Question for horse people about rolled oats
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You do not want to eat the horse rolled oats, just one look at it will tell it's it's completely different than the kind you have in your pantry!
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http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horsecare/article.php?aid=35292
Livestock oats do normally have the hull still on them, and oat hulls are difficult to remove (and totally inedible for us, not to mention nasty in your mouth!). There are machines that will hull oats -- that's how they hull the oats they use for making oatmeal, or oat flour, for human consumption. The machinery is expensive, though. Back when people used to grow their own oats to eat, they grew naked oats, or hulless oats. But these have a lower yield than the hulled varieties, so aren't grown commercially in large amounts.
Livestock oats do normally have the hull still on them, and oat hulls are difficult to remove (and totally inedible for us, not to mention nasty in your mouth!). There are machines that will hull oats -- that's how they hull the oats they use for making oatmeal, or oat flour, for human consumption. The machinery is expensive, though. Back when people used to grow their own oats to eat, they grew naked oats, or hulless oats. But these have a lower yield than the hulled varieties, so aren't grown commercially in large amounts.
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Yes--they will eat them. I have tossed out handfuls for the ladies and they like them.
Yes--they will eat them. I have tossed out handfuls for the ladies and they like them.
My flock/herd loves oats.Its like candy to them.
It cost more for rolled oats but just about all livestock and wild birds love them! Better than corn! High in fiber as well!
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