poiuytrewq
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I bought a bag of D&H pasture mix last year to tempt a pony who used to randomly go off his food, It was lovely!
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Does anyone still feed a mix?
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I bought a bag of D&H pasture mix last year to tempt a pony who used to randomly go off his food, It was lovely!
reynold
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Glad someone else mentioned flaked maize. I used to feed that as well to one horse I had that I worked hard and needed to keep weight on.
I'm old fashioned enough to remember when we went from 'straights' to 'horse and pony nuts'. Then there was a big 'scandal' about what was in the 'nuts' made by some less reputable firms so 'mixes' were born - mainly because the customers could 'see' what was in them. Also the days when no large yard would be without its barley boiler and a saucepan of soaking linseed ready to be boiled into a jelly. (Usually boiled over and made a hell of a mess)
I always avoided mixes as much as possible due to the sugar syrups that tended to be in them. Instead feeding nuts from D&H - also usually cheaper than the mixes!
Latterly I used Equijewel (rice bran) to put weight on - expensive but brilliant.
Current pony is on unsweeted Spillers Happy Hoof and looks brilliant on that with just soaked hay. She (like me) spends most of her life on a diet to prevent weight gain!
I'm old fashioned enough to remember when we went from 'straights' to 'horse and pony nuts'. Then there was a big 'scandal' about what was in the 'nuts' made by some less reputable firms so 'mixes' were born - mainly because the customers could 'see' what was in them. Also the days when no large yard would be without its barley boiler and a saucepan of soaking linseed ready to be boiled into a jelly. (Usually boiled over and made a hell of a mess)
I always avoided mixes as much as possible due to the sugar syrups that tended to be in them. Instead feeding nuts from D&H - also usually cheaper than the mixes!
Latterly I used Equijewel (rice bran) to put weight on - expensive but brilliant.
Current pony is on unsweeted Spillers Happy Hoof and looks brilliant on that with just soaked hay. She (like me) spends most of her life on a diet to prevent weight gain!
Fransurrey
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Technically, yes. I feed Pure Easy and have done for years. It suits both my Exmoor with severe SI and my cob (PSSM1). Some winters I switch to Pure Condition, but this winter has been too mild to warrant it. I supplement only with the odd banana, carrot, hay/haylage and grazing (mixed leys, plus hedges).
I have fed Saracen Releve in the past to add medications, but half a bute in a handful of Pure Easy is acceptable, apparently.
I have fed Saracen Releve in the past to add medications, but half a bute in a handful of Pure Easy is acceptable, apparently.