Spreebok
Well-Known Member
I'm moving Livery Yards next week, and just need peoples thoughts on whats best to feed Inky.
She's an 11y/o 14.1h Irish Cob in Light Work.
Currently getting about half a bowl scoop of Dengie Healthy Hooves Molasses Free twice a day, with a small handful of Baileys High Fibre Complete Nuggets and approx. 5ml linseed oil with it in the evening. There's often a carrot in the evening meal as I just one to stir the oil in without getting it on my hands.
She's not laminitic, she was only fed Haylage before at the dealers. I put her on Spillers Happy Hoof when I got her as her feet were in terrible condition and recently moved her to the Molasses Free stuff as she isn't getting much turnout at current yard (hence the move) and I felt the molasses in the Happy Hoof wasn't required.
Currently fed haylage at yard as that's what they make and really she doesn't need to be on haylage as she doesn't do much other than light hacking currently. She gets the Baileys has I won a 20kg in a sweepstakes and it adds a bit of interest for her.
Yard I'm moving to has much more turn out, and they feed hay which is fine, she's not a cougher or anything.
There they feed Alfa A and Countrywise Horse and Pony Nuts, and this is included in the price of livery.
My question is, should I stick to what I'm feeding, or will the Alfa A and CW Nuts be appropriate for her?
Or maybe put her on the Alfa A and keep feeding the Baileys?
She seems to keep weight, it's hard to tell as she was fat when I got her but that was actually due to high worm burden and no work, she's got a lot more muscle tone and definition since she's been wormed and exercised.
Or maybe I'm overthinking the whole thing?
She's an 11y/o 14.1h Irish Cob in Light Work.
Currently getting about half a bowl scoop of Dengie Healthy Hooves Molasses Free twice a day, with a small handful of Baileys High Fibre Complete Nuggets and approx. 5ml linseed oil with it in the evening. There's often a carrot in the evening meal as I just one to stir the oil in without getting it on my hands.
She's not laminitic, she was only fed Haylage before at the dealers. I put her on Spillers Happy Hoof when I got her as her feet were in terrible condition and recently moved her to the Molasses Free stuff as she isn't getting much turnout at current yard (hence the move) and I felt the molasses in the Happy Hoof wasn't required.
Currently fed haylage at yard as that's what they make and really she doesn't need to be on haylage as she doesn't do much other than light hacking currently. She gets the Baileys has I won a 20kg in a sweepstakes and it adds a bit of interest for her.
Yard I'm moving to has much more turn out, and they feed hay which is fine, she's not a cougher or anything.
There they feed Alfa A and Countrywise Horse and Pony Nuts, and this is included in the price of livery.
My question is, should I stick to what I'm feeding, or will the Alfa A and CW Nuts be appropriate for her?
Or maybe put her on the Alfa A and keep feeding the Baileys?
She seems to keep weight, it's hard to tell as she was fat when I got her but that was actually due to high worm burden and no work, she's got a lot more muscle tone and definition since she's been wormed and exercised.
Or maybe I'm overthinking the whole thing?
