Am i feeding enough or too much?!

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Hi everyone,
Just a quick question to check if i should be changing the amount im feeding my lad.

Currently hes on:
Just under half a scoop of D&H suregrow, i know this bit is right since i phoned D&H and they advised this.
He's also on, just over a quater scoop of sugar beet and the same amount of alfa a.

The scoop is a round one, just so you get an idea of how much im on about!!!

He's currently about 12hh, and just approaching 6 months old.
The pic below is of him about 2 weeks ago, he's beefed up a little bit since we got him. CC welcome and encouraged!!!

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Thanks!!
xx
 
what a sweetie.my youngsters do very well on what yours have but they have a scoop of beet and a scoop of alfa-a,i have 4 on a 9acre field out 24/7.
 
Oh he's cute! How big do you expect him to make? Just wondering as I have recently taken on a foal but we have no idea how big she will make. She is roughly 6 months old and is approximately 12.1hh.

I am feeding her twice a day, in each feed she gets

a scoop (small square one) of young stock cubes
a scoop of Alfa A Oil
and pink powder

She doesn't look as well as your boy but is slowly putting on weight, she was really thin when I got her as she was living out on the hills.
 
I wouldn't feed him any more than he's on personally. just plenty of hay.

My filly developed a growth disorder and I was advised to drop both the balancer and the Alfa-a imediately because the balancer combined with the alfa-a was so rich. If he is well covered you could swap the alfa-a for hi-fi or hi-fi lite...
 
Can't comment on the diet although sounds fine to me think the alfa a is high in calcium so would make sense that you feed it as he is growing.

Can comment on the fact he is georgeous, fantatiscally marked and quality with it, can't wait to see how he matures, I think he is going to be very striking.
 
on researching common causes of growth disorders alfa-alfa is always near the top of the list as one of the things to cut. BTW, I don't believe my filly's diet was responsible for her condition as she wasn't on it long enough, but I don't think it helped.

My vet advised that grass and hay over here is so rich compared to the states and Australia where a lot of the stud balancers etc originated from (buckeye gro'n'win' being one of the first) so these alone should be sufficient in terms of nutritional quality to sustain a growing youngster. My filly has been on SOAKED hay for the last 11 months and still continued to grow. thus reinforcing his opinion.
 
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