Buckeye Nutrition Foal Starter Milk-Based Pelleted Horse Feed, 50-lb bag
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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.
Key Benefits- 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).
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.
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Item Number160478
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Weight50.0 pounds
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Food FormPellets
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Special DietMolasses-Free
Feeding Oat Meal, Heat-Processed Soybeans, Dried Whey, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Wheat Middlings, Maize Distillers Dried Grains, Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, L-Lysine, DL-Methionine, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Phosphate, Salt, Magnesium Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Cobalt Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Calcium Iodate, Selenium Yeast, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12, Choline Chloride, Ascorbic Acid, Dried Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Brewers Dried Yeast.
| 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 |
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 |
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| 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.
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.
Truly Field to Bucket Philosophy
Buckeye Nutrition believes the wholesome ingredients used in their formulas should follow the shortest path possible from the fertile North American fields where they are grown and harvested to your equine pal's feed bucket. This means that the ingredients maintain their optimum freshness and nutritional power come feeding time, offering the maximum health benefits for your horse's well-being. Thanks to trusted relationships with farmers, Buckeye Nutrition can help your pal enjoy the field-fresh nutrition he deserves, every day.
Science-Based Equine Nutrition
Every Buckeye Nutrition formula has been developed and lab-proven by expert equine nutritionists and professional animal scientists who know horses inside and out. Using a meticulous scientific approach, they labor in labs and test kitchens to bring your horse optimized, solution-based supplements and treats. These are backed by industry-leading research, and tailored to the diverse requirements of different breeds, horse types, and life stages—from the foal to the workhorse, athlete and farm companion.
100% Traceable Ingredients
Every ingredient in a Buckeye Nutrition treat or supplement can be traced back to its source—to the fertile Ohio soil where corn and soybeans are grown, or the Canadian plains where the premium oats are harvested. So you can trust that every soybean and kernel of corn or oat that goes into your horse's feed bucket has been grown with care, selected using the strictest quality standards and nutrient requirements, and sourced from only 100% traceable, certified suppliers in North America.
Stable-Proven Supplements
Buckeye Nutrition brings together supplements to meet the diverse needs of horse owners, from weight gain feed mix-ins for difficult feeders to electrolyte and mineral replenishment, milk replacers for growing foals, low-calorie nutritional support, and skin and coat enhancers. All of their research-proven formulations are developed under the guidance of equine nutritionists and contain no medicines, ionophores, mycotoxins, artificial flavors or competition-banned substances.
Treats for Esteemed Equine Tastes
Buckeye Nutrition knows that some horses have the pickiest tastes in the trails or fields, and that even during snack time, owners are conscientious about sound nutrition. That's why they formulate digestible and perfectly nutritious treats with no added sugar, and never any additives, preservatives or artificial flavorings. Whether as an everyday reward, during training, or to help promote healthy mobility with the joint support formula, your horse will love these tasty pellets. Plus, they're made with 100% traceable and North American sourced ingredients like apples, carrots, steamed oats and peppermint oil.
Ingredients Proven by Science, Loved by Horses
Buckeye Nutrition knows that horse owners want only the highest levels of nutrition for their horses, from the equine athlete to the farm pal, mare or growing foal. Using wholesome ingredients that are nutritionist approved and loved by horses, they ensure happy trails and tummies with every product.
Apples: Horses love this fruit that's also rich in vitamins and antioxidants.
Oats: Grown in the Canadian plains, they're part of a nutritionally balanced diet for your horse that helps provide wholesome energy.
Natural peppermint oil: Cooling, soothing, digestion-friendly, and has a refreshingly tasty flavor horses enjoy.
Wheat: A nutritious ingredient that helps add fiber, vitamins and minerals to your pal's daily feed.
Soybean: Grown in fertile Ohio fields, this vital protein source offers essential amino acids to maintain lean muscle and overall health.
Carrots: Loaded with vitamin A to promote healthy vision, a strong immune system, and a healthy coat.
Whey: A safe, easily digestible and highly bioavailable source of protein for growing foals.
Flaxseeds: Helps support skin and coat health with anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids.
About Buckeye Nutrition
Buckeye Nutrition has been making horse lovers' passion their purpose for over a century, providing best-in-class equine nutritional solutions since 1910. With more than 100 years of experience in enriching the lives of horses and horse owners alike, you can trust that every product is backed by an equine-loving legacy of expertise in horse nutrition and wellness. Their promise to you—and your horse—is that every formula is made with 100% traceable and North American-sourced ingredients, from the field to the feed bucket.
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Della - abandoned at birth
By HowlinWolfBorzoi on Apr 22, 2020
We recommend using this in combination with Buckeye powdered mares milk for orphan or abandoned foals. Our foal nibbles at it, we hang a bucket so she has it available at all times. The bag has lasted her first 2 months and more left. The price is very reasonable to help ensure she gets proper nutrition.
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Perfect and easy
By Speck on Jul 30, 2020
Wonderful small pellets that are easy to feed young foals either dry or wet. Foal looks fantastic .
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orphan foal eats this very good
By fuzzypants on Jun 15, 2020
Excellent product and the orphan foal i have loves this the value is also very important and this is very good value, Chewy ships so fast and thats very important to me
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Picky foal loves it!
By Courtney on Jul 15, 2020
I recently lost my mare and her foal was 2 mo. old. He wasn't wanting to drink the milk replacer. He loves the pellets!
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Best product I have ever used!
By Healthy on May 27, 2020
Buckeye Nutrition is the best product and company i have ever used! In a dyer situation they eased our minds and produce a superior product to raise orphaned foals!
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Foal Milk Pellets
By tsrieks on Apr 22, 2020
Great option if your mare is not producing enough milk. Loaded with vitamins, minerals, amino acids.
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Our babies loved this!
By horsemedic on Apr 23, 2020
My sister and I adopt nurse mare foals and they love this!
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My colt loves this
By Gypsycolt on Oct 10, 2019
Bought a 4 month old colt, been taken off it's mother at 3 months. Looking very poor. Ordered this product and doing good! Eats it like candy. Highly recommend.
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Foal starter
By MKquarter on Jun 19, 2019
I’ve always used progressive foal starter and my local feed store sold the bags they ordered for me leaving me with none. I’ve fed Buckeye before and felt it was better quality than progressive and I was happy to find this at chewy. And how convenient...I don’t even have to leave the house to get it. Foals love it and do great on it. It doesn’t push them and gives them all the nutrients they need.
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My foals love it
By Katie on Jul 9, 2019
I have rescued orphan nurse foals and I really like the pellets. Easy to feed and they don’t spoil like the milk. My babies love them too. Be careful with ordering sometimes they cancel them because I guess people resale them and they need you to verify your address more often.