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hello everyone, just hope some of you out there could help me. Looking after a hanovarian/thoroghbred 16.2 mare aged about 15 in foal with 1st foal.

She was covered in may, scanned in foal and due date 18th april. I have worked in racing and with the broodmares there. It was a while ago since i`ve had breeding experiance but have been feeding mare her normal feed and as she is getting near her 2nd stage asked owner to get a bag of stud mix ( got spillers anyone recommend different?) so could start to introduce slowly, currently getting scoop of cool mix, chaff and bran and scoop of mix at breakfast. She is a good doer and plenty fat enough before she was covered, personally would of got some weight off first and kept shoes on and given light work . But she`s covered and in no work at all.

Anyway asked for some more stud mix and was brought a bag of soya. According to owners son, who`s just worked in a stud yard thats all she needs, is a cup full of soya mixed in with her bran, no supplements and that will do her til she foals instead of stud mix.
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What`s your thoughts on this?, as not convinced myself and bit peeved that been as owners son isn`t` prepared to look after mare himself that i have to feed her a possible dangerous way. ( myself i won`t let the lad look after my hamster). So i would like to hear your thoughts and respones if his right or wrong not fussed as long as i can feed the mare right, pride can take a dinting if she`s fed right.
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Intrested in what you feed mares and what supplements you all give?. Seem to remember feeding limestone to mares in racing but it was a while ago.

Hope you can help in some way and look forward to your answers.
 
For good doing warmblood mares a stud balancer is better than a mix as they get all the vits & minerals without the starch. The correct balance is v important in hopefully preventing OCD in the foal.

We feed Baileys stud balancer - 1.5 to 2 lbs per day with Readigrass & speedibeet. Baileys have a very comprehensive website & a nutritionist you can phone.
http://www.baileyshorsefeeds.co.uk/whatproduct/feedchart.htm
 
Never heard of that and I have worked for some of the world's leading TB farms, both here and in the USA.

I agree wholeheartedly with Sambertino!! The right balance of vits/mins is essential and bran and soya cannot provide that!
 
Certainly wouldn't be feeding bran. We just feed usual cubes or mix until 3 months before foaling date and then all the mares go onto a commercial stud mix - no extra supplements or anything else should be needed.
 
I know of some people (well one tbh) that feeds it for the last month of gestation + Limestone flour.

Know of plenty of comp yards that feed it at night as par for the course.
 
Shocking the amount of people near us who still feed a bran mash once a week!

I fed Baileys Stud balancer to my 18 year old maiden native mare, and she and the foal are doing very well on it. I would compare it to TopSpec, I expect they are similar contents, but the price may well differ. It was important to me to feed the mare a feed that the foal could wean onto, and eat mums food without it causing scouring to due a change of feed.
 
Baileys recently advised me to put my TB X mare on stud cubes and add stud balancer at the back end of her pregnancy. I was finding her very hormonal and this has worked for her.
 
I am a reular feeder of soya but never heard of it fed in this way.
Actually cannot think of a worse combination soya and bran.
You definatley have to supplement soya with Limestone flour and as you have to do the same when feeding bran I would be worried.
The lack of calcium would be scarey!!
 
Many thanks to you all, bag of soya is off in the bin and baileys stud balancer is on the way in. Thank you all for useful info, the joys of technology, loving the internet!!.
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Soya is excellent for breeding and youngstock, and will be an ingredient in most, if not all, of the stud feeds and balancers available. It's definitely the major one in Bailey's Stud Balancer and also in Suregrow etc.

I'd definitely bin the bran though!
 
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Soya is excellent for breeding and youngstock, and will be an ingredient in most, if not all, of the stud feeds and balancers available. It's definitely the major one in Bailey's Stud Balancer and also in Suregrow etc.

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That it is, but in the right quantities - SBM has a protein level of 46%
 
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