When to feed?

[H-J]

Had an examination on Spider on Monday and she is still in foal - yey

But she is looking quite fat at the mo on the grass (24/7) she will be coming in at night from the weekend probably - how much should we be feeding her morning and night?

Usually she is a very good doer she was only fed for fizz as quite lazy!!

 

[machannah]

when is she due? if she is a good doer and is carrying weight well with grass/hay etc then i wouldnt change much until the last 3/4 months.

 

[H-J]

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when is she due? if she is a good doer and is carrying weight well with grass/hay etc then i wouldnt change much until the last 3/4 months.

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She is due mid May, yes she is a good doer so you reckon dont start feeding till January ish then? She will have chaff twice a day anyway otherwise she will create when the others are fed!!

 

[machannah]

You will get differing opinions, however my mare was in work till the end of jan, and on her normal rations of mix, hifi etc. She isnt a great doer, so had adlib hay etc but that wasnt un-normal for her.

Feed wise from the end of Jan (she was due mid may also) i started introducing stud mix, lots of recommendations on here for Dodson & Horell Suregrow, which can also be fed to the foal. Baileys do some good feed for the pregnant mare, and mine was on Outshine also (again recommended on here).

 

[volatis]

My mares are currently on very good grazing so no hard feed yet. Once the grass stops growing they start to get a basic cube, Alfa A and beet, or for the fatties just a feed balancer, so that everyone is getting their basic vit and mineral requirements. Approximately 3 months before foaling they are switched to stud mix (we use Dodson and Horells) or Suregrow for the fatties.