Anyone tried this supplement?

[vicm2509]

http://www.equinehealthsussex.co.uk/shopping.php?itemID=44

If not would you be tempted to? I am trying to get extra condition on Baron. He is doing well on the soaked oats, alfa oil and speedi beet diet, I add NAF Pink powder aswell as sunflower oil (only started sunflower oil last week). I dont want to stop the pink powder as its doing wonders for his digestive system but wondered if I would be overloading him if I added this? I would like him to gain a little weight and general condition. I upped his oats last week. Our grazing is quite poor so he ends up more bloated rather than gaining weight. He has been in say 4 out of 7 days over the winter as fields so bad he kept getting mud fever, they have dried out now but as hes not getting a constant supply of good hay all day hes dropped weight in the last 3-4 weeks but I would rather he was out than kept in his stable in this weather. Hes in at night on adlib hay.

These people also have a shop on ebay which is where I initally saw it advertised.

 

[Maesfen]

Haven't heard of it, sorry!

But have you thought of adding stud cubes to his diet? Baileys are very good for weight gain, have used them lots of times and the cubes don't make them fizzy either.
There is also Barley Rings by Burgess I think; they are excellent, you can either feed them as a mash or just as an added extra to the feed. These have the advantage of linseed in them which is great for weightgain and shiny skin. I think Simple Systems do a powdered Linseed too.
Of course, you could also use one of my favourites, Blue Chip which should do wondes for the digestive system too so you could drop the Pink Powders.
A few suggestions for you to be getting on with!

 

[piebaldsparkle]

One of the girls up the yard feeds this (instead of a general vit and min supplement) to her four horses (we can buy it from our local feed merchants), they all look fab, but don't know how much condition it would help add. Might be better off with just Linseed.

 

[Always_late]

Looks interesting. I might give this a try, we have a stressy TB/Han mare who worries her weight off but she only has a small frame anyway. Do you soak your hay? It gives them less of a gassy belly when soaked for about 10 minutes just to reduce dust content.

 

[vicm2509]

I dont really soak it, I do however tip a bucket of water over it and hang it outside until it stops dripping if that counts?

 

[KatB]

HAvent heard anything other than good stuff for it. A friend spoke to one of the people who originally came up with it and was VERY impressed. Ponio looking very well on it and he is a little TB.