Changing my BF horse's diet.

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Ok I popped this in another section but I didnt get any hits so here goes. Its about my 22yrs old BF welsh X. Hes dropped a bit of weight and went off his current diet.

BF people hows this for a feed change and will it have a detrimental effect.

Currently on

Alfalfa chaff
Veteran vitality
Linseed meal
joint and hoof supps.

He gets a round scoop of chaff per feed and a round scoop of the VV dry (soaked feed) between the feeds, along with the linseed and supps. This he gets twice a day but he has went off the VV so im going back to the what i used to feed him but changing the chaff.

Spillers conditioning fibre, he loved this when I gave him it and I could add water and all the pellets in it swelled and he licked the bowl clean :)
Alfalfa Pellets He loves these in his ball and I can soak them and add them as extra for weight gain
Linseed Meal basically for weight gain and the fact that I can add loads if he drops anymore and I dont have to worry about Vit E/Selenium deficiency

Any BF folks see a problem with the above?? Horse is cereal intolerant so everything I feed has to be have low starch (less then 10% doesnt seem to trigger him)
 
amandaco2 said:
Alfalfa and I think molasses.
I feed mine
Fast fibre
Linseed meal
Pro balance
Ers pellets to the youngster and advanced horse for weight gain and muscle.
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no molasses in anything above that im aware of :) The fibre is coated in soya oil unless its in the cubes put through the fibre, although doesnt mention this on the bag :)

Why not alfalfa?? Ive not heard anything saying bad for BF hooves?? :o
 
Black Beastie said:
no molasses in anything above that im aware of :) The fibre is coated in soya oil unless its in the cubes put through the fibre, although doesnt mention this on the bag :)

Why not alfalfa?? Ive not heard anything saying bad for BF hooves?? :o
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some horses are sensitive to alfalfa in hi fi and alfa A and get footy as a result.
The dengie pellets cause a lot less problems. I feed my most sensitive horse on alfalfa pellets and he is very sound on them.
You could also consider copra if you are losing a bit of weight. Again I have found that to be safe for BF horses.

Spillers conditioning fibre appears to be dried alfalfa and straw I think.
 
paddy555 said:
some horses are sensitive to alfalfa in hi fi and alfa A and get footy as a result.
The dengie pellets cause a lot less problems. I feed my most sensitive horse on alfalfa pellets and he is very sound on them.
You could also consider copra if you are losing a bit of weight. Again I have found that to be safe for BF horses.

Spillers conditioning fibre appears to be dried alfalfa and straw I think.
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Thanks :) Its the dengie alfalfa pellets i will be feeding :)

I cant use copra as much as I think it would work, Im allergic to coconut :( Its pants as i think it would be ideal for him but if I scratch or touch my mouth with co**** on my fingers I take a reaction :(

I looked at the ingredients and it seems to be alfalfa, straw, lucerne pellets (alfalfa pellets ?) wheatfeed soya oil and I think the pellets in it are like conditioning cubes so contail a little molasses. i will email them in the morning and ask the exact content.

He is a fussy old beggar another reason why I am changing his feed as he just wont eat the VV, I could give him FF BUT chances are because iots similar he wont eat it. Alfalfa pellets I have always popped in his stable ball and they have been sooked up so hopefully the above wont get rejected. i tried the fibre before and he licked the bowl clean for the two months he was on it and he looked good :)
 
Thanks, Ill see if the local feed store sells them :) I prefer to soak pellets and have his feed a bit sloppy, he prefers it that way, I know hes getting plenty of fluids as well and means i dont have to worry about choke as much :)

Hes never choked or colic'd *touches wooden desk frantically* in the 11 years i have had him so dont want it happening now :)
 
My tb who used to drop weight holds her weight well with a simple diet. Hay (soaked in her case) speedibeet, linseed and high spec mineral balancer plus yea sacc as it's not in the balancer. She is off grass for long periods and still keeps a good weight. I don't use any compound feeds atm and don't feel I need them I prefer to use a good balancer and fibre.
 
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