Feeding a good doer..

Tnavas said:
My question too?

I am the owner of a fatty and if she was coming in for the night to keep paddock from getting chopped up she would just get late cut hay. If working then a small amount of oats and oat chaff.

She has free access to a multi mineral block.
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Another interested in an answer to that one!

If I've to feed any hard feed, it will be no more than sugar beet pulp and whole oats as I object to paying for expensive advertising and the pretty pictures on feed bags -- and the fatty wouldn't be getting any of that, anyway!:D
 
I would go with an unmolassed chaff. Just a small scoop and either a.lite balancer like Bailey's or spillers or a vit and mineral supplement such as equivit. I would prob add either some fast fibre or quickbeat (i use a 24 hrs soak Low sugar sugar beat called equi beat as only around £6 instead of £10!)And ensure they have access to some hay.

I have fed my good doer mare all summer with something similar as paranoid she would get lami with the mad grass this year and so wanted to keeper fibre intake high as poss. To be fair her weightless stayed pretty similar which I am very pleased with consider how much grass we have (2 horses restircted on 6 acres!!) and not had time to ride much!
And only a couple of days where she was a bit footy so had to come off the grass! Phew!!

It's important to remember that even if they a bit porky you still need to keep their fibre content up and give a balanced diet!. Little and often works best for weight loss so they are not left without fibre for a long period as this can damage the digestive system (and tends to make them.grumpier!! Lol!!)
:-)
 
Mine get a handful of Molasses Free Hifi to mix supplements in. It has chopped straw and alfalfa, a few pellets plus mint, fenugreek and a little soya oil. It smells really nice and with the pellets they prefer it to plain Hifi. I increase this when needed in winter and also add speedi beet.
 
my natives dont get any hardfeed ,theyre on good haylage so i give them a treat ball with a carrot chopped up in it so theyve got something when the others have their buckets.
 
My old girl has thrived for years on handful of dengi hifi lite (or similar) and baileys lo cal balancer. Keeps her looking great without too many calories
 
Thank you all for the comments, I went and got a bag of Hi fi Good doer and he gets the smallest amt possible just so he has a bucket too really.

I also had to change his bedding Saturday as he was munching away so much, he was on straw and is now on a nice deep bed of shavings.

Also is getting a double netted net at night with 2 sections (nets are the small holed ones).

More exercise on the cards so will hope to see a huge difference in him soon bless him, its all for his own good would rather he didn't come down with Lami.
 
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