Feeding help

[stace1]

well ive just bought a horse, very diff from my last, she comes later this week. but i was wondering if you could give me any advice on feeds.

shes a tb exracer, not long been of track and 3 yrs old, 16.2hh, has good weight covering at the min.

also ive previously read that there are feed helplines, does anyone know what companies do this too ??

 

[kerilli]

Baileys have a feed helpline and are absolutely excellent imho.

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

I read a great article the other day that said you should feed as much fibre as possible (no starch or proteint to start with) and when turning out turn out for 3 hours then increase by half an hour every 2/3 days !!

they normally have gastric ulcers as fed a very high starch feed and they are kept in a lot so they will not understand just being put in a field !! x

 

[stace1]

oh well shes been turned out through the day, where shes kept now and in at night

will have a lok at baileys now.

any reccomendations for hi fibre feed ?

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

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oh well shes been turned out through the day, where shes kept now and in at night

will have a lok at baileys now.

any reccomendations for hi fibre feed ?

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yes we have 2 ex racers and they are on cool stance it works really well better than baileys no 1 and its cheaper as lasts a lot longer !

http://www.stanceequine.com/