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What Balancers / vitamins and minerals do you use?

I have a rising 3yo tb X and a 8yo TB. They have adlib hay and ok grass. I have been feeding speedibeet and linseed with mole valleys own vitamin and mineral supplement but over the summer i want to move away from soaking feeds but must be ulcer and barefoot friendly.

I have been looking at the forage plus young horse summer supplement along side a grass chaff or Flourish Horse Health complete feed, does anyone have any thoughts on these?

Has anyone created their own herb mix instead of supplements? If so, what did you use?
 
I've got two at the opposite end of the spectrum for feeding wise (Rabbit my 2 year old who is currently growing whenever I blink, and Baggs my retired 20 year old who is prone to ulcers, has arthritis, can be a right stress head, has COPD, prone to skin irritations) but both are doing fabulous on the below :

Ad lib haylage
10 - 15 hours of turnout on good quality grass
Dengie Ulser Lite (Baggs who is my retired 20 year old is prone to ulcers and weight gain, so this is the best chaff I've found as it's ulcer friendly but low in calories - has oat straw, alfalfa pellets, some herbs like oregano and thyme and a few other things in it. I don't know if outside links are allowed so won't post one here in case I get told off for breaking the rules!)
Store own Horse and Pony nuts
2 scoops turmeric with black pepper, vitamin e and micronised linseed already included
NAF General Purpose Supplement (amount of scoops depends on what horse as Baggs is 14.2 and about 400kg, Rabbit is 15.2 currently and about 500kg ish)

They get varying amounts dependant on the time of year - so at the moment they're on a token feed as the grass in their field is proper lush and lots of it, but I still like them to get a feed as Baggs is prone to ulcers so I don't like him being without any sort of varying forage in front of him as I'm proper paranoid about the ulcers making an unwanted comeback. But in winter I bump the amounts up to a decent feed and I find it keeps weight on, without fizziness, smells lovely when made with warm water (thanks to the herbs in the Dengie chaff!) and it is also barefoot friendly and approved by my equine podiatrist :) I was at first concerned that the Dengie chaff has alfalfa pellets in there as I know some horses don't do well with alfalfa and some people who are barefoot prefer to stay away from it, but I've found no issues and my two would be the first to show any signs x
 
Mine gets either ForagePlus, Science Supplement or Equimins Advance Complete, ad lib hay, 24/7 turnout and a big spoonful of Himalayan salt.
 
Mine gets equimins advance complete, gut balancer, oily herbs and linseed.
The fatty gets it mixed in with dengie Hifi molasses free and my big one gets speedibeet as well.
 
Spillers Lite & Lean, according to analysis by The Laminitis Site (small independent charity) it’s the most balanced for UK pasture.

I also add salt and coconut oil as ones has EquiTop Pronutrin as recommended by Vet
 
Faran got D&H Suregrow until he was 4 then I loved him onto Bailey LoCal balancer until beginning of this year when I changed him to Baileys performance balancer. He’s seven now. All three have done him well and all I do is pop that his chaff and his powders in then add half a scoop of water before I ride or if not riding before I get the water drum filled and get ready for poo picking and then give it a stir and feed.

I fed my older poor doer horse the suregrow as well as it provided him all he needed as well so you could feed both that.

I tried a few powdered balancers for Faran, one he point blank refused and others brought him out in hives strangely. So I stuck with what worked 😁
 
Clare MacLeod (Equine Nutritionist) has a list of balancers and vit/min supplements she recommends. Scroll back through her FB page and you should be able to find it.
 
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