about life. I miss it. I wish I was still a cattle man

I never thought about people feeding cheap hay we always fed soaked or steamed alfalfa but we'd occasionally get skinny mustangs we'd feed lower quality hay til they gained some weight. Growing up in a show stable I didn't realize how spoiled we had it.

Early hay is the most nutritious. Later, heat and other factors make nutrients decline. 1st cutting grass hay is rich. Alfalfa can contain alfalfa blister beetles. as few as 3 can kill a horse. In Arizona, if you can pasture, you do. Mesquite leaves have the same feed value as clover. A plus, brush wears down molars so there's no need to file tham as hay burners will need.

Alfalfa is a good source of calcium and helps avoiding gastric ulcers

They call horses hay burners for a reason. They need a lot more protein than most other livestock.

THANKS for THIS info…. 👍🏼👍🏼👣👠

I want a horse but I live in a golf course neighborhood. Wonder if he could live in my garage… 🤔

@willhorting5317

Жыл бұрын

No. But I assume that you already knew that, and were simply being sarcastic.😁

@dertrix37

Жыл бұрын

If you live in golf course community than a equestrian center/boarding stable is probably nearby ...

No you have to be very careful with alfalfa hay. My question is why is yours brown?

@willhorting5317

Жыл бұрын

If the bale has been kept out of a building, and not wrapped, the outer layers tend to turn color like that. Or at least that's been my experience with it over the past 60 years. As the saying goes through..."your results may vary".

High protein! YES!!!! Fescue for less activity!

It's a natural Anti-inflammatory it's called the father of all foods in the Middle East And it is also very good for humans with pain arthritis etc

I am not claiming that the following is "the absolute best way to do it".....I am simply stating that it's how our family (ie: my parent's decision) did things. From 1963-1992, my family owned several Quarter horses. Some we rode around the cattle farm, March-November...and rode at horse shows, May-September. Others were simply brood mares, and their offspring. Anyway...all of them were kept on pasture grass year round. During November-March, that was supplemented with square hay bales. On an average year we had 9 horses to feed. For every 3 horses, every morning we would feed 2 bales of brome hay, that those 3 horses could munch on during the day. And each horse got 1 "flake" (a 4 inch thickness of compressed) of an alfalfa bale. Then in the evening, each group of 3 horses would get 1 additional bale of brome. Twice a week, each horse also would be fed a mixture of bagged feed.... mixture of oats, corn, Milo, and I think barley. The amount each horse received, depended on the horse's age, health, and what it was being used for. Some only received 1/2 of a (one gallon metal Folgers coffee can). Some received a full can. A couple of the oldest, received 1-1/2 cans. We did have to buy the bags of feed mixture at a nearby CO-OP. But fortunately, we rarely had to buy hay bales, because we owned and baled our own brome and alfalfa fields. All of the hay for the horses were baled in the standard square bales. All of the brome and alfalfa that we fed to our cattle, were baled in square bales until approximately 1980. From 1980-2012, those bales for the cattle were baled in round bales.

Good stuff! 👍

Owning a horse is like having another child

@kimdagnillo8246

Жыл бұрын

Only better 😁

@Standardbredwoman04

Жыл бұрын

@@kimdagnillo8246 well both are rewarding

I have never seen Alfalfa hay with sooo many sticks in it. Make sure you give your horses enough so they pick through the hay only eating the good nutrition hay. If they eat the sticks you didn't give them enough. The straw and sticks is what gives your horse a hey belly.

The horse control

From experience alfalfa taste better… Lol And don’t forget about sweet feedYum with the molasses….. But I only eat it during the winter keeps me warm

Man I bet that with the drought this year prices are going get higher. My uncle in south Ga. has only been able to 2 cuts this year where he normally gets 4.

Thanks.

Thanks!!

Get my hay early, got it 😂

Idk if it’s considered good or bad but my dad gives them mainly grass hay a bit of alfalfa and horse feed pellets

Thanks

Alfalfa takes a huge amount of water. So it's gettin scarce.

Lucerne in Australia

480 a ton in western WA

@LifeintheWest

Жыл бұрын

Holy cow!!

@willhorting5317

Жыл бұрын

🤯

Alfalfa hay in California is 29.00 a bale.

Amen!

Farly sixties alfalfa was $25 a ton for 2nd cutting

We had 2 horses one was about 30 and we couldn’t keep any weight on her so we would just use round bales but now after they have passed our young horse is FAT

You have more hay then those two types. You should tell ppl "in your area." Here in NE we feed horses ONLY timothy hay... not grass. Just saying.. 😉

Wow half ton in KY is 25$ 180$ in Montana

Yeah, here in the south I thought it was bad when hay went from twenty to twenty five dollars a round bail.

I live in South Carolina and we pay 25 dollars for a 75 pound square bale

2022. So. California alfalfa 90 to 100 lbs 3 strand retail price 11/28/22 $29.95 + bale. And that is the least expensive I have been able to find.

600 a ton in alaska

Mashallah ❤

I live in Texas. I own 10 acres and i have to ask people to come cut my grass. I have coastal grass. I have seen the squares at 3 for $10.00.

We feed our horses regular hay but we feed them two scoops of horse feed and one scoop of alfalfa pellets

Hey I have two horses …can you do a video on if your horse throws a shoe how too repair it good enough until the ferrie comes back.

I owned a horse in south fl it cost more then most places to get good feed

What kind of soil do you need to grow alfalfa?

I could use some advice on this subject , i moved from michigan , where we have hay , to florida , now i got cows , no horses , but you should see what my choices are to feed my cows hay... in the winter months is when i feed round bales , they wont touch it when the grass is growing ( summer ) but i cant feed cows hay thats to rich , from what i understand ( if i could find anything better ) im not used to the difference in grasses ..( still learning )

@MikeSmith-nu9wt

Жыл бұрын

Reason im asking is cause i still have 40 acres in michigan it has awesome alfalfa growing capabilities, rolling hills good soil , but the 40 acres in florida will not grow good grasses , its a swamp basically , and thats where my cows are , only 12 of them ,i could transport my own hay , but the cost wont be worth it for what there paying for cows ..

Depends on the alfalfa as well. If you get into some dairy grade alfalfa with protein levels 20+ you are going to burn up the horses liver if you aren't careful.

trade futures..to lock in the price

Man I wish hay was that cheap here. 65 pound three string is $45 here in Miami Florida 2 string is $18-$20

Poison farmed chemically sprayed straw. GREAAAAATTT!...

We pay 25.99 for 1 bail of alfalfa. Prices have come down from 32.99

Looks like nasty stemmy Alfalfa!!

Hey brother do you allow folks to visit your ranch?

Well ... That sounds like Good Horse Sense to me ... There is typically 16 - 20 Bales Per Ton ... If a Bale weighs 100 lbs then 2000/100 = 20 Bales ... So he is paying $12.50 to $16.00 per Bale ... September 20 2022 (1640 hrs)

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I have hay enough, for four horses.

I have no problem with alfalfa,.as long as it is non-gmo alfalfa so that it isn't sprayed with weedkiller

That much per ton? How much do you typically need for a year, per horse?

How much alfalfa hay does an average horse need per month?

Always confuse hay and straw lol

Raising cows just on hay and corn cost 50 dollars a day for 5. People need to realize what this is going to do to their food. 4$lb hanging weight. Means 6 to 7 a lb for ground

How do you store hay Alfa or how do you keep from rotting

Make sure it is good bay. Don’t need any sandburs causing weed of the mouth.

How much is a ton of hay? Like how many bales?

QUESTIONS: How much to purchase and maintain a small Family Ranch?

@carriesilvinaespinozavilla5177

Жыл бұрын

You are indeed named Lazy. Do your research yourself. You are talking about a considerable amount of work . Look up property for sale in the state you want.

@lazyprodigy2774

Жыл бұрын

@@carriesilvinaespinozavilla5177 this is part of my research. Thanks for the comment on what im currently doing 🙂 🙃. Im speaking to those who do online, Reading, and looking myself at land and thanks again

@kimdagnillo8246

Жыл бұрын

@@lazyprodigy2774 don’t ya just love these douches with 4 names ! Critical Cunty Karen is short and sweet for her 😀

I was expecting Montana to be more green but its very dry looking.

You're in mah whay Jim get away from the hay

I baled hay when I was a teenager back in the 60s. There was first cut and second cut. Is alfalfa hay the first cut?

@willhorting5317

Жыл бұрын

Here in Kansas... depending on how much rain we got each year from April thru September...our family would get 2 to 5 cuttings of alfalfa per field. We never got less than 2 cuttings. Our brome hay though... only one cutting per field...which we would normally cut/bale during the month of June.

Has anyone see the youtuber that does shorts from his auto shop

Where in Montana is this ranch? Just curious as I was born in Havre and am very familiar with the highline area.

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