Feeding Plums to horses

[ashlingm]

taking care the stone is removed of course...is it ok to feed them? weve loads in our trees (not the ones in our fields) and there starting to fall...going to waste. (obviously ill clean them b4 feeding...if i can...)
any info greatly appreciated (couldnt find anything on the net )

[Pauline W]

My lot can reach a few branches of our damson trees and help themselves, they crunch the stones. Obviously they can't get many and they are electric fenced off but a half a dozen or so (each) seems ok. They also browse on blackberries and hawthorn berries and are ok on those too.

[Pauline W]

Don't go and give them bucket loads though.... I would imagine they would get colic. Sell the plums to your friends and neighbours, I've managed to sell them at 50p a bag.

[ashlingm]

ah thats grand...my mams had her eye on them too for jam making... :rolleyes:

[CurlyWurlyRach]

i tried to feed one to my horse and she wouldnt touch it :rolleyes:

[Gothika]

My mum fed Lacey a nectarine not thinking of the stone and I had to shove my whole hand in her gob to pull it out. :D

[Skye94]

oh. skye likes a good plum.. she takes it all in her mouth,then eats the fleshy bit and then tries to munch the seed.. shes at it for hours.. keeps her entertained its so funny :P

[Soot]

My boy lived in an orchard for a few years. All the horses ate plums all day long :o ... Rambo spits out the stone!