parsley
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 23/08/2005
Posts: 5839
|
|
Mine have a jam sandwich or a donut if we have a picnic and they always have the end crusts of the bread, although they have gone a bit stale by the time they get them.
|
Pebble101
Reged: 19/11/2001
Posts: 1291
|
|
I bake stale bread - my old pony prefers it to apples.
Have done this for more years than I care to remember.
|
wishfulthinking
addict
Reged: 02/05/2007
Posts: 446
Loc: Ireland
|
|
I give molasses sandwiches laced with wormer to those who don't like the paste. Has worked fine so far...touches wood.
|
Tia
Reged: 21/01/2004
Posts: 41372
|
|
Each to their own; I don't feed bread to my horses. I am also "old school" and remember all the warnings given when I was a child. Anyhow, I doubt feeding horses small amounts of bread would be greatly detrimental.
I found this which may be of interest to some; this was what I was taught as a child many many moons ago and I guess it just stuck.
"Bread: During drought some people get the idea to use the old bread discarded by bakeries as a cheap way of feeding their horses. Whilst bread may provide extra dietary energy, it should only be used in moderation and with a good knowledge of the dangers associated with feeding it. Bread is high in carbohydrates, and very low in fibre. It should only be fed in small amounts as a part of each meal. Feeding too much bread may lead to behavioural and clinical problems more commonly associated with high grain diets. If bread makes up a large part of the diet, the risk of laminitis and colic is increased. Bread also contains a large amount of gluten, which when wet forms a sticky ball that can cause choke, colic and possibly impactions. For this reason, it is better to feed bread stale rather than fresh, and mix well with other fibre sources before feeding."
Author: Sonja Gardner BSc. (Hons)
Kentucky Equine Research (Australasia)
--------------------
|
Pebble101
Reged: 19/11/2001
Posts: 1291
|
|
I was always taught by old school ex-cavalry man not to ever feed fresh bread, but baked bread crumbled into smallish pieces was OK. And if I ever bake a French stick I always make sure the end bits are well broken down.
I don't feed bread as part of a diet, but as a treat for my old boy (much like adding an apple or carrot to a feed).
|
eoe
member
Reged: 03/09/2008
Posts: 153
Loc: Essex
|
|
Never heard that one before, over the years we have fed and still feed ours bread, eggs, syrup, guinness, garlic cloves. bananas, potatoes and the normal carrots, apples, pears and swede. In 34 years have never lost a horse!! Just remembr everyting in moderation, unlike a livery I had a couple of years ago who had a very pretty palomino pony and fed it loads of food and was worm free and couldn't understand why it wasn't putting on weight, she was feeding it 1/3 litre of oil in his food.
|
Theresa_F
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 10/08/2005
Posts: 5452
Loc: London - Essex side
|
|
I feed bread - anything that is stale from the house. Cairo's fav treat was a loaf of whole grain that had gone rock hard - he used to then bash it to pieces and hoover it up.
Farra and Chancer also have any left overs once hard, Farra prefers her bread broke into small pieces and Chancer prefers to gnaw a lump.
I have fed it for years without a problem, but (touch wood) have never had a horse with colic or choke problems.
Mine also get all the old veggies apart from onions and spuds.
--------------------
Happiness is a large hairy horse and a little stinky hairy monster 
|
ColouredFan
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 21/02/2007
Posts: 1851
Loc: UK, Bristol
|
|
My horse has bread every day in his feed he loves it and as he is allergic to compound feeds its a good way of keeping weight on him (he is 1/2 TB and Novice events).
I had an equine nutrionalist visit the yard for a feeding article for HORSE magazine,I told her what I fed him - bread, unmollassed chaff, barley, corn oil, speedibeet, linseed oil, Aloe vera, anti itch and vit supplement and she advised not to change a thing, I do tear the bread up small then mix it with water in the feed before I give it to him.
He also gets a slice when he is out competing as it is his favourite!
--------------------
   
Formerly AimeeC
|
Sooty
Reged: 19/04/2004
Posts: 34606
Loc: Brussels sprout country
|
|
Toffee used to enjoy a Marmite sandwich every morning; she used to suck it for ages!  Now she has a carrot dipped in Marmite, as the sarney maker went on strike.  She is also partial to bananas, swedes, all vegetable peelings apart from potato, and any food served at hunt meets including pork pie.  I do try and stop her eating the pig bit... I am sure there is no harm in what you are doing.
--------------------
H Lyttleton:"Guitar genius Jimi Hendrix was dyslexic. He choked on his own Vimto."
No good deed goes unpunished.
     
|
CrazyMare
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 23/12/2005
Posts: 3241
|
|
Mine begs for bread at shows if you get something to eat. She doesn't beg for any other food type, just bread!! I always give her a little bit. Shes not suffered.
--------------------
|
Kenzo
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 28/02/2008
Posts: 2438
Loc: Yorkshire
|
|
We always used to give our shetlands French Bread Sticks...my mum used to buy it and never used it (cos it goes hard after a day)...we used to break it up though, but yes they had it every weekend practically for years, they never had a problems, they used to love crunching it up
--------------------
|
queenbee
enthusiast
Reged: 20/08/2007
Posts: 360
Loc: cornwall
|
|
My pony used to steal my sandwiches if i left them anywhere near him. I never worried about the bread (more the fact that he seemed to enjoy the ham inside them too!!!!)
I think my pony was slightly disturbed 
--------------------
|
FPErin
journeyman
Reged: 20/09/2008
Posts: 82
Loc: West Yorkshire
|
|
My two like the odd slice of bread crust but they LOVE bananas! Bread does tend to stick to the roof of their mouths occassionally.
|
daisychain
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 16/06/2007
Posts: 2412
Loc: Worcs.
|
|
Baileys make a horse food called Baileys NO 1. This food is made from BREAD CRUMBS! Ideal for putting weight on.
|
Spyda
old hand
Reged: 30/10/2005
Posts: 958
Loc: United Kingdom
|
|
I've a friend who feeds her horses on bakery left overs. Loaves and loaves of white bread per day. She just chucks them into the field and lets her herd eat them. Makes me cringe as I cannot think that amount of bread can be good for them but she swears by it. Says it keeps the weight on them a treat during the winter and helps with her feed bills as the bread is free from a neighbour of hers. She keeps a variety of horses; section A, section D, New Forest, full Arab and TB's. All seem to be okay on her rather odd diet.
Can't say I'd advocate it and I'd certainly not feed loaves of bread to my horses; But what can I say. My friend does it and none of her horse seem the worse for it.
I think the odd slice certainly wont do any harm.
|
Happy2Hack
member
Reged: 02/08/2007
Posts: 173
Loc: South Wales
|
|
I give mine a slice or two as a treat - they love it! Wouldn't feed massive amounts at a time though!
--------------------
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
[Re: 
Edit
Reply
Quote
