Barefoot folk ( is my horses diets ok) assurance needed

[thatsmygirl]

Hi,
I have 4 barefoot ponies/horses biggest being 15.2 but all good doers with native in them, no real hard work, turned out 24/7 they just come in after work to have their brush, food, work etc. 2 are muzzled by day. They diets are all more or less the same and I'm hoping its ok and I can keep them going on it. All get a base of fast fibre ( tiny tiny amount just as a carrier) equimins advance complete, linseed and mag ox. 1 gets brewers yeast for sweetitch, another gets Angus catus and another hoof mender by equimins. None will get hay until the winter kicks in.
I worry that they aren't getting all they need and I could do better.

And also I feed 12 hrs soaked hay in the winter but would Timothy hayhage be ok? Devon haylage had theirs tested and the fructan levels were below the detectable levels of 0.5g/kg. would this be ok to feed instead of battling with cold frozen water?

Thanks x

 

[Holly Hocks]

If the horses are in the right condition and the hooves are in good condition and not footy then it sounds like the diet must be right for them. I've fed Timothy haylage to mine and they were fine with it. In fact I'm thinking of taking mine off hay and going back to it.

 

[thatsmygirl]

Thanks for your reply. Yes they are in fab condition and have such shiny coats.
Iv got a lot of last years hay which I will keep but was given a few bales of Devon Timothy haylage from the rep to try and they loved it and tbh so do I, so wondered weather to swap them when the weather breaks for winter. But need to do a bit of research