Is this good or bad - hooves

[RuthnMeg]

And if bad is there anything I can do?

Back in early November, I took off Megs shoes, while she is having her winter holiday. She will come back into work in a few weeks time, and the shoes will go back on. All this time, she has stayed in her field getting 2 hay feeds per day (ad lib for her) and a her tea of pony nuts, a few carrots and alfa a once a day. If I try to feed her more or change her onto something else she won't have it, as much as I like her to. Stubborn, strong minded little toad!
Over this time, her feet have not grown a mm, and so haven't seen the farrier or vet. She has small feet anyway, but I was half hoping she would grow some foot. I know Iam lucky in many ways as we save on farrier bills, and her feet are hard and tough, but is this really ok? Most horses feet grow after all!
She has a mane fit for a lion and a perfect tail (hair n hooves connected - yes?) so why don't her feet grow?

 

[Kallibear]

They usually grow the amount of foot they need.

If she's had her shoes on for a long time her feet will grow very little due to restricted blood supply and lack of stimulation. She now has them off but she's not doing any work to stimulate them to start growing. He feet will have grown a little but it'll have worn off in the field.

You get the opposite effect when shoeing a working barefoot horse for the first time: the first set of shoes are needing replaced within weeks due to masses of horn growth but the feet very quickly adjust and stop growing so fast for the second set.

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

I knew a pony who hadn't had his hooves trimmed in over a decade! He had brill confo, which would keep his feet at the right length, and were lovely and strong, so no cracks or chips. The farrier would look at his feet every so often when they came to look at the owners other horses, but never needed anything done. It was the farriers favourite trick when they got a new apprentice to present the pony and ask how long since they had their hooves trimmed. Answers were generally 2-4 weeks. They couldn't believe it had been more like 12-14 years!

 

[soloequestrian]

Feet grow more slowly in the winter in my experience. Mine are all barefoot, and none of them have had very much growth since the cold weather started. Your horses feet might have worn a little more than usual at this time of year because of the ground being like iron for much of it! If the feet are tough and in good condition, why would you put shoes back on?