SOYA OIL AND PROTEIN NUT advice needed

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Hello all you owners of the skinny fizzy poor doer types that explode if starch levels in cereal are too high. Have any of you tried (out on your horses) a soya oil/protein nut and if so which one and does it do what it says on the bag??? Does the weight stay on without the silly behaviour? Will they eat this nut??? So many questions because I live in central France and will need to bulk order for autumn/winter (and don't want to make a mistake) as all feeds here are cereal based with really high levels of starch.
Any information of experiences good and bad will be gratefully received.
Cheers Pym
 
Slightly off the topic but i use Allen and Paige Calm and condition as does 3 others on our yard with skinny TB's and they all have put weight on without fizzing.

Just thought i would through that into the mix.
 
I like equijewel by saracen - always given good results and never had one turn its nose up at it. The other product which is really good is the top spec super conditioning flakes - they do have higher levels of startch but I feed a large round scoop twice a day (about2.5kg) to my tb and it has never fizzed him up

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this is my tb - the flakes seem to improve his coat no end . He gets three feeds a day as he is working quite hard - the flakes,saracen enduro 100 and alfa a . You can also tel when he is not on the flakes - the coat goes dull,loses condition and he gets a bit lacklustre in his ridden work.
 
soya oil is good for stamina, i use it on my tb as he gets abit flat after a short while of schooling
 
Because of the quantities of feed I usually give to get/keep ponies in show condition through the winter I tend to avoid too much starch to avoid colic and other problems.

I have good results with lots of beet pulp (standard molassed), full fat soya flakes, and soya oil. Alfa-A oil also quite good, but not sure what availability like in france.

I'll easily feed a full bucket of soaked beet pulp daily, with either about 1/2 kg full fat soya flakes, or else about 3/4 pint soya oil.

I never have problems getting them to eat it, partly because they're all very greedy, but also because of the large proportion of tasty sugar beet in the diet. Friend uses copra meal (coconut byproduct), which is also high in fat, and although i'm not sure its as palatable as soya flakes, they do eat it.
 
ok for mine (there are previous posts of mine on feeding him and also I was on the H&H D&H feed to win campaign)

He is fed 1 full scoop of Happy Hoof (low starch level), 3/4 scoop of Speedibeet (again, alot lower in sugar than Sugar beet) and 1/2 cup of soya oil. 3 big wedges of sprayed hay (not fully soaked so we dont lose nutrients) and turned out 7-10 hours a day.

For my horse I cannot feed Allen & Page Calm & Condition. Tried this when I first got him - never again.

Keep it simple but effective. Be careful about all the products that are out saying calm this calm that as some of them are still full of sugar. Some of the old fashioned ways work a treat. I also tried a magnesium supplement but that didnt work. They will only make a difference if the horse has a magnesium deficiency in the first place.

Hope this helps a little, x
 
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