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Does anyone use Pure Feeds and how do you get on with it please?

I'm never normally one for feeding complete feeds as my horses never need the full recommended amount energy/calories wise so it's just easier for me to feed a balancer alongside something else.

But looking at it, they do seem to tick the box for what I'm after for my horse at the moment.

He's currently just on a cup of balancer twice a day, overnight turnout and hay when in, but I think he could use something just a little more substantial as I'm about to up his workload. Weight is absolutely spot-on but I wouldn't want him to drop any more, equally he's a good doer so doesn't need anything conditioning. He gets hot easily so I steer clear of anything that might blow his brains. He's on full livery so ideally need something that the yard can just chuck a scoop of in a bucket twice a day for him. He refuses point blank to east mashes or anything soaked.

I'm looking at the Pure Easy for him? My only hesitation is that the recommended feeding amount is a LOT - does anyone feed less and just top up with a standard balancer? Or anything equivalent feed wise you'd recommend?
 
It’s fab I’ve been feeding Pure Fibre balance for 2 years and love it! I also thought I needed pure easy but they recommended fibre balance for us and it’s been perfect, Welsh D who is in ridden work around 4-5 days a week pony club jumping hacking etc. it’s plenty of energy got her! With this one you don’t need to feed a lot of it for the benefits and I always reduce it anyway over spring/summer as mine is out 24/7 over summer. I’ve never topped up so to speak she’s been fine on a lower amount
 
Traks said:
It’s fab I’ve been feeding Pure Fibre balance for 2 years and love it! I also thought I needed pure easy but they recommended fibre balance for us and it’s been perfect, Welsh D who is in ridden work around 4-5 days a week pony club jumping hacking etc. it’s plenty of energy got her! With this one you don’t need to feed a lot of it for the benefits and I always reduce it anyway over spring/summer as mine is out 24/7 over summer. I’ve never topped up so to speak she’s been fine on a lower amount
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Thank you. I was actually looking at the Pure Fibre but they recommended the Pure Easy for him, maybe due to his workload 🤷‍♀️
 
If you're going to top it up with a balancer anyway I would just feed some chaff on top of the balancer you're feeding which would be cheaper, or add some speedibeet/fibre mash if he'll eat just a mash.
 
I've fed Pure Easy for years. I switch to Pure Condition normally in winter (didn't bother this winter. Never really got cold enough). My 15hh cob gets a Stubb scoop, with no top up of balancer. He's always been fine. He does live out with access to mixed grazing and trees. I recently trialled Baileys 26 for my older mare, but she developed such horrible squits she's back on Pure Easy and doing fine again.
 
AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
If you're going to top it up with a balancer anyway I would just feed some chaff on top of the balancer you're feeding which would be cheaper, or add some speedibeet/fibre mash if he'll eat just a mash.
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He's a pain in the backside and won't eat chaff, or he will eat a certain brand of chaff for a week or so then turns his nose up at it (we've been through all the Dengie chops, Thunderbrooks, TopChop, grass chops....). Also won't eat any mash (I've tried speedibeet, fibre beet, spillers speedy mash, grass nuts, fast fibre), I think he just hates the consistency of mash.

I'm hoping the fact that Pure is all mixed together and just seems a bit more palatable in general than your standard dry chaff (I've fed it to a friends horse before and it looked and smelled lovely!) means he will be more tempted by it! 🙃
 
KikiDee said:
Does anyone use Pure Feeds and how do you get on with it please?

I'm never normally one for feeding complete feeds as my horses never need the full recommended amount energy/calories wise so it's just easier for me to feed a balancer alongside something else.

But looking at it, they do seem to tick the box for what I'm after for my horse at the moment.

He's currently just on a cup of balancer twice a day, overnight turnout and hay when in, but I think he could use something just a little more substantial as I'm about to up his workload. Weight is absolutely spot-on but I wouldn't want him to drop any more, equally he's a good doer so doesn't need anything conditioning. He gets hot easily so I steer clear of anything that might blow his brains. He's on full livery so ideally need something that the yard can just chuck a scoop of in a bucket twice a day for him. He refuses point blank to east mashes or anything soaked.

I'm looking at the Pure Easy for him? My only hesitation is that the recommended feeding amount is a LOT - does anyone feed less and just top up with a standard balancer? Or anything equivalent feed wise you'd recommend?
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Yep, Pure Low Calorie Premium Feed Balancer (turquoise bag, dark blue writing).
No soya or alfalfa, so possibly less likely to blow any brains, mushed with warm water, stallion loves it, all on it because I can’t be bothered with umpteen bags. And yes, I underfeed the balancer, and yes, they all look extremely well, and no, they’re not getting any more.
Tbf, one mare seemed more enthused by another brand low cal, but eats this happily enough.
 
Yes used for over 10 years. So easy and no I don't feed recommended amounts. A scoop per day split between 2 feeds and Shetland gets a sprinkle of FB.
Move between Fibre Balance, Easy and Working depending on horse and work load. Like that as same base you can chop and change without having to slowly introduce. 17hh ISH with a lot of TB never goes lower than Easy but 16hh ISH doesn't go higher than Easy.
 
If he's that anti chaff I'd be surprised if he'd eat it tbh. A few fed it on my previous yard (easy and working), it was an expensive way of doing it but as you say for you on livery one scoop would be easier to get that.
 
marmalade76 said:
Very expensive and the sacks only have 15kg in them. The only product of theirs I buy are the treats.
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Depends! If it’s the only feed that you buy I found it good value. Cheaper for me than chaff, cubes or some sort of concentrate and balancer. Yes smaller bags but for some of them you don’t need to feed that much of it (Fibre balance is one of those)
 
Traks said:
Depends! If it’s the only feed that you buy I found it good value. Cheaper for me than chaff, cubes or some sort of concentrate and balancer. Yes smaller bags but for some of them you don’t need to feed that much of it (Fibre balance is one of those)
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Depends what you buy, I pay £10.99 for a sack of cubes and £11.99 for quick soak beet. The most expensive sacks I buy are linseed (£27 but lasts ages) and chaff, which also lasts well.

Oh, and most of those sacks have 20kg in them.
 
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