Most Fattening Supplement

[Frazer]

Basically like the subject says - What is the most fattening supplement you have used, or puts weight on the most/fastest. What do you use to put weight on your horse?

 

[Vey]

Oil - anything you might, but have not, use to fry your chips in.

 

[Frazer]

How much oil can you add to their normal diet/feed

 

[Parkranger]

Lard? Failing that - do you feed haylage? I've heard it works wonders and just added 1 slice a night to Ty's hay to fatten him up....

 

[barkinghorse]

The most fatty not fattening i use is Sumo.
horse loves it but it stinks!!
Jo xx

 

[chestnut cob]

I don't think any of the supplements put weight on.... you can feed things like pro/prebiotics to ensure they're digesting/utilising their feed properly.

To put weight on I would feed barley or something like speedibeet. My horse certainly doesn't need any help with putting on or keeping weight on though!

 

[pixiebee]

my pony stays fat no matter what!!! and he has to get haylage as that is whats included in the price of the livery!!! i heard that it wasnt that fattening???

 

[Parkranger]

Depends which haylage you use - it's got much higher fibre content to tends to bulk out more.....

 

[Iestyn]

Good quality forage - haylage maybe? Add oil to the diet - normal vegetable oil or maybe something like Alfa A with added oil. I swear by Baileys Top-line cubes for by lightweight TB. However if you are going to feed then your horse will need a regular exercise programme as well to convert the increased feed and calories into muscle and not just fat.

 

[TGM]

Oil is most fattening in terms of calories in relation to weight. However, hard feed and supplements are just a small part of the story - it is important to ensure that a horse in poor condition gets lots of good quality forage - grass and/or hay and/or haylage.

 

[seabiscuit]

Loads and loads of excellent top quality hay is the best- just ad-lib all the time...as much as they want..

 

[TGM]

Just wanted to clarify my previous post to say that oil is most fattening in terms of calories in relation to weight of feed. Ie oil is a very calorie-dense feed so you get a lot of calories from a relatively little amount.

 

[chestnut cob]

My boy puts weight on if I feed haylage. He's ok with a little bit but can't have 100% haylage or he'd just keep expanding!

 

[steffielu]

grass!!

 

[cobweb]

We had a cob who was difficult to keep weight on, we overcame it by feeding ad lib hay and splitting his feed into 3 meals a day, as horses stomach's are relatively small, so they digest better with little and often. We feed Dobson & Horrell 'Build Up', No 4 Conditioning cubes, chaff and sugar beet, oil and fenugreek seeds as a supplement.

 

[Alibear]

allen and page weight gain feed , fab stuff and not too pricey either.