Weight gain feeds..???

[Annie23]

Morning..!! Want to know if any of you know of any good weight gain feeds??

I've a 10 year old brood mare (not in foal) and a 3 year old filly who are out for the winter. Mare wasn't in great condition over the summer but manged to get weight on, now its winter she's really dropping off and I don't want her losing any more condition.

Filly is huuuuge.. Can't keep up with her growing spurts!

Just now they both getting scoop of Alfa a oil, 1/2 scoop of equilibrium conditioning, 1/2 scoop conditioning cubes and scoop speedi beet.

Was going to try the barley rings.. Any thoughts??

 

[cm2581]

I've had great results with top spec cool condition cubes. My mare has been quite unwell over summer and lost a lot of weight and I've really been struggling to get it back on. She is a 16.2 middleweight ISH mare around 550kg. She had 4kg a day (a round Stubbs scoop twice a day) along with a scoop Alfa a oil and speedibeet and within a fortnight there was a marked improvement.

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Add a mug of linseed to that to boost weight gain charnwood milling or equimins are about the cheapest and easiest to get a hold of

I've also had good results with allen and page calm and condition and toopspec cool conditions cubes.

 

[Venevidivici]

Echo the above re:top spec cool conditioning cubes. You do see a noticeable improvement within 2wks

 

[Tiggy1]

Rowen Barbary feeds are amazing

 

[harlequinwalk]

I used Showmix from Balanced Horse Feeds, very effective and non-heating

 

[Annie23]

Thanks guys big help! Think ill try and get some linseed.. Had someone else recommend that too. And I'll give the top spec cubes a shot..

Thanks Again!

 

[Izzwizz]

Ready Mash Extra is great for weight gain. Can be made with warm or cold water, does smell lovely mixed with warm!

 

[*Maddy&Occhi*]

Fast Fibre is great for weight gain, I swear by it. A mare I used to own was a nightmare for keeping weight on, I tried absolutely everything including very expensive feed and nothing worked, I then switched to fast fibre (very reasonably priced and lasts ages) and it worked a treat. Would also suggest giving her ad lib hay

 

[flirtygerty]

Micronised linseed works wonders for condition and weight gain

 

[Annie23]

Didn't know about ready mash extra! Might give that a whirl ..

What is the fast fibre feed?? Is it like a chaff?? They both got ad lib hay in the field too