Soaked Oat Diet?

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Anyone tried this? I am considering it. I used to feed my horse TopSec balancer, but it got very expensive, so for the past 12 months have been feed a sort of "barefoot diet" but it doesn't seem to suit my horse as he has no energy at all.

I tried him once on Simple Systems forage feeds, which he loved, but he got very fat on not much feed, and again had no "go"

Trouble is, his work is a bit eratic so I can't be feeding him for lots of work, when he might not get much exercise one week, and then the following weed is ridden nearly every day.
His workload is light with hacking, schooling and dressage competitions, but he definitely needs more energy without getting too silly.
 
I have mine on a "barefoot" type diet - just Simple Systems alfalfa plus supplements (brewers yeast, yea-sacc, magox, seaweed and a joint supp). He is also a bit flat on this diet and I don't want to add molasses or prepared mixes so I've started giving him oats. I bought rolled oats from Countrywide. Saw a difference very quickly and he was a different horse. I started with a sprinkle in morning and evening feed then upped to a handful. I've been on holiday for 2 weeks so he hasn't had any oats while I've been away (no point when he was only being hacked by a friend a couple of times) and I started putting them in his feed again yesterday. Again, just a handful.

I can't feed much of the SS forage as he would get too fat so he just gets the amount he would if it was normal chaff plus supplements and now a handful of oats. Definitely helped give him a bit more sparkle and better stamina. They did make him pretty sharp too but I'd rather that than kick along!
 
Try The Pure Feed company. They are fab at giving advice and they have 50% off their feed and free delivery!!!

Mine has been on it for 6 weeks now and OMG it has made such a difference! He has energy now, but consistantly, not up and down.

Oh and I also love the fact that it has everything you need in 1 bag. Saves so much time and money!

I used to do the soaked oat diet, but didn't think much of it at all (although I was getting the oats free.........being a farmer :p). Then I just fed them whole and dry, as I found research supporting that this is the way they should be fed, not soaked. Was a little better but nothing like he is on the Pure feed.
 
i have a long explanation about the soaked oats diet, haven't used it for a while but did years ago and it really suited that particular horse. can post the explanation if you want. i found it difficult to get whole oats though, not sure if The Pure Feed Company does them?
 
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