Eating Habits

Deuce is funny about his grain. He is quite eager at feeding time; he looks anxiously for the ones that feed him to get to his stall and sometimes even paws at the door and neighs his little high pitched whinny neigh. He gets his hay, then his grain and dives in like any normal horse. But in the mornings, he gets about 3/4 of the way through his grain and leaves it for his hay!! That's a new one to me! Most horses will clean up every last bit of the tasty grain before thinking about hay... but Deuce must like leftovers.  When he is turned out in the morning after his hay is gone, there is still grain in his feeder and when he is brought back to his stall in the late afternoon he must enjoy his afternoon snack, because by dinnertime at night, his feeder is empty again.
maybe he is just that clever.... =)