"Pink Powder" - what is it?

Rose Folly said:
I've seen quite a lot of references on here lately to 'pink powder', as a cure-all for all sorts of things. Please can somebody tell me what it is.
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methinks its some kind of probiotic powder? someone will tell me otherwise!:rolleyes:
but it is meant to help horses with digestive issues? dont feed it myself but then I dont have a stressy competition horse? but many people say how good it has been for their neddies:)
 
Good stuff, but is pretty much expensive brewers yeast with a couple of extras! Yeasacc and brewers yeast has helped my sensitive mares belly just as much as the pink powder, and is much cheaper. If you're not into mixing powders then it is fab stuff.
 
Its helped to keep condition and balance feed aswel as help keep a rythm to a horses digestive tract. Both my horses were on it when they were in work, its highly recommended by all, even competetor feed companies have recommended it to use in daily feeds!!

Its expensive though...at £14 a tub which last for about a month per horse!!! You can feed it in more or less amounts depending on what you want it to do.

Great stuff :)
 
It contains a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals, plus probiotics. The theory behind probiotics is that they encourage healthy bacteria in the gut, thus enabling the horse to make the most of its food - hence it often being recommended for poor doers.
 
Magical stuff :)

Well maybe not quite. It is vit and mineral supplement (like benevit etc) but with probiotic in for tummies. Like eating yoghurt but for horses.

Particularly good if you've got something which has had a course of ABs I find (which is common for my silly filly who has TB legs and likes to play!)
 
I feed my two this and overall it works out far cheaper.

My gelding wintered very poory last year (winter 2009) despite being on D&H Build up mix, SB, barley, chaff etc with adlib haylege - and costing me a fortune!

This year I have had him on half a scoop of bog standard pony nuts and some chaff as well as the pink powder and he is positively thriving!!! He's really carried his weight well despite shooting up a couple of inches. I would highly reccommend it.
 
Charisma is doing really well on it this year - she tends to lose weight throughout the Winter and is a fussy eater, and even though I give her more hay she just eats what she wants, she's not a piglet!

I am paranoid that she looses weight and always make sure he's healthy and fit (after two instructors said she was probably lethargic due to low condition!) so I upped the oil etc in her diet and put her on this, it seems to be doing the trick but it could still all be a con lol....as long as, we're both happy :D
 
I swear by Pink Powder for providing probiotics and extra vits/mins- esp a mine are only on a small amount of concentrates and one can be a bit stressy at times too!

One £14.50 pot lasts 2 horses 3 weeks to a month so very cost effective.
 
Another one here who highly reccomends it!

Started using it last winter (09-10) don't use it through summer when my boy is living out but start giving it around October before my horse drops any weight. Much prefer it to top spec which I found did nothing but cost loads more!
 
FestiveNeighs said:
Good stuff, but is pretty much expensive brewers yeast with a couple of extras! Yeasacc and brewers yeast has helped my sensitive mares belly just as much as the pink powder, and is much cheaper. If you're not into mixing powders then it is fab stuff.
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I agree :)

My 3 year old is prone to loose poos and gassy belly, but I didnt want the vits and mins tha are in pink powder.

So have had better success just feeding yeasacc and brewers, and they work out cheaper.

Would definately recommend the above two products if you are already feeding a balanced diet eg. balancer/nuts/mix/vit min powder, just to avoid the overdose of nutrients if PP is fed alongside them.
 
Thanks so much everybody. I don't think it's for my girl, who is an extremely good doer, totally laid back and is on lovely old permanent pasture with very basic feed. But it might be the very thing for one of our liveries, who's an elderly gentleman who loses condition, and whose middle name is Stress. Thanks again.
 
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