wallykissmas
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Where on the site does it say how much you should feed to cover for vits and mins as I've been trying to find it for the fast fibre
Does any one feed the basics anymore?
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Where on the site does it say how much you should feed to cover for vits and mins as I've been trying to find it for the fast fibre
The Fuzzy Furry
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Sounds like my feedroom from 20-30 yrs ago, apart from the peas & codlivine
(I did use Redcell on 1 pony that warranted it tho).
The baby burco was my best friend for boil-ups
All animals 4 & over were working daily with Mondays off - competing to HOYS level in summer & hunting or Drag hunting in the winter.
The youngstock all had something daily too, except in summer months when they were turned away onto the winter flood fields.
Mine wouldn't know what had hit them now, if they were working at the same level as I was then
Merrymoles
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My boy works five days a week on average - mixture of hacking up to two hours, 30 mins schooling or 20 mins lunge. He gets big handful of Just Chop (unmollassed hay and straw), cup of baileys Lo cal balancer, slug of supermarket vegetable oil and carrots. He also gets as much hay as I can give him (3 large nets a day) and is thriving and a great weight - can feel ribs but not see them. He's approx 15.1hh and v forward going.
MasterBenedict
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18 month old appaloosa x cob
Small scoop of molassed sugar beet for 'warming' properties in the cold weather
2 x small handfuls Alpha A Oil for shiny coat as want to show him come spring
1 cup of Top Spec Balancer for bits and mins
3 x carrots as tasty treat
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This twice a day with LOTS of water added to make like soup. Obviously will reduce as weather gets warmer.
Out in day, in at night with large haynet.
I'm sure some people will moan about the molassed beet and sugar content of carrots and a youngster not needing Alpha A Oil but he's doing fantastic not fat at all and is very calm and happy. Yes I'm aware that for many youngsters this diet wouldn't be suitable, but mine is happy as can be and so am I
Small scoop of molassed sugar beet for 'warming' properties in the cold weather
2 x small handfuls Alpha A Oil for shiny coat as want to show him come spring
1 cup of Top Spec Balancer for bits and mins
3 x carrots as tasty treat
^^^^
This twice a day with LOTS of water added to make like soup. Obviously will reduce as weather gets warmer.
Out in day, in at night with large haynet.
I'm sure some people will moan about the molassed beet and sugar content of carrots and a youngster not needing Alpha A Oil but he's doing fantastic not fat at all and is very calm and happy. Yes I'm aware that for many youngsters this diet wouldn't be suitable, but mine is happy as can be and so am I
tallyho!
Following a strict mediterranean diet...
Fuzzy... Where is your bouncing tig??
Wat you feed is very important, but try to select feeds that suit your horse based on the "basics" of what they require...
As a useful guide, I have found the article from the Merck Manual informative. Just bear in mind that you should adjust for workload/rest or young stock/oldies...
Bit of light reading... http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/182602.htm
N.b there is nothing in there about fatty acids. Just bear in mind that omega 3 needs to be higher than omega 6. Linseed is exactly that. Very handy.
Wat you feed is very important, but try to select feeds that suit your horse based on the "basics" of what they require...
As a useful guide, I have found the article from the Merck Manual informative. Just bear in mind that you should adjust for workload/rest or young stock/oldies...
Bit of light reading... http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/182602.htm
N.b there is nothing in there about fatty acids. Just bear in mind that omega 3 needs to be higher than omega 6. Linseed is exactly that. Very handy.
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The Fuzzy Furry
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someone pressed a button the other day on a post of mine 
just thought I'd give them a better button to push now Holzdweaver
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My boy (TB and out rugged 24/7) gets grass(when there is some!), speedibeet, grass nuts, linseed and haylage and i class this as fairly basic.
He gets fed once a day at the moment as hes fat, if he needs more weight on (not had to do anything this year the fatty!), il increase the quantity of feed, if come summer when il drop the quantity anyway to account for the fresh grass and he needs a bit of 'oomph' il add oats.
He gets fed once a day at the moment as hes fat, if he needs more weight on (not had to do anything this year the fatty!), il increase the quantity of feed, if come summer when il drop the quantity anyway to account for the fresh grass and he needs a bit of 'oomph' il add oats.
AdorableAlice
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The baby burco was my best friend for boil-ups
Mine wouldn't know what had hit them now, if they were working at the same level as I was then
I blew several baby burco's up come to think about it.
Forget the horses, I wouldn't know what had hit me if I rode and worked like I used to.
I need paracetomol to take a cob fuelled by 3 grass nuts and a polo mint, for a hack nowadays. Was not me on it today for 2 hours and uphill trots.
The Fuzzy Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
Me too
Again, ditto - but I have the excuse I've been off with broken leg, out of cast for 4 weeks and am almost tracking up in walk
Horse is happy, 20/25 mins is my limit at present
To think I had a yard full of 10-12, with at least 8 of those in full work & at this time of the year a min of 7 boxes to do by myself every day as well as the riding work - phew, am worn out even thinking of it
ps: My daughter was brought up on a diet of flaked maize or molasses
Auslander
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This thread has taken me back to my wp days!We had two feed wheelbarrows. One was filled with equal quantities of bran, barley and maize, and the other with bran, oats and maize - bucket of water poured over, and mixed with a shovel. We marched round the yard with them, dishing out the oat one to the lazy ones, and the barley one to the lively ones. On their day off, we'd boil up a load of linseed, make two wheelbarrows full of bran/linseed mash, and dish it up.
Every horse on the yard was hard fit, and they all looked fabulous on this feed regime.
Every horse on the yard was hard fit, and they all looked fabulous on this feed regime.
Nitro mouse
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13 year old 11hh companion pony
1 cup anti lam feed balancer and Stroppy Mare (makes her a much nicer person!) restricted grazing during the day, in at night with 2 slices of hay soaked all day..
21 year old Dales pony, light hack
2 cups anti lam feed balancer, half to three quarters scoop of chaff. In same field as above pony, same routine. Three to four sections of damp hay at night.
Once tried J on a cool mix in his mid teens, he turned into an utter lunatic and bucked me off!
I remember the days if you had a pony the only choice to feed was pony nuts!
1 cup anti lam feed balancer and Stroppy Mare (makes her a much nicer person!) restricted grazing during the day, in at night with 2 slices of hay soaked all day..
21 year old Dales pony, light hack
2 cups anti lam feed balancer, half to three quarters scoop of chaff. In same field as above pony, same routine. Three to four sections of damp hay at night.
Once tried J on a cool mix in his mid teens, he turned into an utter lunatic and bucked me off!
I remember the days if you had a pony the only choice to feed was pony nuts!
ihatework
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At the end of the day I try and do the best for the horse in question.
Current horse is a forward thinking workaholic 'red head'. She would be in the lighter side of medium work. Competing elementary and preparing for medium. She loves a fast hack too!
Her feed is a small handful of grass chaff and a mug of baileys lo-cal twice a day ... Much more and you visit space cadet land
she is a good doer and has adlib hay/lage overnight but restricted by means of small holed nets (if that makes sense)
My other horse was younger, fatter, and complicated. It actually turned out he was allergic to all sorts of stuff, so he did his light-med RC work on grass nuts with essential amino acids added and had an as hoc multi vit injection.
On the opposite end if the scale my tall poor doer, being prepared to event, youngster got all sorts if highly calorific feeds shovelled down his neck. At one stage he was costing £60-70 a month on hard feed alone!
Current horse is a forward thinking workaholic 'red head'. She would be in the lighter side of medium work. Competing elementary and preparing for medium. She loves a fast hack too!
Her feed is a small handful of grass chaff and a mug of baileys lo-cal twice a day ... Much more and you visit space cadet land
she is a good doer and has adlib hay/lage overnight but restricted by means of small holed nets (if that makes sense)My other horse was younger, fatter, and complicated. It actually turned out he was allergic to all sorts of stuff, so he did his light-med RC work on grass nuts with essential amino acids added and had an as hoc multi vit injection.
On the opposite end if the scale my tall poor doer, being prepared to event, youngster got all sorts if highly calorific feeds shovelled down his neck. At one stage he was costing £60-70 a month on hard feed alone!
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My gelding in work gets competition cubes and chaff. My gelding dossing in the field gets high fibre nuggets. My retired mare has nothing but hay. I don't even bother with supplements anymore and TBH I have noticed NO difference in any of them health or condition wise.