Pure Feeds?

[Xronichka]

Does anyone use Pure Feeds and how do you get on with it please?

I'm never normally one for feeding complete feeds as my horses never need the full recommended amount energy/calories wise so it's just easier for me to feed a balancer alongside something else.

But looking at it, they do seem to tick the box for what I'm after for my horse at the moment.

He's currently just on a cup of balancer twice a day, overnight turnout and hay when in, but I think he could use something just a little more substantial as I'm about to up his workload. Weight is absolutely spot-on but I wouldn't want him to drop any more, equally he's a good doer so doesn't need anything conditioning. He gets hot easily so I steer clear of anything that might blow his brains. He's on full livery so ideally need something that the yard can just chuck a scoop of in a bucket twice a day for him. He refuses point blank to east mashes or anything soaked.

I'm looking at the Pure Easy for him? My only hesitation is that the recommended feeding amount is a LOT - does anyone feed less and just top up with a standard balancer? Or anything equivalent feed wise you'd recommend?

 

[Jessey]

If your horse is doing well on the current feed, given the time of year, I’d be inclined to wait and see if the additional work and extra spring grass that’s really only just getting going, balance each other and only change if he looses weight.

My guy gets balancer and nothing else, when he was younger and growing like a weed he occasionally needed more and I would add some linseed, and if that wasn’t enough and when I realised he was allergic to it, I added a cup of conditioning cubes with the balancer, he didn’t need the RDA of any complete feed.

 

[carthorse]

I suspect you'd end up having to feed way to much in order toget the same vits and mins as your balancer provides. I'd stick with the balancer and if he starts losing more weight than you're happy with buy a bag of basic nuts or mix to feed alongside, that way you can adjust calories as needed without messing up his vit and min intake.

 

[Fashiony]

Got it.

Pure Easy is perfect for your horse. Ignore the bag just feed half a stubbs scoop twice a day and keep the balancer in for vits/mins. It's dry, scoopable, won't cause fizz, and livery yards handle it fine. That's exactly what most sensible owners do with it.

 

[carthorse]

@Fashiony but if you're going to feed a balancer you may as well get a basic mix or nut (which shouldn't fizz up a horse if fed according to work) rather than spend extra on a feed because it has enough vits and mins if fed at the recommended rate (which many good brands do).