Recommend me a barley free feed

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I have a 2 year old filly on Baileys No 17 conditioning mix, high fibre nuts, sugar beet and chaff. She comes out of the box in the morning with filled legs and one of the possibilities is a barley intolerance. Thinking back a couple of months ago she also had urticaria but as it was fairly minor with just assumed she had been lying in the nettles and thought no more of it.
Just wondered what barley free feeds people were using especially for youngsters.
Thanks!
 
Allen & Page do a good Barley free range, but I am with dianchi in that do you really need a conditioning feed (and the other feeds)? Most 2 yr olds I have had dealings with are on turnout and hay and thats it!
 
I bought her at market this year, she was in very poor condition and wormy as she had been bred by a local farmer who runs his horses out on some rough land.
As soon as she started eating the feed I gave her (she wouldn't eat it at first not having had feed before) she just started growing like a weed and is still going! She is looking ok now but I wouldn't want her to drop any weight.
 
I really like thunderbrook. Its really wholesome and you barely feed much as its so concentrated. It doesn't contain any fillers or any of the rubbish that you find in a lot of feed bags. I was feeding fast fibre until I found out what nutritionally improved straw is and then I went on the hunt for something else. My girl is doing great on it despite being a poor doer. You might be put off by the price and I was for a long time but I finally brought a bag and I cant believe how long its lasted me. Brilliant stuff. Highly recommended.
 
What about a young stock feed? Personally I wouldn't be feeding conditioning feed and hi fibre nuts together... It's a bit pointless
 
I agree with the pointlessness of feeding of hi fibre nuts but my mum is obsessed with feeding them and generally I just let her get on with it. Anything for an easy life!
 
I like allen and page calm and condition, it doesn't contain barley and really helped put the weight on my old horse
 
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