WELL I FED OATS FOR YEARS & WAS VERY SATISFIED WITH THEM. THEN AFTER I CAME UP HERE THEY GOT SO EXPENSIVE SO I CHANGED TO SOMETHING ELSE & HAVE BEEN VERY SATISFIED. I THINK THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH OATS & ALL OF MY HORSES DID VERY WELL ON THEM. I KEPT OUT MINERAL SALT, THE LITTLE RED BRICKS, FED COASTAL HAY & THEY HAD PASTURE. KEPT THEM WORMED. SOME OF THESE WERE HORSES THAT I WAS HAULING. OTHER THAN PRICE I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OATS OR NEVER DID. WARS