Best Value vitamins and balancers?

[Dot2dot]

(Also in Horse care and Feeding)
As title really. I am currently feeding Bailey's lo cal balancer which doesn't break the bank but just wondered if there is anything else that works out better value?

I feed at the rate for a 500kg horse as she is around about that weight. Also don't feed an awful lot of hard feed. She just gets her balancer, a large handful of hi fi original and half a scoop of speedibeet.

I know that if you feed certain 'complete feeds' at manufacturers reccomended rates then they will get their dose of vits and mins however not only does this normally work out fairly expensive she doesn't need that amount of feed being pumped into her.

She is also on cortaflex (winter), glucosamine (spring/summer), a calmer and garlic. If there is anything that also contains similar things it would be interesting to compare costs to feeding basic feeds with added supplements against the feeds that already contain this.

She is also technically a 'senior' but doesn't really show it, if this makes much difference...?

Thanks for reading my ramblings!

 

[ebonyallen]

I was going to say Baileys Low ~Cal Balancer, this is what I feed my girl. When I spoke to Baileys before I changed they said that if I fed the recommended dose for the size and weight of my horse, then I would not have to fed any other hard feed or Vits and Mins as this was a complete feed, so she would not need anything else. So sorry not really much help to you, other companies do them but do not have any experience with them, hope someone else will be able to help you.

 

[Archiepoo]

this is whats in lo cal
.Grassmeal, Distillers’ Grains, Wheatfeed, Micronised Soya Beans, Dicalcium Phosphate, Molasses, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamins and Minerals, Sodium Chloride, Calcined Magnesite,

ScFOS (Digest Plus prebiotic) 5g/kg- you can feed brewers yeast instead

grassmeal= grass pellets

distillers grains= http://ohioline.osu.edu/as-fact/dis...m-direct.co.uk/shared/glossary.html-sweepings off the floor



calcium carbonate=chalk

micronised soya = to increase the nutrient density without the associated problems of high levels of fat.- instead just feed a bit of oil

dicalcium phosphate=calcium

molasses=sugar

sodium chloride=salt

calcined magnesite=magnesium oxide

vits and mins

just thought id share whats in this "balancer" im very wary of ready made feedstuffs now . you can get all of the stuff that matters seperatley and much cheaper in my opinion