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Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: littlelisa on March 19, 2010, 04:01:31 pm

Title: peas
Post by: littlelisa on March 19, 2010, 04:01:31 pm

has anyone fed fresh peas to their horse?? i currently use micronized peas. i cant imagine fresh would do any harm but wondered if anyone had any experience of it??

Title: Re: peas
Post by: lazybee on March 19, 2010, 05:01:48 pm

 ??? ??? I think the cost would be prohibitive. Try hay or grass ;D ;D eat the peas yourself :yum:

Title: Re: peas
Post by: littlelisa on March 19, 2010, 07:32:26 pm

the dryed peas are fab for condition, thought i could feed some fresh peas everynow and again? just wondered if anyone else had fed them??

Title: Re: peas
Post by: Roxy on March 20, 2010, 10:39:24 am

Like you, only fed the crushed ones, in animal feed bags.  Cannot see a problem, although I would worry they would gulp a big mouthful, not chew and just swallow them and maybe choke.

You would need an awful lot of peas to fill my big Irish Draught mare.  Don't think a tinful would be enough!!!

Can't say I know anyone who has fed peas to a horse. 

Title: Re: peas
Post by: ballingall on March 21, 2010, 10:52:46 pm

I don't know anyone who has fed peas to any animal! However, I know people who feed pea pods and plants to their goats. We feed the micronized flaked peas to the goats too.

Beth