What do you feed in spring time?

[kit279]

Having been rather smug about my lovely glossy plump TBs all winter, I am now starting to view them with alarm as the grass is starting to grow. I'm thinking that they might need to lose a bit of weight and since they don't have great feet, I am a bit paranoid about laminitis. They have been on Speedibeet, Alfa-A, corn oil and ad lib hay all winter.

How does everyone else cope with the fresh grass and what do you feed yours in the spring?

Suggestions for mine welcome!

 

[dianchi]

I let mine bulk up a bit more, TB super skinny pony that she is!
Keep an eye i tend to reduce hay slightly and drop off on how much barley.
If your worried maybe alfa a lite?

 

[CBFan]

I'd tend to reduce all bucket feeds down to handfulls and but add a hoof supplement like formula 4 feet keep hay roughly the same, perhaps reducing slightly gradually...

do they go to 24 hour turnout at some point?

 

[kit279]

No, mine have had 24 hour turn-out (rugged) all winter and only came in when it was miserable/snowing! Hence the smugness about having kept the weight on them..