LadyGascoyne
Well-Known Member
My two mares are out 24/7 unless it is truly bucketing and they shout to come in.
They have ad lib hay and barley straw. Supper is speedibeet and soaked dengie grass pellets, and if they are in overnight, they get a scoop of dengie meadow grass chaff for breakfast. I may add some linseed for the older mare, the younger one doesn’t needn’t anything else at the moment.
They are in next to no work and turnout is a large field, and the grass is still ok but fairly short at this point.
4 yo is nearly full arab, 17 yo is an Andalusian, both are in good overall health and look good.
4yo tends towards having loose droppings, and would be the sort of horse that would be stressy if that wasn’t actively managed, and she’s quite hormonally sensitive - she’s lovely and chilled but we do work to set her up that way.
Older mare has dental issues (EOTRH) so inflammation is a consideration, and is quite an itchy horse.
Supplement-wise:
I had the youngster on D&H Be Calm and she was fab on it but a) it contains molasses, which I don’t like and b) it isn’t non-GM and the grazing we are on is certified organic so we canfeed GM feed.
I have them on mint and garlic at the moment, and have bought D&H Placid to replace the Be Calm (chamomile, lemon balm, vervain, Lime Flowers, Magnesium Chelate) but it doesn’t have any probiotic ingredients and I feel that’s the most important thing for the younger one.
If I wanted as simple a way as possible to achieve:
A probiotic (both)
Temperament support (younger one but both could have)
Inflammation support (older one but fine if both get)
Anti-itch (older one but fine if both get)
What would you be feeding?
They have ad lib hay and barley straw. Supper is speedibeet and soaked dengie grass pellets, and if they are in overnight, they get a scoop of dengie meadow grass chaff for breakfast. I may add some linseed for the older mare, the younger one doesn’t needn’t anything else at the moment.
They are in next to no work and turnout is a large field, and the grass is still ok but fairly short at this point.
4 yo is nearly full arab, 17 yo is an Andalusian, both are in good overall health and look good.
4yo tends towards having loose droppings, and would be the sort of horse that would be stressy if that wasn’t actively managed, and she’s quite hormonally sensitive - she’s lovely and chilled but we do work to set her up that way.
Older mare has dental issues (EOTRH) so inflammation is a consideration, and is quite an itchy horse.
Supplement-wise:
I had the youngster on D&H Be Calm and she was fab on it but a) it contains molasses, which I don’t like and b) it isn’t non-GM and the grazing we are on is certified organic so we canfeed GM feed.
I have them on mint and garlic at the moment, and have bought D&H Placid to replace the Be Calm (chamomile, lemon balm, vervain, Lime Flowers, Magnesium Chelate) but it doesn’t have any probiotic ingredients and I feel that’s the most important thing for the younger one.
If I wanted as simple a way as possible to achieve:
A probiotic (both)
Temperament support (younger one but both could have)
Inflammation support (older one but fine if both get)
Anti-itch (older one but fine if both get)
What would you be feeding?
