Hello,
Looking for some advice. Just bought my first horse (subject to todays successful vetting) and looking for some advice on what to feed him during the winter.
He's a 6 y/o piebald cob. A very good doer who is in light work at the moment and quite overweight.
I'll be looking to do a lot more work with him (taking him from 10 minute hack per day to 1 hours schooling)
At the moment he's in the field pretty much 24/7. He get 1/8 scoop of pony nuts and 1/8 scoop of readygrass and some supplements (seaweed mainly).
I'm planning on keeping him out most winter but brining him in almost everyday to ride and feed - I'll also stable him perhaps once a week. He'll get some hay while I'm grooming him but is it ok to keep him on the same feed and keep it to once a day or will he need more? I don't want to underfeed him over the winter but if he's on grass 24/7 in a good sized field would it be good enough just to add something like Baileys lo cal to his usual feed?
I'd be grateful for any advice you can give!
Kirstin
Looking for some advice. Just bought my first horse (subject to todays successful vetting) and looking for some advice on what to feed him during the winter.
He's a 6 y/o piebald cob. A very good doer who is in light work at the moment and quite overweight.
I'll be looking to do a lot more work with him (taking him from 10 minute hack per day to 1 hours schooling)
At the moment he's in the field pretty much 24/7. He get 1/8 scoop of pony nuts and 1/8 scoop of readygrass and some supplements (seaweed mainly).
I'm planning on keeping him out most winter but brining him in almost everyday to ride and feed - I'll also stable him perhaps once a week. He'll get some hay while I'm grooming him but is it ok to keep him on the same feed and keep it to once a day or will he need more? I don't want to underfeed him over the winter but if he's on grass 24/7 in a good sized field would it be good enough just to add something like Baileys lo cal to his usual feed?
I'd be grateful for any advice you can give!
Kirstin