[AlpacaTalk] Re: Beet Pulp

Hello,

We use beet pulp daily for our aged Fjord stallion who has had problems over the last couple of years keeping weight on.? We have had so much success with this that we now supplement our sheep and last year, our Angora goats (before I sold the herd of goats), with it during the winter.? We also use beet pulp mash for our ewes during their last days of pregnancy and right after labor to help warm them up quickly.?

We use however much beet pulp we have designated per animal-making sure it is the kind that has molasses added-then cover it with extremely hot water to where one can see the water barely covering the beet pulp.? We stir it a few times and let it sit for at least 1/2 hour to hour, then top dress it with whatever grain is being fed to each animal.? For example, with our aged stallion and the ewes, they would get a cup of grain, not pellets, plus some broken up alfafa cubes-just a few, for taste.? Our stallion this year cannot eat?the cubes well, so we went to an alfafa powder.? We turn the bucket over into the feed pan so the grain and alfafa is on the bottom of the feed pan.

We have never had any animal turn their noses up and the pans are empty right away.? Hope this helps!? We are convinced our stallion would not be with us today without the beet pulp because he just was not interested in any of the "normal" senior diets.? Our sheep LOVE it.

Bailey's
White Cloud, MI
231-225-8855
spinner@wildblue.net
www.thebaileystore.info

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