Feed question for Warmblood

[Jenna1406]

Just looking for some suggestions for feed for a Warmblood that its hard to put weight on especially when he is in work.

Over winter he was on a generalised feed along with the other 3 to keep things simple and it kept the weight on no problem but now he is back in work I am looking for suggestions on what is best for him.

Last year over the summer he was on TopSpec comprehensive balancer, TopSpec super conditioning flakes and cool conditioning with sugar beet which helped alot but I found it wasnt quite enough to put weight to build up his muscles. He is also a bit of a wuzz and when it gets cold he will tuck himself up which doesnt help his weight.

What would you suggest to add or change too? He could also use something that gives him a bit of energy and he can be extremely lazy.

TIA

 

[Meredith]

My warmblood seems to keep weight on better if fed copra but goes loopy if fed alfalfa. Hope you find a solution.

 

[windand rain]

high oil, high protein and low carb and sugar Fibre based feed.
Mine was fed alfa a oil, linseed, grass nuts and speetibeet. If he cannot tolerate alfalfa then substitute alfa oil for grass chaff
Stubbs scoop of chaff with a mug of linseed and half a kilo of grass nuts and speedibeet well soaked together. and good grazing /ad lib hay/haylage and you should see a difference. To be honest some warmbloods take after the heavy horse side and are easy doers others are a bit more like the Hotblood side and are worriers most are somewhere in between although I have often heard warmbloods described as lazy

 

[Luci07]

high oil, high protein and low carb and sugar Fibre based feed.
Mine was fed alfa a oil, linseed, grass nuts and speetibeet. If he cannot tolerate alfalfa then substitute alfa oil for grass chaff
Stubbs scoop of chaff with a mug of linseed and half a kilo of grass nuts and speedibeet well soaked together. and good grazing /ad lib hay/haylage and you should see a difference. To be honest some warmbloods take after the heavy horse side and are easy doers others are a bit more like the Hotblood side and are worriers most are somewhere in between although I have often heard warmbloods described as lazy

Pretty much what mine gets with the exception that he is fed red condition and soak and not grass nuts. In looking at the actual breeding of my horse he is mostly TB and SF so fed accordingly though the Hungarian element seems to mean he mostly keeps his hooves on the ground. He does drop weight easily but the combination discussed above has kept him looking well all winter.

 

[_EVS_]

Mine lost weight in the winter and he is also quite sensitive to feed. Apart from masses of hay I gave him a scoop of calm & condition and a scoop of the tack shops own conditioning cubes with a scoop of chaff twice a day. He got the weight on quite quickly and stayed sane! He is now down to a scoop of conditioning cubes and chaff in the morning and a scoop of calm & condition and chaff in the evening.

 

[Jenna1406]

Thanks for the replies. I think I will change him to Alpha A in the first instance with Linseed along with the other feed he is on and go from there.

He is a holsteiner Warmblood.

Is in mostly stabled at the moment due to wet fields, but does get adlib hay and occasional haylage.

Thanks

 

[vam]

high oil, high protein and low carb and sugar Fibre based feed.
Mine was fed alfa a oil, linseed, grass nuts and speetibeet. If he cannot tolerate alfalfa then substitute alfa oil for grass chaff
Stubbs scoop of chaff with a mug of linseed and half a kilo of grass nuts and speedibeet well soaked together. and good grazing /ad lib hay/haylage and you should see a difference. To be honest some warmbloods take after the heavy horse side and are easy doers others are a bit more like the Hotblood side and are worriers most are somewhere in between although I have often heard warmbloods described as lazy

This. Mine did very well on non molassed chaff, grass nuts, speedi beet and linseed with masses of hay or haylage. I also fed Ready grass along side in a large trug at night which worked well. In summer he was competing off of the same chaff, alfa a pellets, linseed and high fibre nuts.
He was Holstiner although a lot of SF in there.

 

[Luci07]

There is alpha a and there is alpha a with oil (which mine is on)

 

[Jenna1406]

I went and got him Alpha A oil, Cool conditioning balancer Top Spec and barley to go with sugar beet.