FoalGro

Penny Nicol, owner/operator of Highland Wilderness Tours located in Bancroft, Ontario, is an equine lover and entrepreneur who fed her last group of foals on Grober Foal-Gro Milk Pellet.

According to Penny the Grober Foal-Gro Milk Pellet has made a great impact on her newborn foals and also on her business.

“The milk pellet was easy to teach them to eat and they were eating it quite early (three weeks after birth) because they liked the flavor.”

“They don’t hesitate to eat – when the pails are out, the noses are in the bucket, so it’s readily taken in, which eases the mind.”

“100% of the foals took to the feed very easily, there were NO negative responses to it.”

Penny and her husband run their business just outside of Algonquin Park, where they offer horseback riding all year long plus an assortment of activities such as hay and sleigh rides, guided snowmobile tours, ice fishing, snow shoeing, and skiing to name a few.

As you can imagine, they are very busy keeping things running.

A major concern for Penny is early weaning. For Penny and her business it’s important to get the mares back in service as soon as possible without compromising the foals health.

Thanks to Grober Foal-Gro Milk Pellet weaning this year was smooth and effortless.

“This pellet was long overdue – an exceptionally easy way to give the foals the nutrition they need for early weaning.

Early weaning is an issue everywhere because a horse is lost for the summer if the babies are left on [the mare] for four months – can’t put a value on having a mare back in service on time.

Two months wean date gave the foals the six weeks they needed with the mares – and the pellet/grain weaning ration gave them a very definite boost while being weaned early – obviously a good time frame because the mares milk was declining in value.”

“I definitely saw an improvement in body condition after one week weaned and because they were familiar with the pellet ahead of time they were weaned with far less stress (it was like a comfortable friend to them when all they wanted to do was nurse).”

“The babies definitely look better AFTER weaning than they did prior (they were weaned at between 6 and 8 weeks) probably because Mares milk declined in value and more nutrition in the grain/pellet mix.

Given with grain, the pellet eases your mind – there is a lot of guilt associated with weaning early and you can feel happy they are getting a milk replacement.”

For Penny the Grober Foal-Gro Milk Pellet is not only convenient due to its ease in feeding and storing, but the pellet is attributed to great looking foals that are nutritionally sound and mares that are back in service early.

These young foal’s are fed Grober Foal-Gro Milk Pellet. This shot was taken when they were 2 ¾ months old.

For more information about Penny and Highland Wilderness Tours please visit http://www.ridethewilderness.com , where you can view more photos just the one above.