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xxcharlottexx

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I had someone from dengie come out a few weeks ago to the yard with a weighbridge.

My 15.3 tb weighed 522 kg and she condion scored him at 3.25 which I was pleased with.

There were two diets which she advised.
Option 1 was a complete diet of dengie healthy tummy, although I would need to feed 5 scoops a day and would probably still feed speedi beet to moisten.

Option 2 was the Alfa a balancer with Alfa mollases free. Having looked at this option it is so much more expensive than what I am currently feeding so I am thinking of giving the healthy tummy a go.

Does any one else feed this?

I am worried about him losing condition. He lives out 24/7 but comes in for a feed/haylage twice a day. Currently there is enough grass but within a few weeks he will have constant access to a haylage bale in the field.

So how did people find the healthy tummy diet?

Thanks :-)
 
If you are happy with his condition now what is stopping you increasing part or all of what he is on at the moment? also you have not said what you are feeding or what work he is doing so its hard for anyone to help properly. its the job of the feed company rep to get you onto their feeds when often adjusting what you are already feeding will work just as well.
 
If he is in good condition now why change? If it ain't broke don't fix it. Of course the dengue rep will say you need to change to their feeds. My tb always looked at her best and was most sensible but with the best energy levels when on ad lib hay, unmolassed beet and grass pellets. 5 scoops a day is crazy. It'll be very expensive and feeds will be huge, especially if you're adding beet too. since it is just chopped grass/alfalfa with a few additives what is the point? Ad lib hay is the cheapest and best way. Everyone these days seems to think they need to feed bucket feeds - someone I know feeds hers 3 feeds of alpha a oil, alpha beets and conditioning cubes. The buckets are full to the brim - far too big for a feed, yet she gives a small haynet each night in a tiny holed net. I don't get it.

Anyway, I've gone off on a tangent!
 
I feed Healthy Tummy, I really like it. Horse has been on it about 3 months now, 1 bag probably lasts me 3 weeks (he is a 15hh not-very-good-doer and gets a 1 Stubbs scoop a day, plus 3/4 Stubbs scoop of [wet] Speedibeet). Horse loves it and it he looks great on it. I was previously feeding him Safe & Sound but felt he was a little lacking in energy and needed more condition; despite the work he wasn't really putting on the muscle I'd have expected. So switched him onto HT and it made a big difference, he's doing really well on it and definitely muscling up in the right places now. He is also working a lot better on it, so whether that is that fact it has more energy, more protein (so he is able to build the right muscles, making the work easier), or the added Protexin, I don't know.

It is expensive though! He also gets adlib hay and out on good grass during the day.

If your horse is doing OK at the mo and doesn't need any more weight/condition then I wouldn't feed it yet, personally. I also wouldn't feed 5 scoops a day!! Mine is supposed to have 4 scoops a day but if I give him any more than 1.5, he goes absolutely loopy on it. If you give 5 scoops a day, the bag will only last you about 10 days! :-0
 
If it ain't broke don't fix it!

They came out to our yard and said my TB should have Alfa Oil, Alfa Beet twice a day and 5 Scoops of Alfa Oil a night in a bucket. Works out mega money so ignored them and got Saracen Re-Leve and he looks the best he has ever done lol.

That said I only really did the visit for the free bucket
 
In summer he is on happy hoof. Then winter herbi chop and conditioning cubes. He's only in light work. Riding can be very limited in winter as I work full time, there is no school, and the farm is at the top of a long steep track which you can't go down if snow/icy. It's sheltered by trees so no sun gets to it! I guess as he loses muscle due to less work he sometimes looks a bit scrawny but no feed will ever help that!
 
xxcharlottexx said:
In summer he is on happy hoof. Then winter herbi chop and conditioning cubes. He's only in light work. Riding can be very limited in winter as I work full time, there is no school, and the farm is at the top of a long steep track which you can't go down if snow/icy. It's sheltered by trees so no sun gets to it! I guess as he loses muscle due to less work he sometimes looks a bit scrawny but no feed will ever help that!
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Atleast you got a free bucket and a money off voucher :D
 
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