Key ingredient for good feet

[Amo]

Pretty much what the title says, if you were to recommend including one item in a horses diet, be it a feed, a supplement etc which would it be to help develop good hooves???

 

[AngieandBen]

Mine would be magnesium, in the spring/summer mine can go footy without it.

 

[Surreydeb]

Looking to get magnesium for mine- what do you use AngieandBen?

 

[AngieandBen]

I buy this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAGNESIUM...t=UK_Horse_Wear_Equipment&hash=item4166758c91

You can get it in smaller bags

 

[claribella]

Yeah same or linseed. Natural horse supplies do a good pure one too.

 

[paddy555]

Pretty much what the title says, if you were to recommend including one item in a horses diet, be it a feed, a supplement etc which would it be to help develop good hooves???

exercise. Miles and miles of it.

 

[Amo]

Claribella - Is this Micronised Linseed?

 

[Amo]

Shameless bump

 

[wellsat]

I'm going to cheat and have two

Micronised linseed and salt

 

[Bikerchickone]

Magnesium, definitely. My lad went very footy without it this summer. I buy calmag which is less refined than the one mentioned above but I only pay £17.40 for 25 kgs which lasts about a year. It can taste funny though so try before you buy if you can. I disguise mine in copra meal and haven't had any problems.

 

[The mad TB]

I feed 'better 4 hooves' and I'm really impressed so far!

 

[flirtygerty]

I'm also torn between two.
Micronised liseed is brilliant stuff but adds weight
Gelatine powder, cheap and effective.
I think if I was feeding to strengthen just feet, I would opt for Gelatine, even my farrier was impressed at the improvement in deep cracks/TB hooves
For overall benefits I would opt for micronised linseed, it helps skin feet and weight gain