Yes yes yes! Thank you for bringing attention to this. As a holistic farrier who advocates for forage diets I often hear "performance horses need grain to do their jobs" or "forage diets only work for pasture puff horses". It's so refreshing for someone at the elite performance level to speak up about the damage that we inadvertently do to our horses by feeding them products with so many harmful additives.
LOVE this video!!! I switched to forage only feed several years ago. I can honestly say it's the best thing I have ever done for my horses. So many people think I'm crazy. Having someone like you out there competing at such a top level feeding a forage diet maybe more people will listen. 🤠🐴
Constant hay is the key. They say you should put the hay in all corners of a stall for stalled horses. It keeps them moving and chewing evenly from left to right and right to left
Yes yes yes! As a trained chef and herbalist and a goat owner you are spot on! When I took grain away from my goats and just went to forage, my parasite load dropped drastically and less gut issues. Same with people. Junk in, junk out!! Brave of you to speak the truth!!!
Would love a start-to-finish video of the testing and treating process. I.e. new horse in the barn: how to do the test, where to send, reading the results, determining where they are deficient, finding the right products to supplement, etc. etc. Thank you for this insight, Fallon & team!
Yaaayyyyy Fallon!! I’ve never fed my horses grain. I learned 40 years ago that quality hay was the best for our horses. Never once did I have one colic. I owned and competed on ALOT of horses!!
We need more videos like this. Healthy environment, I pray that you get new sponsors with healthy alternatives..The more knowledge we have the better off we will be.
This video sent me down a rabbit hole to possibly getting to the root of my 2 ponies's cushing's disease after years of vets telling me there's no real cause of it I found out it's because of mineral deficiencies and heavy metal toxicity. Thank you so much for opening my eyes and hopefully saving my mini's life ❤️
I love this video!! You knocked it out of the park! If we wouldn’t eat pre packaged crap filled with glyphosate and inflammatory oils..why would we feed it to our beloved animals! We’ve even done this with our cats. Kibble was created out of convenience and unfortunately it’s caused, cancer, reproductive issues, shorter life spans and inflammation in our cats&dogs as well. Great job!
Thank You Fallon! I went too forage only about 6 months ago and what a difference. I was told my horses would loose weight and be sluggish, you know people that don’t know better! 💗🥰🙏🏻
Having been a hay producer, I believe you said you may test your hay. In my opinion since you are feeding only hay that is the first thing you want to test. I always provided a hay analysis. Every field is different. It will tell you about nitrates, digestablity, protiens etc. Just something to consider in your research and feeding program. I enjoy your channel !!!!
This is so refreshing! I love that the people I admire are always evolving and growing. We haven't fed grains to our horses in a very long time, we always do hay (we don't have the resources to get all the kinds but our horses are still doing great) I give out a mineral blend every few days and we put something called EMs (I forget the full name) in their water every day, it's just a fermented brew that we make from molasses, water and an EM starter, we've been using it for about 20 years now and have never had an issue with worms or any other fungus infection, it's great for gut bacteria and the horses absolutely love it, my horse won't drink water without it, I highly recommend!
Another thing, when we have a bad crop of alfalfa (it gets rained on etc.) We sell it and they make it into alfalfa cubes. Think about that when you are buying cubes.
Fascinating information. I had a friend that was a compounding pharmacist back in the early 2000's. He showed me data from Europe where canola oil was considered an industrial weight oil for machinery and banned as a food substance over there. He also spoke against soy in the diet. He spent countless hours doing research to verify what he said. Turned out that soy is a huge no no for people who have or had thyroid cancer. Spinach and almonds are very high in oxalate which form a type of kidney stone. Food and suppliments are just as you have said, not a panacea. Thank you for this video, what we put in our bodies and our animals is a dynamic process.
Great info! I've been eating organic for 15 years to turn my health around. My horses get a mix pasture grass and different grass bales to supplement in the winter. I hear you load and clear on mixing grasses. Myself alfalfa was designed and made for for cattle as my Dad sold farm equipment for 30 years. Last time I fed alfalfa grass mix and my horses colic so I ex out alfalfa completely. So glad you are spreading this information. Love those hay bags as well. Look into intermittent fasting for yourself to heal your own body.
Loved the video, I have been feeding forage only for a yr and half with amazing results, I add a couple of holistic additives and they all get a small amounts of chopped hay with beet pulp and flax at night along with 3 full hay bags set at different heights to keep there necks moving and 4 buckets of fresh water, During the day they are out with round bales. Also having different types of hay for them is also I find so important, we have here meadow, Timothy and alfalfa. Also I have a Shetland in with the herd that does not over indulge he is 29yrs young fit healthy and active. You and your team are awesome. God bless
I’d love to see a follow up video after 6 months or a year with what you notice. I’ve been trying to go forage only but I have a hard keeper so haven’t quite nailed it yet. Love those hay nets!
Thanks Fallon for the mention! As you said, Nolasix is such a valuable asset to support the vascular system of the horse. Keep sharing information like this, it makes such a difference to the horses of the people that watch and implement your videos.
Thanks Fallon for sharing your thoughts & experiences with us. It is nice for the equine family to share experiences for our love for horses. I grew up with horses. My dad bred and raised Quarter Horses most of my life on the Navajo Reservation. I grew up riding and roping, then graduated to racing horses.
I’ve been waiting for this! I’ve been curious about what we humans eat and what horses eat. I loved the video and I’m definitely going to go dig around for more info. Thanks for sharing your path and giving tips on where to start and what to look at!
Thank you, thank you! I cannot agree more with ALL of what you said. I've been feeding my wild-caught Mustang, keeping her as close to her natural habitat, for the almost 15yrs I've owned her. Wild horses sure don't eat grains. Most of them look fabulous... and because they know where to get their minerals, in addition to the forage they eat. I feed Standlee timothy pellets, soaked, and add Big Sky Minerals on top. My mare has always done fabulous, but I would love to get a mineral analysis done on her. Thanks!
After doing our own research and talking to our vet we use the Redmond rock salt for our cattle and horses. Plus, Our horses are mainly forage only as well, except when we have visitors they like to give them a "treat" aka corn for the bin. And we feed our cattle forage and/or they graze there own forage. Extremely little grain (except for when fatting up to butcher the last x amount of days or out grazing corn stalks). We live in South Dakota, where there is a lot of snow and freezing cold! Our forage feeds has been working great of us for 4 years, we won't go back!
Love, love, love this video! I switched to an all forage diet last year based on personal research. I'm using Standlee products, Redmond's Daily Gold and Daily Red, ground flax and diatomaceous earth. Love the results and so happy to have my horses off of all the processed pellet grains.
I LOVE that you are talking about this topic!!! My diet journey also went hand in hand with my horses. We all ended up 'forage' only and have been the healthier for it. Buy MANY people have thought I was crazy.
I love this! I was pretty big on natural forage diets as well. I admit I got sucked into giving my harder keeper grain recently..and the amount triple crown recommends. I needed this video. Thank you!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I got my first horse two years ago and I made a huge research before, s she has always had a forage diet (with a supplement, because we dont have access to pasture all year around, and hay doesnt cover all the necessities alone). I recommend Portoverde haynets!! We use them a lot here in Spain!
I 100% agree with you on the forage feeding!! I did the same with my Horses for 35+ yrs and my horses never had colic or foundered! If they needed any extra weight I added some plain rolled oats! Why? Because in the wild they can find and forage oats to fatten up before winter. I too broke my neck in a horse accident when I was 15, I only had to get a halo brace and wasn't as bad as your accident. Your doing a great job and ignore the naysayers!
You are absolutely right, l have race horses and I produce my own hay. My hay mix is timothy, alfalfa, red and white clover. My horses have hay all day in slow feeder hay net, less lameness, less stomach problems and less vet bills. Horses need a lot of fibers. I sell all the best hay I can make for the best of the horses. Agree with you 100 %%%%
I love this! Thank you Fallon! I have been forage only for four years. I feed Crypto Aero Wild Forage, their Plus supplement, grey sea salt, and timothy hay. All my horses look and feel amazing. I would never go back to processed feeds.
Yes! I have been advocating for this very type of feeding routine for my horses for some time now. It blows my mind how much doubt and resistance I was met with! Thank you Fallon for speaking up!
You should start growing your own hay I think with your enthusiasm you would have a lot of fun with different pasture mixers 💕 love your work and I couldn’t agree more
Great information!! I’m in a Australia and we feed 5x4 round bales of hay 24/7 in slow feeding hay net. I only give a bucket of feed after they’ve worked. It’s basically only beet pulp to be able to mix in and a vitamin/mineral mix for my local area. Plus salt. Keep it basic. If horses need energy/weight/topline add some alfalfa hay and they should be looking amazing. We also feed alfalfa while we tack up, this neutralises stomach acids to help prevent ulcers.
My head spun when you mentioned the MTHFR gene!! I have a mutation in this gene as well and it’s an under tested issue.. thank you for sharing!! You’re amazing & such an inspiration!
Great video. My father has always stressed more hay! Farm always fed very little grain. We buy the best hay we can horses have free choice hay 24/7. Great research.
I no longer barrel race...and now compete/ride distance competitive trail. In the past year we too have eliminated grain and feed a mix of bermuda hay, alfalfa hay, and of course pasture in season. We do give 1# soaked alfalfa pellets Am/PM to carry the Vermont blend that we also use. VERY interesting to see you now doing basically the same. Our horses are doing very well on this regimen.
Love it!! We have always free feed our horses and overall they are very healthy! When I first went off to college I was having a hard time with certain foods. Got tested and learned my blood type, learned I have to eat differently. Feeling so so much better! You do your research ☺👍 Respect the science!
I was so pumped to see my name pop up on your video. I have a recently diagnosed horse with PSSM so I’ve been going down a RABBIT HOLE on nutrition and I’m still tweaking. One of things I use is Costco Organic Chia seeds for the Omega. I’m also looking into Stable Feeds Spirulina Chia that helps the immune system. Awesome video and I can’t wait to see your next video. Hopefully some day I can see you and Cody make a run.
THANK YOU for making this vlog!! I hope this can help influence more of the performance and horse world in general to look into how conventional feeds could be affecting their horses. My personal horses have never had anything other than a forage diet. Love love love the effort you’ve put into your horse’s health! 🤍🤍
Loved this! I've been trying to move this way, as even a small amount of grain has been causing ulcers for one of my gals. Forage only (plus a couple of Redmond products) and she has been doing amazing for a year now. Hope to continue learning and maybe do some more research into what you talked about today! Thank you :)
We raise cattle and grow alfalfa. We have been feeding our Mama's pure alfalfa and pasture, with salt/trace mineral. Always 0 calving problems and healthy babies. In this drought, we had to switch to a grain hay and supplement with protein tubs. Last year was the first time we had health issues and calves getting stuck. And the health issues were due to lack of certain vitamins and minerals. I'm a firm believer in high quality mixes of forage to keep our animals healthy.
EXCELLENT video!! I work for Silver Lining Herbs and we get calls daily from wonderful people who have horses (and dogs!) that are struggling with Metabolic/IR issues. Molasses is a by-product and really only added to enhance the palatability of feed, not to mention that it also feeds the bad bacteria in an existing ulcer or lesion. And, yes, many pelleted feeds and other supplements on the market still contain molasses, so I always encourage folks to become avid label readers! Thank you, thank you, thank you for such great information, Fallon!!
Love this, absolutely sound advice! Research, test, go as whole foods as possible!! Years ago, when grain was fed, it was whole grain! Not processed! Find out what is best for each horse!!
I’m so glad to hear you advocating for this! I been researching for a long time and we started doing the same about a year ago and are noticing big changes. Thanks to your video, I’m going to follow up with adding testing to see if we are missing anything. Great info and on point video!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This was one of the BEST informative videos I have seen that is straight forward on what we are putting into our barrel horses.
I have trained showjumping horses and sometimes i had to train them heavily and have only given my horses normal hay, straw, crushed barley, crushed oats and bran, Never had serious health problems. I know people who pay loads for "special" mixes and they almost need an in house vet. If you open a bag of horse food and it smells of fish you know what you can except. About the coughing you can give your horse elderberry syrup. My mother makes a few buckets of it every year and it goes mostly to the horses but when i have a cough i have occasionally been seen sipping from the same bottle of elderberry syrup i fed my horses with
I love you Fallon! Thank you for doing the footwork and sharing your knowledge with us! I met you in Davie, Fl & you are a wonderful person! Thanks for the UA-cam’s & Podcasts!
Thank you for explaining this! Everyone at the barn or my horse friends think I am crazy for doing this!! My filly has never had grain or anything but forage and she is amazing!!
I have fed hygain showtorque for years. I had a horse that colic’d constantly. A rep from hygain which is in Australia, happened to be at my feed store. He gave me some of this feed to try. My horse never colic’d again. It’s all natural, grain free. I feed a very small amount with free choice hay that is a mix of tift 85 and alfalfa. A Free choice salt block and one ounce of Comega oul per day and my horses have never been healthier. A mainly forage diet is the best, but a horses diet is dependent on the region they’re originally from. ie my quarter horse comes from Montana. She now lives in Georgia. Water, grass, weather…it all plays a big part in dietary needs.
Fallon you are a wealth of knowledge, we believe everything that we are told to be gospel with no research, Tku for taking time out to share this info 👌🙏🙏
This was crazy fascinating! I don’t have horses (yet) but I love videos like this. Of course consult professionals first, but I would love to see you put more videos like this out there! Cheering for you Fallon!
We love this amazing video. We are super proud of you and doing a lot of research for you and for your amazing horses .I will do my own research for my horses to . Thanks for the amazing advice and amazing help and research . I hope to meet you and your horses in person someday this year and We are fans of you Fallon Taylor forever. From Angela & Amy & Jessica .
I love this! I do feed some grain (Tribute), but I’ve increased my forage (hay and Standlee pellets). I have an IR laminitic horse that is full forage, Timothy pellets and soaked hay as I had it tested and it was higher in NSC than I was comfortable with. All my horses have 24h access to hay.
Another amazing thing to look into is free choice minerals! It’s amazing to me to see what they go after some weeks, and then the next week it’s a totally different mineral! ❤️
thank you Ms. Fallon. started on a relentless equine diet research when our mare tested postitive for cushings. thank you for all the links you shared, will research on. God bless you and your family.
So the research I've read indicates that enteroliths in horses are primarily formed in horses on an all alfalfa diet. Changing to a mixed forage diet is one of the suggested solutions. One thing I would be concerned about would be balancing the essential nutrients that are not found in hay.
Thank you so much for this info. I have been thinking about going to a forage diet for my horses but was skeptical. This was very informative and gave me more things to research and try out.
Yes vegetable oils are super high omega 6 which causes inflammation in the body. It saddened me to see someone in my barn feeding that to their horse as a cheap weight gain ‘supplement’.
I just have pleasure horses, but I stopped feeding any grain or senior feed, they have Timothy hay and some alfalfa available all day plus pasture, my mares are 22, and 25, they didn't lose any weight this winter, I do give them 2 ounces of Smart Earth Camelina oil, and have noticed a huge difference with their skin, coats, joints and mood.
Love this. We all need to do better! My gelding only gets pelleted supplements as our forage and soil within a 3-4 hour radius is all deficient in certain vitamins that can cause neuro issues so its something we need to watch out for
Me... devastated that our horses have no choice but to drink effluent water with limited supply to grazing grass let alone hay.. you are so so blessed..
I don't have horses, and will never. But did I watch a 22 min long video about feeding horse hay... Yes... Why? becuase I'm invested.
Haha yes 😂😂😂
Never say never!!😉
Yes yes yes! Thank you for bringing attention to this. As a holistic farrier who advocates for forage diets I often hear "performance horses need grain to do their jobs" or "forage diets only work for pasture puff horses". It's so refreshing for someone at the elite performance level to speak up about the damage that we inadvertently do to our horses by feeding them products with so many harmful additives.
I have a family member who believes this. Her horses look great but have more health problems. Not worth it for me.
correct and between alfafa and Sainfoin and so much more it's really not a good idea to go grain.
LOVE this video!!! I switched to forage only feed several years ago. I can honestly say it's the best thing I have ever done for my horses. So many people think I'm crazy. Having someone like you out there competing at such a top level feeding a forage diet maybe more people will listen. 🤠🐴
I did same. Live in west texas, people here think I am a nut. My horses are in great shape and attitude.
Constant hay is the key. They say you should put the hay in all corners of a stall for stalled horses. It keeps them moving and chewing evenly from left to right and right to left
YES
Yes yes yes! As a trained chef and herbalist and a goat owner you are spot on! When I took grain away from my goats and just went to forage, my parasite load dropped drastically and less gut issues. Same with people. Junk in, junk out!! Brave of you to speak the truth!!!
I was always taught that if you were working horses (un-naturally), you need to feed them grain. I love this! Definitely better to be grain free.
Would love a start-to-finish video of the testing and treating process. I.e. new horse in the barn: how to do the test, where to send, reading the results, determining where they are deficient, finding the right products to supplement, etc. etc. Thank you for this insight, Fallon & team!
Yaaayyyyy Fallon!! I’ve never fed my horses grain. I learned 40 years ago that quality hay was the best for our horses. Never once did I have one colic. I owned and competed on ALOT of horses!!
We need more videos like this. Healthy environment, I pray that you get new sponsors with healthy alternatives..The more knowledge we have the better off we will be.
This video sent me down a rabbit hole to possibly getting to the root of my 2 ponies's cushing's disease after years of vets telling me there's no real cause of it I found out it's because of mineral deficiencies and heavy metal toxicity. Thank you so much for opening my eyes and hopefully saving my mini's life ❤️
The silver lining herbs she mentioned also carries a liver and kidney detox to help with heavy metals. Good luck with your minis! 💜
I love this video!! You knocked it out of the park! If we wouldn’t eat pre packaged crap filled with glyphosate and inflammatory oils..why would we feed it to our beloved animals! We’ve even done this with our cats. Kibble was created out of convenience and unfortunately it’s caused, cancer, reproductive issues, shorter life spans and inflammation in our cats&dogs as well. Great job!
Thank You Fallon! I went too forage only about 6 months ago and what a difference. I was told my horses would loose weight and be sluggish, you know people that don’t know better! 💗🥰🙏🏻
Having been a hay producer, I believe you said you may test your hay. In my opinion since you are feeding only hay that is the first thing you want to test. I always provided a hay analysis. Every field is different. It will tell you about nitrates, digestablity, protiens etc. Just something to consider in your research and feeding program. I enjoy your channel !!!!
This is so refreshing! I love that the people I admire are always evolving and growing. We haven't fed grains to our horses in a very long time, we always do hay (we don't have the resources to get all the kinds but our horses are still doing great) I give out a mineral blend every few days and we put something called EMs (I forget the full name) in their water every day, it's just a fermented brew that we make from molasses, water and an EM starter, we've been using it for about 20 years now and have never had an issue with worms or any other fungus infection, it's great for gut bacteria and the horses absolutely love it, my horse won't drink water without it, I highly recommend!
Another thing, when we have a bad crop of alfalfa (it gets rained on etc.) We sell it and they make it into alfalfa cubes. Think about that when you are buying cubes.
Is that the same for alfalfa pellets? I would assume so, but maybe not?
Fascinating information. I had a friend that was a compounding pharmacist back in the early 2000's. He showed me data from Europe where canola oil was considered an industrial weight oil for machinery and banned as a food substance over there. He also spoke against soy in the diet. He spent countless hours doing research to verify what he said. Turned out that soy is a huge no no for people who have or had thyroid cancer. Spinach and almonds are very high in oxalate which form a type of kidney stone. Food and suppliments are just as you have said, not a panacea. Thank you for this video, what we put in our bodies and our animals is a dynamic process.
Thank you so much for sharing this info and helping so many horses and their owners.
Thank you! I’m a western pleasure rider and I’ve always had questions about feeding. There are so many products and opinions.
Stopped feeding grain over 9 years ago. Switched to whole food vitamins and minerals mixed in Coolstance Coconut Copra. Great informative video!
Great info! I've been eating organic for 15 years to turn my health around. My horses get a mix pasture grass and different grass bales to supplement in the winter. I hear you load and clear on mixing grasses. Myself alfalfa was designed and made for for cattle as my Dad sold farm equipment for 30 years. Last time I fed alfalfa grass mix and my horses colic so I ex out alfalfa completely. So glad you are spreading this information. Love those hay bags as well. Look into intermittent fasting for yourself to heal your own body.
I have switched to filtered water without chlorine and aluminum 2 months ago and this just fully reassured me I’m not alone
Loved the video, I have been feeding forage only for a yr and half with amazing results, I add a couple of holistic additives and they all get a small amounts of chopped hay with beet pulp and flax at night along with 3 full hay bags set at different heights to keep there necks moving and 4 buckets of fresh water, During the day they are out with round bales. Also having different types of hay for them is also I find so important, we have here meadow, Timothy and alfalfa. Also I have a Shetland in with the herd that does not over indulge he is 29yrs young fit healthy and active. You and your team are awesome. God bless
I’d love to see a follow up video after 6 months or a year with what you notice. I’ve been trying to go forage only but I have a hard keeper so haven’t quite nailed it yet. Love those hay nets!
Thanks Fallon for the mention! As you said, Nolasix is such a valuable asset to support the vascular system of the horse. Keep sharing information like this, it makes such a difference to the horses of the people that watch and implement your videos.
YAYY!!! So happy to see so many ppl go grain free and holistic with herbs!
Thanks Fallon for sharing your thoughts & experiences with us. It is nice for the equine family to share experiences for our love for horses. I grew up with horses. My dad bred and raised Quarter Horses most of my life on the Navajo Reservation. I grew up riding and roping, then graduated to racing horses.
Thank you. I have mules that I keep food in front of all the time. Having horses again they are on the same routine and it makes a huge difference.
I’ve been waiting for this! I’ve been curious about what we humans eat and what horses eat. I loved the video and I’m definitely going to go dig around for more info. Thanks for sharing your path and giving tips on where to start and what to look at!
Thank you, thank you! I cannot agree more with ALL of what you said. I've been feeding my wild-caught Mustang, keeping her as close to her natural habitat, for the almost 15yrs I've owned her. Wild horses sure don't eat grains. Most of them look fabulous... and because they know where to get their minerals, in addition to the forage they eat. I feed Standlee timothy pellets, soaked, and add Big Sky Minerals on top. My mare has always done fabulous, but I would love to get a mineral analysis done on her. Thanks!
Yesss! This. Awesome video. Thank you!! Our vet has been preaching a forage diet. We follow it and our horses are so healthy.
Yes!!! Grain free for the last 5 years. Thank you for this video and letting us know what you are doing 💜
After doing our own research and talking to our vet we use the Redmond rock salt for our cattle and horses. Plus, Our horses are mainly forage only as well, except when we have visitors they like to give them a "treat" aka corn for the bin. And we feed our cattle forage and/or they graze there own forage. Extremely little grain (except for when fatting up to butcher the last x amount of days or out grazing corn stalks). We live in South Dakota, where there is a lot of snow and freezing cold! Our forage feeds has been working great of us for 4 years, we won't go back!
Love, love, love this video! I switched to an all forage diet last year based on personal research. I'm using Standlee products, Redmond's Daily Gold and Daily Red, ground flax and diatomaceous earth. Love the results and so happy to have my horses off of all the processed pellet grains.
I LOVE that you are talking about this topic!!! My diet journey also went hand in hand with my horses. We all ended up 'forage' only and have been the healthier for it. Buy MANY people have thought I was crazy.
I love this! I was pretty big on natural forage diets as well. I admit I got sucked into giving my harder keeper grain recently..and the amount triple crown recommends. I needed this video. Thank you!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I got my first horse two years ago and I made a huge research before, s she has always had a forage diet (with a supplement, because we dont have access to pasture all year around, and hay doesnt cover all the necessities alone). I recommend Portoverde haynets!! We use them a lot here in Spain!
I 100% agree with you on the forage feeding!!
I did the same with my Horses for 35+ yrs and my horses never had colic or foundered!
If they needed any extra weight I added some plain rolled oats!
Why?
Because in the wild they can find and forage oats to fatten up before winter.
I too broke my neck in a horse accident when I was 15, I only had to get a halo brace and wasn't as bad as your accident.
Your doing a great job and ignore the naysayers!
You are absolutely right, l have race horses and I produce my own hay. My hay mix is timothy, alfalfa, red and white clover. My horses have hay all day in slow feeder hay net, less lameness, less stomach problems and less vet bills.
Horses need a lot of fibers. I sell all the best hay I can make for the best of the horses.
Agree with you 100 %%%%
Please do more collection videos. Bridles, tack, bits, saddle pads, etc. Love your channel!
I love this! Thank you Fallon! I have been forage only for four years. I feed Crypto Aero Wild Forage, their Plus supplement, grey sea salt, and timothy hay. All my horses look and feel amazing. I would never go back to processed feeds.
Gives me a lot to think about..
And I learned a lot, will look into learning more.
Thank you so much for your opinions and your knowledge!
Yes! I have been advocating for this very type of feeding routine for my horses for some time now. It blows my mind how much doubt and resistance I was met with! Thank you Fallon for speaking up!
You should start growing your own hay I think with your enthusiasm you would have a lot of fun with different pasture mixers 💕 love your work and I couldn’t agree more
Great information!! I’m in a Australia and we feed 5x4 round bales of hay 24/7 in slow feeding hay net. I only give a bucket of feed after they’ve worked. It’s basically only beet pulp to be able to mix in and a vitamin/mineral mix for my local area. Plus salt. Keep it basic. If horses need energy/weight/topline add some alfalfa hay and they should be looking amazing. We also feed alfalfa while we tack up, this neutralises stomach acids to help prevent ulcers.
Amazing! Makes some much sense! I avoid inflammatory oils, so I love the idea of doing the same for our horses! Thank you for sharing!
My head spun when you mentioned the MTHFR gene!! I have a mutation in this gene as well and it’s an under tested issue.. thank you for sharing!! You’re amazing & such an inspiration!
Great video. My father has always stressed more hay! Farm always fed very little grain. We buy the best hay we can horses have free choice hay 24/7. Great research.
I SO needed this video today. Perfect information at the perfect time.
I have always fed hay only. Every now and then rolled oat added due to cold temps.
The information in this vlog shouldn't have been free! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! 🧡🧡🧡
Fallon, you are spot on!!! 👏 great job
I love seeing you improving your ethics! lovely to see a top lvl barrel racer doing good for their horses! next step barefoot and bites
I no longer barrel race...and now compete/ride distance competitive trail. In the past year we too have eliminated grain and feed a mix of bermuda hay, alfalfa hay, and of course pasture in season. We do give 1# soaked alfalfa pellets Am/PM to carry the Vermont blend that we also use. VERY interesting to see you now doing basically the same. Our horses are doing very well on this regimen.
Love it!! We have always free feed our horses and overall they are very healthy! When I first went off to college I was having a hard time with certain foods. Got tested and learned my blood type, learned I have to eat differently. Feeling so so much better! You do your research ☺👍 Respect the science!
I was so pumped to see my name pop up on your video. I have a recently diagnosed horse with PSSM so I’ve been going down a RABBIT HOLE on nutrition and I’m still tweaking. One of things I use is Costco Organic Chia seeds for the Omega. I’m also looking into Stable Feeds Spirulina Chia that helps the immune system. Awesome video and I can’t wait to see your next video. Hopefully some day I can see you and Cody make a run.
I started down that hole about 12 years ago with my daughter. You never stop learning. The NTA and NANP have great resources and courses.
THANK YOU for making this vlog!! I hope this can help influence more of the performance and horse world in general to look into how conventional feeds could be affecting their horses. My personal horses have never had anything other than a forage diet. Love love love the effort you’ve put into your horse’s health! 🤍🤍
So proud of you thanks for putting this out🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Loved this! I've been trying to move this way, as even a small amount of grain has been causing ulcers for one of my gals. Forage only (plus a couple of Redmond products) and she has been doing amazing for a year now. Hope to continue learning and maybe do some more research into what you talked about today! Thank you :)
For pastures should do soil testing to see minerals in soil, forages can only provide the minerals they take up from the soil.
We raise cattle and grow alfalfa. We have been feeding our Mama's pure alfalfa and pasture, with salt/trace mineral. Always 0 calving problems and healthy babies. In this drought, we had to switch to a grain hay and supplement with protein tubs. Last year was the first time we had health issues and calves getting stuck. And the health issues were due to lack of certain vitamins and minerals. I'm a firm believer in high quality mixes of forage to keep our animals healthy.
EXCELLENT video!! I work for Silver Lining Herbs and we get calls daily from wonderful people who have horses (and dogs!) that are struggling with Metabolic/IR issues. Molasses is a by-product and really only added to enhance the palatability of feed, not to mention that it also feeds the bad bacteria in an existing ulcer or lesion. And, yes, many pelleted feeds and other supplements on the market still contain molasses, so I always encourage folks to become avid label readers! Thank you, thank you, thank you for such great information, Fallon!!
Love this, absolutely sound advice!
Research, test, go as whole foods as possible!! Years ago, when grain was fed, it was whole grain! Not processed! Find out what is best for each horse!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Currently on this journey! It needed to be said!!
My horses are definitely and have been grain free for about 2 years. Best thing ever!
I’m so glad to hear you advocating for this! I been researching for a long time and we started doing the same about a year ago and are noticing big changes. Thanks to your video, I’m going to follow up with adding testing to see if we are missing anything. Great info and on point video!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This was one of the BEST informative videos I have seen that is straight forward on what we are putting into our barrel horses.
Also use Bentonite Clay to pull heavy metals from your horse.. they love it
I have trained showjumping horses and sometimes i had to train them heavily and have only given my horses normal hay, straw, crushed barley, crushed oats and bran, Never had serious health problems. I know people who pay loads for "special" mixes and they almost need an in house vet. If you open a bag of horse food and it smells of fish you know what you can except. About the coughing you can give your horse elderberry syrup. My mother makes a few buckets of it every year and it goes mostly to the horses but when i have a cough i have occasionally been seen sipping from the same bottle of elderberry syrup i fed my horses with
I love you Fallon! Thank you for doing the footwork and sharing your knowledge with us! I met you in Davie, Fl & you are a wonderful person! Thanks for the UA-cam’s & Podcasts!
Thank you for explaining this! Everyone at the barn or my horse friends think I am crazy for doing this!! My filly has never had grain or anything but forage and she is amazing!!
I have fed hygain showtorque for years. I had a horse that colic’d constantly. A rep from hygain which is in Australia, happened to be at my feed store. He gave me some of this feed to try. My horse never colic’d again. It’s all natural, grain free. I feed a very small amount with free choice hay that is a mix of tift 85 and alfalfa. A Free choice salt block and one ounce of Comega oul per day and my horses have never been healthier. A mainly forage diet is the best, but a horses diet is dependent on the region they’re originally from. ie my quarter horse comes from Montana. She now lives in Georgia. Water, grass, weather…it all plays a big part in dietary needs.
Fallon you are a wealth of knowledge, we believe everything that we are told to be gospel with no research, Tku for taking time out to share this info 👌🙏🙏
This was crazy fascinating! I don’t have horses (yet) but I love videos like this. Of course consult professionals first, but I would love to see you put more videos like this out there! Cheering for you Fallon!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video
I thoroughly enjoyed it! And totally agree.
Love the science you bring into it.
Solid information. Great video and totally agree. It takes some trial and error to see what works best for each horse. Thanks for sharing!
We love this amazing video. We are super proud of you and doing a lot of research for you and for your amazing horses .I will do my own research for my horses to . Thanks for the amazing advice and amazing help and research . I hope to meet you and your horses in person someday this year and We are fans of you Fallon Taylor forever. From Angela & Amy & Jessica .
I love this! I do feed some grain (Tribute), but I’ve increased my forage (hay and Standlee pellets). I have an IR laminitic horse that is full forage, Timothy pellets and soaked hay as I had it tested and it was higher in NSC than I was comfortable with. All my horses have 24h access to hay.
Thank you!!! Any updates along the way would be appreciated. ❤❤❤
I have not fed grain for years now. Natural fertilizer grass and hay are the best food for horses and cattle.
I use Standly for my rabbits because of the compressed bale as well as Standly straw chopped or compressed. I by at tractor supply
Could you do a video on what you feed your broodmares, specifically when they are in foal ?
Another amazing thing to look into is free choice minerals! It’s amazing to me to see what they go after some weeks, and then the next week it’s a totally different mineral! ❤️
You’ve done your homework lady❤ Love of the Horse❤
thank you Ms. Fallon. started on a relentless equine diet research when our mare tested postitive for cushings. thank you for all the links you shared, will research on. God bless you and your family.
I am so glad more people are become aware of these topics!!
So the research I've read indicates that enteroliths in horses are primarily formed in horses on an all alfalfa diet. Changing to a mixed forage diet is one of the suggested solutions. One thing I would be concerned about would be balancing the essential nutrients that are not found in hay.
I love that you share all ur findings from research. THANKS
Thank you so much for this info. I have been thinking about going to a forage diet for my horses but was skeptical. This was very informative and gave me more things to research and try out.
Yes vegetable oils are super high omega 6 which causes inflammation in the body. It saddened me to see someone in my barn feeding that to their horse as a cheap weight gain ‘supplement’.
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing your honest opinion. Very interesting perspective. I’ll do some research, but again thank you.
Easily one of my favorite videos you have ever done
I just have pleasure horses, but I stopped feeding any grain or senior feed, they have Timothy hay and some alfalfa available all day plus pasture, my mares are 22, and 25, they didn't lose any weight this winter, I do give them 2 ounces of Smart Earth Camelina oil, and have noticed a huge difference with their skin, coats, joints and mood.
Thank you for that, I learned alot an appreciated all the time you put into figuring all this all for everyone.
You are such an inspiration to me. I love your videos. I’m also a barrel racer.
I've had horses for 44 years and have always done forage only.
Love this. We all need to do better! My gelding only gets pelleted supplements as our forage and soil within a 3-4 hour radius is all deficient in certain vitamins that can cause neuro issues so its something we need to watch out for
thank you! im still young and am planning on getting my second horse and it was good for me to watch this video.
Makes sense. Feed a horse what they've been eating for centuries. A foragers they would pick and choose different types of feed while roaming all day.
Me... devastated that our horses have no choice but to drink effluent water with limited supply to grazing grass let alone hay.. you are so so blessed..
Do you give your horses vaccinations?