Feeding a foal?!

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Baby is coming up to 4 weeks old now (my god its flown!)
anyway shes starting to eat grass and drink water which my other foal never did- vet said some do, some dont but watch for when she tries to eat mums food as you may want to look to getting her some of her own to nibble at.

Im starting to bring them both in, then feed mum outside stable so baby gets used to going in there alone and not stressing so i can start to bring mum back into work- its working well as baby has stopped crying now and just wanders around and sits down, mum doesnt give two hoots but i think even if i bring mum back into work and we're out for an hour its a tad long for baby not to have anything to munch on?!
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what do i feed her?

(My last foal was not the 'usual' mum fed her up so well i never gave her anything extra and she blossomed very well and under vets advice i never gave her anything) Plus, mum was retired so no 'brining back into work'
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Mine is a little piggy then! He's been eating grass and pinching mums feed since he was a week old! He's 4 weeks on Monday. I've got him a separate bucket so he leaves her in peace and he gets a handful of D&H suregrow and a tiny bit of stud mix and he picks happily at that. When he was in for the first couple of weeks - he loved readigrass too and would nibble bits of haylage!

Am keeping an eye on him though as I don't want him growing too fast...
 
When my filly was very small I bought a sack of foal creep pellets but to be honest I probably wouldn't bother again. They are expensive and each time I have a foal and buy a bag, they eat so few of them it's not worth buying a big sack. I now feed my foals Spillers Youngstock Pellets. These can be fed from 2 weeks of age, up until 2 years. It means that you can start them on something and not have to change their diet again for quite a while. In summer of my filly's yearling stage, I'm using Bailey's Stud Balancer as the grass is good and she won't need the extra calories from the Youngstock Pellets until winter kicks in.

I'd recommend the Spillers Youngstock Pellets - they seem very palatable, are economical and are not too expensive for a youngstock feed.
 
My Yearling (although slightly older) is on D&H Mare & Youngstock, which he can now stay on until he is a 3YO, also has a hand full of fibergy to bulk it up a bit!

Seems to go down well and came recommended from a horse nutritionalist.

Also give him D&H Surelimb as a supplement.
 
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