What to feed cob youngster

[holeymoley]

What do you feed your traditional cob youngsters? I currently have mine on chaff and D&H suregrow with as much hay as he can eat. But he’s constantly telling me and everyone else that he’s famished! He has turnout daily 8-3/4pm on decent grass. But I’m now thinking our livery may not suit him, considering finding a grass livery for him.

 

[SEL]

I'm not sure cobs ever turn off their hunger gene

How is his weight?

 

[holeymoley]

This is my concern too as it’s chalk and cheese at the moment as my other guy cob x native has EMS so he’s on a very strict diet, everything gets weighed and soaked. Meanwhile this guy’s eating us out of house and home! His weight looks fine, he’s at the awkward butt high skinny narrow front stage. Only 20months.

 

[TheMule]

He’s a yearling….. 16-17 hours in a box every day is likely to be under stimulating him- get him out, moving around and grazing

 

[Ali27]

My ID x Welsh filly was 2 last Summer when I got her. Had her out 24/7 but she ballooned so much that after 10 weeks, my farrier thought she was in foal! Luckily not! Then was out 24/7 most of the winter with my other two and only started feeding hay in January. I gave her small feed of fast fibre with Progressive Earth young stock supplement but she wouldn’t touch it! Then used Spillers youngstock balancer. Now on restricted grazing with my other two as has put weight on again although she does have a couple of hours on long grass during the day with my older mare.
If you can find 24/7 grazing, I would go for that

 

[dorsetladette]

Out on good grass with friends. Rugged appropriately and unlimited hay in winter.

Bucket feed wise my youngster is on spiller gro 'n' win balancer and D&H youngstock mix with a handful of chaff and a bit of sugarbeet to wet it. He's struggled with weight and came with a heavy worm burden so I feel he needs a bit more support while growing. My other youngster had a balancer and that was it for hard feed.

 

[Hormonal Filly]

He’s a yearling….. 16-17 hours in a box every day is likely to be under stimulating him- get him out, moving around and grazing

Second this, a friend had a yearling filly which was sadly in a lot of the time due to livery rules. She was put to sleep before doing any work at the age of 4, multiple issues and I always thought being in a stable so much while growing didn’t help.

I’d find grass/youngstock livery asap. That set up definitely wouldn’t suit any youngster IMO.

ETA, my mare only got suregrow as a youngster.