Linseed and brewers yeast for a heavy, how much? + feed

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Hi
Well following on from the exclusion diet just wanted some advise on quantites please; He is 20 months and approx 17hh but very gangly (scrawny)!


I am now feeding (per day) Alfa A - 3 scoops and Alfa A Oil - 2 scoops. Am i feed ing enough/too much

The brewers yeast and micronised linseed i order should be here this week so wanted to know to know at what rate i should feed it?
Also if i am feeding Linseed should i faise out the Alfa A Oil.

And, one more question (promise), with everything else do i need to feed a broad spec vit and min supplement, and if so should it be one aimed at young stock or not, as the alfa is high calcium and protein and linseed has Phosphate?

appreciate your views!
 
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I feed approx 50g Brewers Yeast and about 150-200g Linseed. You may want to give a little more linseed if he is on the scrawny side (between 100-500g is the approx range) play around with it and adjust as necessary. I would do away with the alpha oil once the linseed is in his system, but I'm used to feeding good doers, so again perhaps stick with it and see how he does.

As a vit/mineral supplement I feed seaweed, approx 50g per day.

Out of curiosity where are you buying your linseed from?

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks for the replies both!

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Out of curiosity where are you buying your linseed from?


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Got it from here naturalhorsesupplies.co.uk

linseed is £2.49 for 900 grams and yeast £3.49 for the same down form £5.99. I only wanted small quantities to try at first. They do lot's of stuff though, seaweed etc!
 

Yup, thats what I was going to say
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. Welshie, when you know if they like it or not (doubt you'll have a problem with Linseed but some can be funny with Brewers yeast) buy in bulk from Charnwood. You'll be able to get linseed, BY and seaweed from them for a fraction of the price
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Be careful with the alfa A - too much is not good for heavies and gypsy cob types - my friend who breeds gypsy cobs and exports to the USA where they feed a lot of it, has had known of a lot of them colic or get gut problems on it, or get gross.

My gypsy cob youngster at 20 months, albeit only 14.1 at that time was feed twice a day on 1 stubbs scoop of green gold - which is Simple Systems alfa - no molasses, just alfa, plus a scoop of their just grass - the more feed value of their hay chaffs, plus 1/4 scoop (dry) speedibeet. He was on equimins youngstock supplement from 16 months to 2 1/2 to make sure he got all he needed. He also had a mug of instant linseed a day.

He had ad lib hay or grazing (our grazing is nibble).

He has thrived on this and grown up beautifully.

Farra our clydesdale mare is just over 16.2 and like Stinky who is nearly 15.1, still growing as they are rising 6.

They both get the same as above, but a little more speedibeet. In each feed they get a coffe mug of linseed day along with a tablespoon of brewers yeast , plus another small mug of black sunflower seeds. They also get Benevit from Feedmark and finally I add clivers from spring to autumn for their itchy skin.

Both are not carrying excess weight, have beautiful coats and really if I say so myself, do look rather good. Stinky has never been fed hard mix since I got him as a yearling, and Farra before we got her at 4 was on chaff and vit supplement only with a few cubes.

Cairo had the same diet, but being older and not needing quiet so much food, he had lucie stalks instead of green gold and if he looked a little chubby, his chaff was changed from just grass to ruff stuff, but the rest of his diet was as above.

Whatever you do, do not overfeed a heavy or have them carry excess weight, especially as a youngster - their joints which are very vunerable, will suffer if you do. They do look gangly and scrawny at this age - we have pictures of Cairo and Farra at 2 - they are meant to - fat heavy youngsters don't make old heavies.
 
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