Pre prepared forage balancer or DIY?

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I'm just about finished my tub of Equimins tip top - I bought it as I needed a general supplement over winter and the tack shop had it in stock and it was a good price.

I'm not trying to sort my horses summer feeding regime - he's a chunky coblet so he won't really be getting fed but I do like to continue with his supplements.

I like to feed micronised linseed and am also planning on adding some magnesium. I'd also like to add something like yea sacc or similar to help with general gut health.

If you want to get the right mix for your horse, is it better just to buy the main vits & minerals separately or are there good base balancers out there to use as a starting point?

I've looked at the forage first products and while they look good, they do seem very expensive compared to some others.

Perhaps something like bailey's lo cal might be a better option as it would also negate the need to give any additional feed due to it's pellet format?
 
tbh, ive looked and looked and keep coming back to forageplus, it is expensive but its making a huge difference to J. That said, she had specific problems i wanted to address which makes it worth it for me. It also already contains a good level of magnesium for the average horse. Have you considered forumla4feet or pink powder? There is a lot more in the F4F admittedly but it depends if you need it all? The Pink powder may suit fine.
 
NeverSayNever said:
tbh, ive looked and looked and keep coming back to forageplus, it is expensive but its making a huge difference to J. That said, she had specific problems i wanted to address which makes it worth it for me. It also already contains a good level of magnesium for the average horse. Have you considered forumla4feet or pink powder? There is a lot more in the F4F admittedly but it depends if you need it all? The Pink powder may suit fine.
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See I'd always heard that pinkpowder was pretty crap!

We don't have any specific issues - his feet could be a bit better but in general he's bright eyed, his coat is good (now that I've clipped him). His coat/mane does sometimes go a funny colour in the summer which I read somewhere could be a copper deficiency.
 
BeauBear said:
See I'd always heard that pinkpowder was pretty crap!

We don't have any specific issues - his feet could be a bit better but in general he's bright eyed, his coat is good (now that I've clipped him). His coat/mane does sometimes go a funny colour in the summer which I read somewhere could be a copper deficiency.
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i really rate Formula4feet as a general balancer, the levels of some minerals arent as good as Forageplus, which i discovered on here the other day, but its not as expensive and is in pellet form.
 
NeverSayNever said:
tbh, ive looked and looked and keep coming back to forageplus, it is expensive but its making a huge difference to J. That said, she had specific problems i wanted to address which makes it worth it for me. It also already contains a good level of magnesium for the average horse.
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Me too. I'm a year in and still seeing improvements. I would definitely recommend these if there are any problems in the absence of forage analysis based supplementation.

There's Pro Hoof or Pro Balance (ebay)
 
BeauBear said:
Interesting to note that forage plus also contains linseed - shame I've just gone and bought a massive bag of it!
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i dont think the amount of linseed is enough to have much effect though, its more just as a filler i think.I still feed a mug of linseed in addition.
 
The linseed in the balancers is only a small amount as a carrier. Horses on summer grass may not need linseed (or vitamin E). :D
 
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