LankyDoodle
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Hmph. I get so peed off with the feed thing and going round in circles. I have a very good doer 15.1hh welsh cob and have acquired a very good doer 17.3hh warmblood.
George, my cob, gets 1 feed a day of F4F, garlic and a little bit of hifi lite to mix it in, during summer (used to get nothing, but I wanted to give F4F). Heis turned out overnight and has a small amount of hay during the day. He has recently gone from 640/50kg on the weigh tape, to 550ish, through hard work and diet. In winter, George gets 2 feeds of hifi lite (the amounts are upped considerably from summer amounts), scoop speedibeet, garlic, will be getting F4F but used to have just a local balancer. He also used to get a pasture mix during winter, but I have long since cut that out. He is turned out daily during winter and brought in with adlib hay at night. George looks fabbytastic on this feed despite it changing slightly to other years; and I am inclined to stick with it because he's now a good weight and looks so healthy at a time of year when he usually starts to lose his shine.
The warmblood is currently not in my care, but his old owner who I have now paid for him, says she feeds him what she does because she has an eventer she feeds and doesn't want him to feel left out when he comes in during the day (due to his sweet itch). In summer he gets 2 feeds of: large scoop hifi original, large scoop alpha-a, large scoop speedibeet, quarter large scoop maize (which I don't like), equivit. He gets the same feed in winter but the quantities are increased. In summer he is out at night, in during the day with one full haylage net; in winter he is out during the day and in at night with 2 full haylage nets.
Both of the horses are in what I would say is light work. The new yard is building the school so won't be using that for a while anyway. In his current home, the horse is hardly ridden which is one reasont hey are selling him - just no time for all 5 or 6 of their horses! He looks, to my mind, out of shape, but not obese and not suffering on the food he is on. The woman who we bought him from (a good friend) is a BHSAI, competes to a high level, and runs a full livery yard (BHS approved), so I trust her, but not the bit about him being fed this because she feels bad not giving him the same as her eventer more or less.
When he comes to us, he'll be hacked 2-4 times a week over the winter, for 1-4 hours at a time. In spring we hope to have the school and he will also get hacked more because of the lighter nights, but for now we are limited to hacking 2-4 times a week, fun rides, occasionally hunting him. I want to do dressage and RC stuff with him next year, though.
I also should say that, although I know George and the new horse have different needs, I want to keep the feeding similar and simple. The new horse also needs F4F and we will give garlic - both year round. Like I said, reluctant to change G's feed regime and as both are good doers, surely there's a way of keeping this simple?
George, my cob, gets 1 feed a day of F4F, garlic and a little bit of hifi lite to mix it in, during summer (used to get nothing, but I wanted to give F4F). Heis turned out overnight and has a small amount of hay during the day. He has recently gone from 640/50kg on the weigh tape, to 550ish, through hard work and diet. In winter, George gets 2 feeds of hifi lite (the amounts are upped considerably from summer amounts), scoop speedibeet, garlic, will be getting F4F but used to have just a local balancer. He also used to get a pasture mix during winter, but I have long since cut that out. He is turned out daily during winter and brought in with adlib hay at night. George looks fabbytastic on this feed despite it changing slightly to other years; and I am inclined to stick with it because he's now a good weight and looks so healthy at a time of year when he usually starts to lose his shine.
The warmblood is currently not in my care, but his old owner who I have now paid for him, says she feeds him what she does because she has an eventer she feeds and doesn't want him to feel left out when he comes in during the day (due to his sweet itch). In summer he gets 2 feeds of: large scoop hifi original, large scoop alpha-a, large scoop speedibeet, quarter large scoop maize (which I don't like), equivit. He gets the same feed in winter but the quantities are increased. In summer he is out at night, in during the day with one full haylage net; in winter he is out during the day and in at night with 2 full haylage nets.
Both of the horses are in what I would say is light work. The new yard is building the school so won't be using that for a while anyway. In his current home, the horse is hardly ridden which is one reasont hey are selling him - just no time for all 5 or 6 of their horses! He looks, to my mind, out of shape, but not obese and not suffering on the food he is on. The woman who we bought him from (a good friend) is a BHSAI, competes to a high level, and runs a full livery yard (BHS approved), so I trust her, but not the bit about him being fed this because she feels bad not giving him the same as her eventer more or less.
When he comes to us, he'll be hacked 2-4 times a week over the winter, for 1-4 hours at a time. In spring we hope to have the school and he will also get hacked more because of the lighter nights, but for now we are limited to hacking 2-4 times a week, fun rides, occasionally hunting him. I want to do dressage and RC stuff with him next year, though.
I also should say that, although I know George and the new horse have different needs, I want to keep the feeding similar and simple. The new horse also needs F4F and we will give garlic - both year round. Like I said, reluctant to change G's feed regime and as both are good doers, surely there's a way of keeping this simple?
