Feed store supplies

[victory]

I am not at all a horse person, I have owned and loved several horses in my life, but am not at all in the know about what to stock at the feed store for horses.

So here's a question for all you fine horse people out there...what would you like to see at your local feed store on the shelf for horses...This is a partial cross post from the goat section..I did get my head nipped at a bit by some non well wishers, so not looking for grouchy replies, just friendly ideas...
Thanks so much in advance!!

[GrannyCarol]

I've bought rice bran, feed tubs, brushes, halters, hoofpicks, horse blankets when we had our horse. Probably other stuff too, but that comes to mind at the moment.

[wildhorse]

Endure fly spay,grooming blocks,vet wrap,hoof picks a good selection of dewormers, Chlorhexadine, and several types of feed a standard feed for pasture ornaments,mare and foal type feed,senior feed,and about a 12 percent feed with high fat continent.

[ErinP]

--Wormers (three different varieties, at least*)
--Sweet feed
--specific diet feeds (like Equine Senior, Omolena, etc. The REALLY common ones to start with, like Senior)
--fly spray(s*)
--joint supplements and weight builders*

--hoof picks (*and maybe rasps and knives, if you're so inclined)
--brushes and curry combs (which don't look like a comb at all. Why are they called that??)


Emergency repairs:
-- halters and lead ropes (if you can only afford the basics, just get those rope halters with the attached leads. You wanna be an emergency store, not a tack shop, I assume)
--carry one or two headstalls. The cheap ones. Again, you're just for an emergency "my horse pulled back and broke my headstall" type of thing.
--one or two sets of cheap reins. Same reason.
--off billet strap.
--saddle strings


*Only stock these items if you're in a fairly populated area. A small population will already be driving to a retail trade center for this stuff so it's probably not worth your while at first.

[Minelson]

Loose minerals for horses. Saline and non-steroidal eye ointment. vet wrap. Universal fencing supplies for repairs. MTG for skin issues and rain rot. Epsom salts.

[lamoncha lover]

beat pulp pellets, rice bran, an all grain feed w/o lots of molasses, wormer, koppertox, hoof moisturizer(a cheaper kind)
hoof picks, vet wrap, brushes(coarse, med, soft)
I always love to look at bridles, halters and ropes.
My pet peeve is the store in our town seems to have a difficult time keeping stocked. So say if they run out of beat pulp which is a daily thing at my house I have to drive 15 miles to the nearest source. And since there prices are a tiny bit higher then the out of town store ..while I am picking up the item they didnt have I buy all my other stuff. So they lose all my business. and eventually I just stop going there.
so what ever you do decide to carry when it involves feed make sure you are stocked. People don't like to change there feed around once they find something that works for them.
good luck:>)

[Rogo]

I've had most of my stuff for many years, so there's only a few things I get at the feed store -- Strongpoint Maintenance dog food; Perma-Guard Fossil Shell Flour diatomaceous earth (DE); Mountain Sunrise all Bermuda horse pellets for my mule; Bermuda hay for my pigs and poultry.