Feed - Again.................... Help!

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Had decided to change my mares feed to the Winergy
http://www.winergy.com/Products/WINERGY-Equilibrium/WINERGY-Equilibrium-Low-Energy/
Rang them, they advised how much to feed, gradually have taken her off her other feed am now feeding it in the almost recommended amount, but she does'nt seem very keen and will leave some of her breakfast
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So, am going to put her back on Top Spec Balancer, Calm and Condition (that soaks up her agnus castus hormonal mare suppliment - and she loves it)
Should I put a some chaff with it, or she was on the Allen and Page Herbal Quiet Mix

She is 16hh Hannovarian x ISH in Light to Medium work, and can get very over excitable!
 
As you are using a balancer you don't really need to feed another supplemented feed alongside it. You could just use enough C&C to hold the agnus castus and then bulk out with a quality alfafa-based chaff, perhaps an oil-enhanced one if she loses condition easily.
 
She is just right condition wise, never really puts much weight on, stresses it off we we do exciting things like going hunting, beach, jumping etc which we do once a week.

Not intolerent to anything, but quite fussy, but don't feed her huge amounts. She is currently out 4hrs a day, then stabled and on ad lib haylage. Ridden 6 times a week.
 
My mare is on TopSpec Balancer, you don't reallt need to feed anything else with it, maybe a bit of chaff to bulk it up and soak up the angus castus?
 
If I was you I would add some Alfa A Original/Lite just to bulk it up a bit... I stick to Alfa A regardless of what else they are on because of the benefits of it. Hannah has been fantastic since going on this, and she hypes up VERY easily with feed. I will never forget when she went on Allen and Paige Calm and Condition... I was scraping her off the roof of her stable
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(and that is no joke, she spent the entire time looking like a nervous wreck!)
 
I'd be tempted to feed a predominantly forage based feed, such as Alfa-A as this has a protein content similar to a mix but is normally less fizz-inducing, and a small amount of C&C if she needs it for her supplement. Bulk up with sugarbeet for more fibre, and if you find she needs more condition then swap the SB to Fibrebeet, which is a mix of alfalfa and speedibeet, with biotin too, and generally a good conditioner (think its normally only about £1 more expensive than speedibeet too).
 
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