By mel.1274
10 December 2008 21:33
Am I feeding my 15.2hh cob mare too much? She has 2 round scoops of alfa a oil,1/2 scoop of mix,3/4 scoop sugar beet.1 and 1/2 mugs of lo cal balancer twice a day!She's stabled at night with a big haylage net!!
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Dizzy11 says
you could try weighing you feed instead
15 March 2010 07:57
BertieB says
I guess it would depend on whether she is overweight If she is just stick to the haylage and lo cal (probably 3 mugs for a balanced diet) plus a little chop If you need to keep weight on her it seems like you are underfeeding course mix and supplementing with low cal. I would expect a 15.2 to need approx 1 Stubbs round scoops of most mixes. With a full ration of mix you could cut out the low cal as it will be no longer necessary. I found I could keep weight on my thoroughbred by feeding haylage ad lib with a full ration of fibre cubes, which was a surprise after having messed around with bits of this and that for years! I'd strongly recommend ringing one of the manufacturer feed lines, they are very good.
I guess it would depend on whether she is overweight
If she is just stick to the haylage and lo cal (probably 3 mugs for a balanced diet) plus a little chop
If you need to keep weight on her it seems like you are underfeeding course mix and supplementing with low cal. I would expect a 15.2 to need approx 1 Stubbs round scoops of most mixes. With a full ration of mix you could cut out the low cal as it will be no longer necessary. I found I could keep weight on my thoroughbred by feeding haylage ad lib with a full ration of fibre cubes, which was a surprise after having messed around with bits of this and that for years!
I'd strongly recommend ringing one of the manufacturer feed lines, they are very good.
28 December 2009 19:32
hayleighm175 says
Personally I wouldn't feed Haylage unless he a problem with dust. With the feed it depends if he is overweight???
Personally I wouldn't feed Haylage unless he a problem with dust.
With the feed it depends if he is overweight???
27 December 2009 16:20
ellienicolepilson says
i have a 15.2/3 cob, and mine is on half a round scoop of alfa a oil and half a round scoop of 16+ (in winter-living out) because hes 19 years old and i think he needs a little extra vitamins but if he was 8 years old id feed him just a normal mix ( like pony cubes), and hi-fi lite because its little calories, if i was you id half the feed you give her morning and night because this sounds quite alot of calories for a cob depending on whether shes a good doer or not but most cobs seem to be, and i woul'nt worry so much about the amount of haylage as this keeps them warm, i hope this hepls you :) x
26 December 2009 21:35
horseface888 says
well it depends is your horse over weight in your opinion??? with a balancer you may not need to feed as much mix or sugar beet as it gives your horse all the stuff it needs. if your horse is over weight i would definatly cut down on mix, sugar beet and even the chaff. hope this helps a little!
12 December 2008 13:57
