Mag Ox and pro balance?

[NellRosk]

Hi, looking to overhaul my horses diets as they are not getting what they need right now. I have settled on Progressive Earth Pro Balance but was just wondering do I need to feed magnesium oxide with is as well to support my 2 barefoot horses?! This feeding malarky get's so confusing the more you look into it

 

[lurcherlu]

No advice here I'm in the same boat, will watch this thread closely

 

[NellRosk]

It's just so confusing isn't it! Spend majority of my lunch hours at work googling feed argh!

 

[TwoStroke]

It depends on how deficient in Mg your grazing/hay is, which you won't know without a forage analysis. So the only other way is to start on Pro Balance, give it a good few months so you can establish the baseline whilst their on it, then add in more MgO and monitor for improvements. If you notice a significant change in soundness or hoof wall connection then the extra Mg was needed. If not then I'd drop it again.

 

[NellRosk]

It depends on how deficient in Mg your grazing/hay is, which you won't know without a forage analysis. So the only other way is to start on Pro Balance, give it a good few months so you can establish the baseline whilst their on it, then add in more MgO and monitor for improvements. If you notice a significant change in soundness or hoof wall connection then the extra Mg was needed. If not then I'd drop it again.

Fab reply, thanks a lot.