My dad bought a brisket and we don't know how to cook itOur oven is broken and we don't have a slow cookerSo what we're looking at doin is cooking it on our gas grill in either foil or one of those aluminum pansIts about a pound and a half (1.68 pounds)How should we go about cooking it and for how long? I understand we really should be smoking or braising it, but we can't do either.
I've had a LOT of old timers and this formula has worked for all of them throughout the yearsOne thing to add is that if you're feeding those small alfalfa bales I've seen when I had some horses come in from OK, then double the flakes of hay on this formulaI'm in California and if I have a horse who's starting to look a bit ribby or I've purchased some rack of bones, I go out and buy a 50LB sack of AM (Ground alfafa and molasses) (In the mid west they use beet pulp BUT I've been informed that you HAVE to add water to it or it will swell in a horse's belly causing colic), dump it into a tub or feeder in the horse's stall, then top it with some rolled barley corn that is mixed with corn oil and apple cider vinegar(I feed a 3LB coffee can of the barley corn mixture once a day.) The horse will normally devour the first couple of bags of AM, but then they will slack off as they get used to it (Never had an issue with colic or founder)I haven't fed oats or any mixed feed in decades, basically because I've had running horses and TBs I'm trying to keep quiet, so I feed the rolled barley corn mixture to them for weight, NOT heatI also give my horses a hot bran mash twice a week with a 1/2 CUP of apple cider vinegar and corn oil (I can mix the barleycorn into it.)I feed 1/2 a 3 LB coffee can of red wheat flakey bran and add enough water to it so that it looks like oatmeal in consistancyI make sure that they get 2 flakes of alfafa hay per feeding.
Try rice branIt has the highest fat content of any of those basic feedsIt has 1/3 more calories per weight than beet pulpIt can also be fed in bulk without worry of colicSenior is also good as it is highly digestible and designed for older horses(it's a complete feed, meaning that you don't HAVE to supplement with hay, although I wouldBut my point is that you can work them up on it pretty quickly without worry of colic)Personally, I would mix the senior and rice branI have an older horse that is a hard keeper and I put her on 3 pounds of rice bran and 3 pounds of senior a day (all at once)If she is on a weight gaining regimen, I will give her another pound or 2 of each at a separate feedingRice bran often comes in a loose, flaky form that you have to soak, but some companies make it in pelleted formYou don't have to soak the pellets (unless you want to), your horse can eat them just like any other grainNutrena makes one called Empower, which is pretty easy to find in most places.
i would say to just keep what your doing and mabey when the weather gets colder try and keep her in as much as possible
If her teeth have not been floated lately that would be a really good start to help make sure she's getting the most out of her feedIf possible I would give her as much good quality grass hay as she can eatThe senior feed will help as is higher digestibilityI also recommend stabilized rice bean or flax seed to put weight onBoth are fantasticYou can also try beet pulp if she'll eat it(you'll have to soak it.) Getting that foal off of her will have stopped the drain on her systemThe blanket was also a good ideaSo she will hopefully begin to bounce back quicklyIf she doesn't seem to be gaining fairly quickly, I would have a vet do some blood tests to check out her metabolism, etcGood Luck!
