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Frank Downey
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Location: alabama
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I've just bought a 5 month colt form a friend.Its a qtr. horse filley,she is in super shape execpt for her hooves.I don't know if its a lack of certain minerals or shes just rough.they are splitting on the bottom of the foot and cracking pretty bad.I feed her 10% of sweet feed daily about 1/2 gal.
I also have somr sheep that will try to eat with her and she will kick at them and hit the stall wall,but it seems mostly with her hind hooves with some in the front splitting also,but mostly in the hind.This is my first colt and I want her to have every fighting chance to have it all.Any help is appreciated.Thanks
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katrina
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| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| Shoot the sheep......
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Turkey Track Bar
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L.E. Stevens
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katrina
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Turkey Track Bar
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peg4x4
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Location: central Texas
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| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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| what kind of minerals are you feeding?
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Frank Downey
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Location: alabama
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| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| At the time just trace minerals
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Faster horses
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Location: SE MT
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Trace minerals aren't good enough. You need to get that colt some
free-choice horse mineral. How close are you to Alabama or Mike?
They can tell you where to get Vigortone mineral and they have
a great free-choice horse mineral. Or go to www.vigortone.com and find
a dealer. Use the toll-free number there to call in and they will tell
you the dealer nearest you.
Our daughter had a horse for years with feet that cracked. She put him on the free-choice and her farrier couldn't believe the difference in his feet. It also helps their bones and balances out things in their body.
Hope this helps!
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Jinglebob
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If the feet are longer, maybe they just need trimmed. If a horse doesn't get enough exercise on a harder packed surface, they hooves don't wear down.
In the wild, horse hooves wear down and crack and break off from moving over rough ground. If the colt has always been in a stall or pasture that is softer ground, the hooves won't wear down.
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nr
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| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Some of us get colt feet every winter.
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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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Location: South East Texas
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| hahahaha colt feet..........Our son was spending time with Mr Lilly's granny a couple years ago before she was put into a nursing home. (She'll be 102 in January) Anyway......he was down there all evenin and finally came home about 10 pm, with this horrified look on his face. I asked what was wrong???? He didnt say nothin, just walked to the tack room and came back with the hoof nippers and said, "Granny needs to use THESE on her toenails!!!!!" Apparently bein the good lil great grandson that he is, she'd asked him to clip her toenails because she can no longer reach them......and they was tuffffffff Hahahah
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