After the dog thread, I am curious - what supplements do you feed?

AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
It sounds like yours get plenty from their grazing, but just be careful with this as the feeding rate to have it work as a complete feed are rather a lot! I realised that as I wasn't feeding enough, or intending to, I was essentially buying an expensive chaff so swapped to a chaff at half the price per bag!
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Oh, I'm aware. I see it as supplementing the grazing, rather than replacing, though. They're out 24/7 and also get hay. I did get gelding tested as part of investigations leading to PSSM1 diagnosis, and certainly everything was fine on the panel they used. I would feed a basic chaff, but I do think gelding needs a bit more and I need to hide bute for the mare! Chaff just gets thrown everywhere. Fussy sods.
 
AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
It sounds like yours get plenty from their grazing, but just be careful with this as the feeding rate to have it work as a complete feed are rather a lot! I realised that as I wasn't feeding enough, or intending to, I was essentially buying an expensive chaff so swapped to a chaff at half the price per bag!


Out of interest, did you get your grazing tested?
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no i got my hay tested (and its semi consistent -same field, same guy, same seed, same fertiliser etc) but worked based off what i was seeding my pasture with and which combo of hay/grass/balancer gave the best feet/coat/guts so a bit by eye
 
My mare gets pure balance (which contains pretty much all she needs) plus clarity which (hopefully) helps her asthma

I wish I could get supplements into my 31 yr old gelding, but he appears to have the scenting ability of a hound and treats anything with a supplement in as poison! The main one I'd like him to have is micronised linseed to help his condition, but having tried it various ways I've had to give up. I am about to try sneaking pure veteran mix into his feed so he at least gets a balancer...
 
14 year old warmblood
- Progressive Earth Pro Hoof Platinum
- extra Magnesium oxide (when lots of grass)
- Mycosorb A
- 50ml table salt
- 100ml oily herbs
- Yeasty Magic (pre and probiotic)
- extra vitamin E once little grass
- 100ml hedgerow herbs (once little grass)

Sprouted oats
home grown milk kefir
 
9 year old TBX connemara competing at meduim and sj/arena eventing 90cm

Baileys performance balancer
hedgerow herbs in winter.

20 year connemara now a hacking pony after a full competition career.
Baileys performance balancer
Feedmark bestflex HA
hedgerow herbs in winter
 
Mine gets:
- salt
- milk thistle
- oily herbs plus nettle, dandelion, rosehips, mint
- Equimins advance complete (just switched over from FP and am delighted at how easily it's eaten!)

I've taken him off devils claw and boswellia to see what impact there has been. So far not really any change.
 
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