Feed while in the field?

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What are the pros/cons and feed amount to each feed type that is commonly available? Scenario being mostly hunting/scounting/just riding a new area each time and only needing feed for a day or 3 at the most. My horses are already on a mix of alfalfa and hay daily and have been for years. Let’s assume there’s not much grass for reliable grazing.
Alfalfa cubes
Alfalfa pellets
Packing an entire compressed bale?
 

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i usually use pellets. start them on pellets a week or two before you leave.

with 2 head and a night or 2 i fill the nose bags with pellets and pack them that way. i have also just hung the nose bags off the saddle horn for a nights feed. there is no waste with the nose bags.
 
i usually use pellets. start them on pellets a week or two before you leave.

with 2 head and a night or 2 i fill the nose bags with pellets and pack them that way. i have also just hung the nose bags off the saddle horn for a nights feed. there is no waste with the nose bags.
Do the pellets need to be soaked in water before feeding them? New to all this but getting close to buying some mules and making some memories.
 
i usually use pellets. start them on pellets a week or two before you leave.

with 2 head and a night or 2 i fill the nose bags with pellets and pack them that way. i have also just hung the nose bags off the saddle horn for a nights feed. there is no waste with the nose bags.
So if it’s a trip every couple weeks I’d have to have them on pellets continuously? Nose bags are definitely an idea I forgot about thank you.
 
Do the pellets need to be soaked in water before feeding them? New to all this but getting close to buying some mules and making some memories.
Also what I’ve heard, lots of conflicting info regarding feed in the backcountry
 
Circle 5 feed packer pellets, I have a local dealer and started feeding it instead of hay. Even in the pasture. It’s good and on the mountain I’m getting everything I need 15-20lbs per horse per day is plenty efficient, if I have some forage it’s even better and can feed less.


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Circle 5 feed packer pellets, I have a local dealer and started feeding it instead of hay. Even in the pasture. It’s good and on the mountain I’m getting everything I need 15-20lbs per horse per day is plenty efficient, if I have some forage it’s even better and can feed less.


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Our Alfalfa is 250 per ton. Unless my math is wrong that’s almost 700$ per ton if feeding pellets at the 40$ bag price, obviously that’s probably high but I’m curious how much your feed bill went up switching to all pellets.
 
no the pellets do not get water.

a horse gut does not do well with changing of the diet. you need to try to keep things consistent. change diet slowly!!!!!

colic would not be fun in the backcountry. i had some ones mule colic at my camp one year. they eventually found it -but it died.
 
Our Alfalfa is 250 per ton. Unless my math is wrong that’s almost 700$ per ton if feeding pellets at the 40$ bag price, obviously that’s probably high but I’m curious how much your feed bill went up switching to all pellets.

Pellets are $30/bag, we try to feed the 15-20# in camp. Otherwise we have pasture and just use the pellets as supplemental feed to help keep extra weight on.


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Our Alfalfa is 250 per ton. Unless my math is wrong that’s almost 700$ per ton if feeding pellets at the 40$ bag price, obviously that’s probably high but I’m curious how much your feed bill went up switching to all pellets.

Most people don’t feed their horses an all pellet diet all the time. You can also buy pellets by the ton too. Last year i saw a quote for $600 per ton. Montana premium forage sells them as do a few other suppliers. I really only know of one performance horse trainer that does mostly pellet diet but does throw their horses one flake a day. Horses really should get some type of forage daily, it’s good for their gut. Bags in Montana for the hay pellets are around $16 a bag for 40lb bags

Soaking is also a good way to supplement their water intake but might not be possible in the backcountry.


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