A&P weight gain.....

[mulledwhine]

my supplier only had a bag of build up left so took that, plus a bag aof A &P weight gain.

My question is what do you think of it, my boy is nearly 30, have tried a&p calm and condition, it did more harm than good, so I am really worried about weight gain'.

He is really starting to look good except for top line which is slowly coming in.

My thoughts are to split the feeds of both, what are your experiences of 'weight gain'?

 

[ladyt25]

We used weight gain on my sisters horse when we got him as he was a slightly underweight. It did seem to work very well although made his wee smell a fair bit - think due to the protein in it.

We have had our oldies on A&P old faithful and that works very well at keeping weight on. I don't know what you mean saying it did more harm than good, mayvbe there is some cereal in the feed your horse can't tolerate?

All in all I have found the A&P feeds very palatable and they seem to do the job so hopefully you'll find the weight gain does him good.

 

[Berkeley]

I have been using this for my 20yr old mare through the winter. It worked ok. I think you need to use allot for it to have any major effect. I didn't notice a massive difference. I have decided to change her feed now to a veteran mix.

 

[mulledwhine]

I have been using this for my 20yr old mare through the winter. It worked ok. I think you need to use allot for it to have any major effect. I didn't notice a massive difference. I have decided to change her feed now to a veteran mix.

I think the same, everyone says to only use one scoop of A & P but reading the bag suggestions, I will have to use at leat 3, twice a day

So I have just been making it up and using it along side my normal feed.

To the other poster ( sorry forget your name) I think it was the lack of barley in C & C that his sysytem did not like, he dropped weight in days.

He his looking great thought compared to last year, except for top line, perhaps that comes with age!!!!