feed advice needed
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StormyJ
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What is his current condition? How is his temperament, how old and is he a good or poor doer? You can't really decide until you know that!
Although in no work on good grass he may not need feeding at all until you start working him
Although in no work on good grass he may not need feeding at all until you start working him
Hard to say without knowing what he's like weight & condition-wise at the moment - any pics? Also, try to find out what his current feed/turn out/work regime is. What type/breed is he? My 17.2 ID x needs very little feeding, even when in work and during the winter! He's a real good-doer who I have trouble keeping the weight off. At the moment he's at grass 24/7, and just gets a handful of chaff with his supplements through it.
At the moment he's at grass 24/7, and just gets a handful of chaff with his supplements through it.
lol how stupid am i i forgot to write all that went to make a coffef and fogot what i have wrote
hes in good conditon he is in good condition , stabled at the moment out in the day he hasnt been in work for four months, hes very stressy and fizzy but i think he will be more relaxed out as he hates being stabled
he currently has 2 slices of hayledge a scoop of calm and condition chaff and i think just pony nuts twice a day and then just what he has when hes turned out
im thinking he may not need anything else hard feed wise with all the grass he will be having
hes in good conditon he is in good condition , stabled at the moment out in the day he hasnt been in work for four months, hes very stressy and fizzy but i think he will be more relaxed out as he hates being stabled
he currently has 2 slices of hayledge a scoop of calm and condition chaff and i think just pony nuts twice a day and then just what he has when hes turned out
im thinking he may not need anything else hard feed wise with all the grass he will be having
my 17.1 ish gets a few pony nuts and chaff just enough for his ads to go into but he does lose weight in the winter so he has sugar beet and calm and condition but i do like him to be slimmer going in to the spring/summer as he does put plenty of weight on in the summer. if your horse is upto weight then if he is getting plenty of grass then dont feed him any hard feed while he isnt being ridden/worked or just a token feed of a handful of chaff and some carrots and apples and see how you go, there is no need to feed more then he needs or for the sake of it when its not nessasary.
My Mrs has nothing at the moment.
She gets a handful of chaff with some carrots and her vtamins in after being ridden, but that's it.
She gets a handful of chaff with some carrots and her vtamins in after being ridden, but that's it.
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