Milk powder?

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Hi guys,

Has anybody used milk powder to put weight on horses before? I have known it used before on the show yard I worked on but can't remember how much was used and whether it was lamb or calf. Has anybody got any experience on this? Have a hunter who's dropping weight already. He's in med-heavy work, hunting once a week for a full day each time. Turned out during day, well rugged at all times. Currently being fed plenty of conditioning feed. Ad-lib hay etc.

All normal checks done, he's just an older horse doing plenty of work in a professional yard.

Thanks in advance guys.

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my [parents used milk pellets years ago, think they were lambs. I have been thinking of changing feeds and looked at rowen barbary ready mash extra which loads of people recommend and that uses milk powder too.
 
Doesn't sound like a good idea, to me and I'm surprised people do it! Horses don't drink milk (last I knew) and you could potentially cause a lot of discomfort by feeding it in the amounts you'd need to put weight on. I would have thought linseed was a much safer bet.
 
Fransurrey said:
Doesn't sound like a good idea, to me and I'm surprised people do it! Horses don't drink milk (last I knew) and you could potentially cause a lot of discomfort by feeding it in the amounts you'd need to put weight on. I would have thought linseed was a much safer bet.
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Well, they do obviously drink horse milk....


But I see what you're saying :)
 
The red Readymash Soft and Soak has milk powder as one of the ingredients. I am feeding it to weaned foals after speaking to the makers. I should think it would be a good feed for anything losing condition.
 
One of the reputable horse rescues suggested that I use it when I took in an Arab that was very poor. Something certainly worked because it didn't take long for him to put on condition.
 
My vet suggested I put my new 3yo on it as she's running pretty light - she has it in a "normal" feed of chaff, sugarbeet, nuts and stud balancer (+ad lib haylage) and she's already putting on condition at a nice rate - not too fast but noticeable over the last 3 weeks.
 
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