I have fed Horse Chow 100 to all the horses I have had for the last 15 years. The few colics we have dealt with were never in relation to the feed. Rocky’s cribbing is not related to the feed. He came to us already cribbing, I believe it started from boredom from being kept stalled, now it’s habit.
I do divide their daily ration into 3 feedings, but 2 will work also. I also try to keep a bit of forage growing in my pasture or give them tiny amounts of hay in the winter for mental happiness more then for nutrition.
IMO, feeding a complete feed will give the horse better “balanced” nutrition, and I have come to believe that balance is the key.
Thanks. We are going to gradually change everyone over, meanwhile, selling or giving away as many as we can. One of our vets came out yesterday to visit. She said her brother raises beef cattle but is now considering selling them all and switching his land to hay production. She’s got some pasture about forty miles away that she offered to put some of our horses on but since they’ve never had pasture, I think it would probably cause a lot of problems. We would’nt be able to introduce them gradually to it.