Question about Oats

[SarahC]

hi guys,

Having never fed oats before, just wanted to know how you feed them ie: straight from the bag, boiled/soaked? Handful at a time?

Can anyone enlighten me please?!

S

[Hannah.Horsie]

from the bag 1/2 a scoop or wotever is needed in feed

[andreaB]

i feed rolled oats straight from the bag , have used soaked before but couldn't tell any difference to unsoaked so don't bother now ,

i feed a scoop a day

what is your reasoning behind considering using them?

[SarahC]

what is your reasoning behind considering using them?
Hmm...I'll try to keep this to the short version! :D
Basically my girly needs more energy! She lacks sparkle and high energy mixes have made very little difference. She just runs out of steam and as she is quite lazy anyway, it means I usually end up working much harder than she does! We are obviously schooling to try and remedy this issue and it is helping, but she still needs more sparkle.
Its nothing physical, everything is checked routinely and she has no problems. She is also quite fit. My instructor has recommended trying oats and various other people have on here too.
She's currently on spillers energy mix so I'm going to add a handful in and start from there, then up it as and when necessary.

Thanks for replies

S

[Hero]

straight rolled oats my boy has...
but if your horse goes completely wild then soak them for 24 hours ( it takes out some goodness out )

:D hope that helps.

x

[SarahC]

but if your horse goes completely wild then soak them for 24 hours ( it takes out some goodness out )

Aaah, thanks for that...handy to know! :D