Balancer swap?

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When I got my horse last summer he was a bit reluctant to eat hard feed, chaff was a real no and he didn’t really need hard feed to hold weight so I used up a bag of Spillers lite balancer on him. He loved it and looked amazing, really shiny. I spoke to Spillers and said I didn’t feel he was the ideal candidate for a weight loss balancer but they said if he’s doing well and the right weight don’t change, So I just kept him on it.
He now has a handful of chaff, half a scoop of nuts and the balancer, along with biotin and cortaflex.
These days he will happily eat more.
Really some of the ingredients in the Spillers balancer aren’t my idea of perfect so I’d wondered about swapping it to the progressive earth powder.
Hoof quality is something I’m keen to improve, his feet are vastly better but I hope can still improve yet.
Which is the popular one everyone feeds?
Would I still need to feed the extra biotin (I use the Equimins one) alongside or is the pro earth already a better supplement for feet?
I’m half thinking it’s not broke no need to fix it but the other half still isn’t keen on the fact I’m feeding molasses etc
 

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Pro Balance is my usual from Progressive Earth but if I have something that needs a bit extra or has any feet concerns I do one bag of Pro Hoof.

Pro Hoof is the higher spec. There may even be a higher one now, platinum?

Its worth calling/emailing Pro Earth as the lady (Mel?) is lovely and very helpful
 

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Pro Balance is my usual from Progressive Earth but if I have something that needs a bit extra or has any feet concerns I do one bag of Pro Hoof.

Pro Hoof is the higher spec. There may even be a higher one now, platinum?

Its worth calling/emailing Pro Earth as the lady (Mel?) is lovely and very helpful
Ok thanks, I may well do that. I didn’t realise they did as many products.
 
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Ok thanks, I may well do that. I didn’t realise they did as many products.

They have two lower spec balancers too I think, Pro Mineral and possibly something else.

They might work as bases if there are specific minerals you need to feed too

@I'm Dun @criso and @ester are the balancer table makers I think so might be able to help compare Pro Earth to spillers lite too
 
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