For those with horses who don't need hard feed...

A handful of readi-grass, seaweed and biotin. We put him on lo-cal balancer last summer when he was showing but he started piling the pounds on so back to next to nothing!
 
For those that don't 'need' hard feed, I still feed a 1 kg feed of Pure feeds Easy to them a day. It contains a balancer and no sugars or cereals. Much easier than fiddling with separate balancers, chaffs and supplements.
 
I feed a suppliment with a bit of chaff, one has previously had lami, the suppliment (in my opinion) helps keep her vitamins and minerals up which helps and I usually soak hay so I'm making sure they've got what they need, one my others is 13 so as she gets older I feel like I'm helping her stay healthier :) so I give it to the others as well. Get a big tub which lasts ages
 
We have good grazing and hay of mixed old pasture grasses and wild flowers so mine just get that with a handful of alfa-a in the winter. I tend not to bother with vits/mins and balancers as if things are basically ok its opossible to UNbalance the diet.
 
Feed mine nothing he gets grass from the paddock during the day and a good size net of haylage at night when he comes in and still needs to looses some weight
 
Mine get a token gesture of hifi lite. Purely because when my mare did need hard feed, she grew accustomed to a bucket feed twice a day. So she expects something. And the other gets it so she doesn't feel left out.14.2 gets a stubbs scoop split into two feeds, 11.1 gets a supplement scoop twice a day. Our forage is varied, the hay is from the same, so they only have salt licks. Both in great condition. When she was 21 my mare was taken in a best condition class (not my plan) by a novice teen, & came third with two stallions above her & more below, in a class of 10 or so. So I tend to think if it ain't broke, don't mend it. She'll be 24 in spring, so I do keep a very close eye on her. She's a good doer & looks half her age, however the minute I get a tiny sign she needs a bit of help, she'll get a balancer or supplement.
 
My youngster has Readigrass, half a scoop of bog standard pony nuts, chopped carrots and a small amount of micronised linseed for coat condition, between two feeds per day and two large haynets with a mineral salt lick. Tried her with a balancer and it sent her completely loopy as well as bringing her out in lumps.
 
Mine are fed in winter I worry about atypical myopathy so they have feeds every day and slightly less hay but the rest of the year they have grass and 4 or 5 equibites They live out 24/7 so are more at risk than those that are stabled at night
 
Grass while it lasts with ad lib hay or haylage, plus a Red Rocky salt block.

I might have to ration the hay/haylage if they start to get too fat. I monitor condition regularly and feed accordingly.

But these are Highlands and natural good doers.:D All out 24/7 in the Scottish Highlands but with natural shelter.
 
I feed tons of low sugar hay and a small amount of speedibeet to carry mineral/vitamin balancer. Mine are on a hay only diet atm and all get micronised linseed to replace omegas missing in a grass free diet.

Horses get most of their energy from digesting forage, often a high forage/low concentrate diet produces more energy and stamina than the hyper energy from concentrates in my understanding.
 
I hardly feed mine at all! They have an ad lib supply of hay and haylege and then are fed once a day in the evenings if they are in full hunting work. Hard feed is actually a bit of a waste of time, feeding good quality forage ad lib is plenty for most horses in average work. They have access to salt and mineral licks and everything seems fat and well and fit. I would always go for feeding more forage than hard feed.
 
There is a direct link to horses living out 24/7 and not being fed hay or hard feed I think because they feel there is a connection between eating wet grass and fallen leaves which may harbour botulism. Hence being associated with trees and wet dark areas. Not sure if the link is proven but I have young horses so dont take the chance.
To make sure they have their guts lined they have high fibre low sugar diets and a small amount of hay too much hay they get diahorrea and wont eat it is it gets wet so waste a lot I am hoping this is enough to protect them
 
Old mare and WB get a handful if happy hoof, pro balance plus ( half scoop) and a bit of fast fibre.....once a day that's it along with there hay and grazing.
 
Cob (stabled) has 1/4 scoop chaff and 1/2 cup low cal, small amount speedibeat + supplements. And a VERY small haynet at night she doesnt scoff it in one go just picks at it. Doesnt get hay in field theres loads of bulk in there. She had a colic op last year hence why she is stabled.
Tb (out 24/7) 1/2 scoop chaff, 1/2 cup suregrow and small amount speedibeet, once a day and ad-lib hay
 
ad lib hay (if the ground is hard I leave them with the hay, if there's no frost and they can have a nibble of the last remaining grass, I fence the hay off for a few hours).

handful of fast fibre, pro balance (pony needs this for her hooves otherwise she'd be fed nothing).
second pony gets above as well so I'm not faffing with 2 different supplements.
 
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