Name: Buckeye Nutrition Foal Starter Milk-Based Pelleted Horse Feed
Brand: Buckeye Nutrition
SKU: 160478
Price: 57.98 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8261 (23 reviews)

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Easily digestible and palatable diet specifically designed for foals under three months of age.
Free-choice creep feed for foals transitioning from nursing.
Provides essential vitamins and trace minerals to support healthy growth and development.
Contains higher levels of vitamins E and C and selenium to help optimize the foal's natural immune defenses.
Milk-based pelleted feed aids in minimizing the occurrence of DODs (developmental orthopedic diseases).

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Buckeye Nutrition Foal Starter Milk-Based Pelleted Horse Feed is an easily digestible and palatable diet specifically designed for foals under the age of three months. This milk-based feed is ideal for foals transitioning from nursing and aids in compensating for the natural decrease in production of milk during lactation. It also provides essential vitamins and trace minerals to help support healthy growth and development. Buckeye Nutrition Foal Starter Milk-Based Pelleted Horse Feed contains high levels of vitamins E and C and selenium to help optimize your foal's natural immune defenses and keep them healthy.

Specifications

Item Number	160478
Weight	50 pounds
Food Form	Pellets
Special Diet	Molasses-Free

Precautions

Foal Starter should be the only feed offered to all nursing foals because the young foal's digestive system digests milk-based products better than cereal grains and protein. By three to four months of age, other enzymes develop which allows forage, oats, corn and soybeans to be more efficiently utilized.

Nutritional Information

Ingredients

Steam Rolled Oats, Soybean Meal, Dried Whey, Wheat Middlings, Dried Beet Pulp. Calcium Carbonate, Stabilized Milled Flaxseed. Salt, L-Lysine, Active Dried Culture, Magnesium Oxide, Vitamin E Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Selenium Yeast, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin, Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein	18.0% min
Lysine	1.25% min
Methionine	0.35% min
Threonine	0.80% min
Crude Fat	6.00% min
Crude Fiber	5.00% max
Acid Detergent Fiber	7.00% max
Neutral Detergent Fiber	13.50% max
NSC (Starch plus Sugar)	36.50% max
Calcium	0.80% min
Calcium	1.30% max
Phosphorus	0.75% min
Potassium	0.90% min
Copper	90 ppm min
Zinc	140 ppm min
Selenium	0.40 ppm min
Vitamin A	3,500 IU/lb min
Vitamin D	350 IU/lb min
Vitamin E	200 IU/lb min
Omega-6 Fatty Acids	2.70% min
Omega-3 Fatty Acids	0.40% min

Feeding Instructions

When a foal shows an interest in eating dry feed, provide FOAL STARTER. This may occur as soon as one week after birth and will depend on how much milk the mare produces. FOAL STARTER should be the only feed offered to all nursing foals because the young foal's digestive system digests milk-based products better than cereal grains and protein. By three to four months of age, other enzymes develop which allows forage, oats, corn, and soybeans to be more efficiently utilized. Nursing foals should have free choice access to FOAL STARTER and should eat 1 lb/100 lb of body weight each day. See chart below:

Foal Type	Age	Feeding Rate	Average Daily Consumption
All nursing, orphaned, or rejected foals consuming Mare's Milk Plus	Nursing to 3-4 months*	Free choice	1-lb per 100-lb body weight
Orphaned or rejected foals (as sole diet)	Up to 3-4 months*	Free choice	2-lb per 100-lb body weight

Transition to BUCKEYE Nutrition Growth or GRO 'N WIN at 3-4 months of age. Provide clean, fresh water at all times.

Transition Instructions

Gradual weaning from Mare’s Milk Plus should begin at six weeks of age and be completed by ten weeks of age. At this time, Foal Starter is the only dry feed to be offered free-choice. After three months of age, a growth ration such as Gro 'N Win or Buckeye Nutrition Growth should be gradually introduced into the diet.

Questions & Answers

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5 Customer Questions

Could this be used as a milk pellet for baby goats to start transitioning to grain?

Answer by • Feb 10, 2023

The Foal Starter should be OK for a baby goat transitioning to grain. Be sure to keep in mind the feeding directions – for a horse, 1 lb. of Foal Starter per 100 lbs. of body weight is recommended. A baby goat won’t weigh anywhere near 100 lbs., so reduce the recommended feeding rate accordingly (i.e. if the goat weighs 10 lbs. (10% of 100), feed about 45 grams (10% of 1 lb., or 10% of 454 g) of Foal Starter.)

Our filly is one eel old. Can she chew this?

Answer by • May 05, 2022

This feed is specifically designed for foals under three months of age.

Can this product be fed to nursing mares?

Answer by • Jun 03, 2020

This horse feed is suitable for all nursing, orphaned or rejected foals.

Could I use this on a young goat?

Answer by • May 11, 2020

This food is intended for horses.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

By TRISHA on May 25, 2023

FINALLY, EATING IT LIKE CANDY,

MAKES MY LIFE SO MUCH EASIER. RECOMMEND 100%. BEEN TRYING FOR 12 DAYS TO GET NEWBORN ON LIQUID REPLACER.

By HorseVetClinicOwner on May 9, 2023

Foal Starter Buckeye

Great product. Very happy with the nutritional aspects of product. Very palatable for the foal. Highly recommend.

By Cody on Oct 11, 2022

Great stuff

Great stuff. Orphaned filly loves it. Has helped her tremendously transition from bottle to feed. Fast shipping. Awesome customer service!

By LoveOfMustangs on Jul 5, 2022

Great Start for Foals, Minus the Smell

I supplemented my filly's diet with this after she was about a month old. She would NOT eat it at first. I stuck my face near it and realized that it smelled awful, like PlayDoh. I got creative and sprinkled Farnam's Apple Electrolytes on it and now she loves the stuff. She is growing fast and strong and when she's done with this bag, I'll probably transition her to Buckeye's "Growth" feed.

By Lovemycolt on Apr 14, 2022

Really impressed!!

I am very happy Buckeye Nutrition came up with a product for foals that lost their momma and refusing to take a bottle. He has been eating this product for a 3wks now and he is happy, healthy foal.

By Emperez52 on Nov 24, 2021

Yummy Stuff

All of my Foals Love a Little Snack of this Daily! They Gobble it down & look Fantastic! Feeding this Product up to their 5-6 month, to help with Weaning & their Pre-Sale Look!

By jae1 on Jun 2, 2021

foal starter

colt eating it with no issues. Fed dry and colt would drink water and make it into a slurry feed. Still ate it up. Colt when started on it was less than 2 months old. Still eating it and also giving other colt that is on a mare some to get her started eating grain and hope to help not pull mare down more.

By MOONBEAMPAPS on Apr 19, 2021

FEEDING THE BUCKEYE NUTRITION FOAL STARTER

We have a mini foal that was rejected by Momma and we are feeding Ultra 24 milk replacer every 3 hours we bought the buck eye milk starter and put in a bowl a small amount after two weeks she is nibbling it when the bottles dont come our hope is at night she will eat this. We baby her not letting her be in rain the main think feeding a baby foal is not to when you bottle feed to elevate the bottle if the milk goes in the lungs it will die from pneumonia keep the bottle on the level let the baby suck .BE CAREFUL AND HOPEFULLY AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS YOUR FOAL WILL START EATING BUCKEYE BUT BOTTLE FEEDING IS WHAT IS NEEDING FOR A LONG TIME IF YOU LOVE YOUR BABY AND WE DO

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

By Dorie on Mar 24, 2021

No one will eat this

I bought this for my orphan foal who lost her mom at birth. I can't get her to touch it. She eats everything but this. I tried giving it to the older horses and they all hate it.

By Speck on Jul 30, 2020

Perfect and easy

Wonderful small pellets that are easy to feed young foals either dry or wet. Foal looks fantastic .

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FINALLY, EATING IT LIKE CANDY,

Foal Starter Buckeye

Great stuff

Great Start for Foals, Minus the Smell

Really impressed!!

Yummy Stuff

foal starter

FEEDING THE BUCKEYE NUTRITION FOAL STARTER

No one will eat this

Perfect and easy

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Buckeye Nutrition Foal Starter Milk-Based Pelleted Horse Feed, 50-lb bag

Why Autoship?

About This Item

Details

See More

Nutritional Information

Feeding Instructions

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5 Customer Questions

ReviewsWrite a Review

23 Customer Reviews

FINALLY, EATING IT LIKE CANDY,

Foal Starter Buckeye

Great stuff

Great Start for Foals, Minus the Smell

Really impressed!!

Yummy Stuff

foal starter

FEEDING THE BUCKEYE NUTRITION FOAL STARTER

No one will eat this

Perfect and easy

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