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| marquisse |
Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 3:13:18 PM
Hey everyone,
I've been told i need to fill my baby out a little hes still very babyfied lol, hes going to be 1 tomorrow, can anyone recommend an extra feed or something else.... at the moment he has, young stock mix, charf, sugar beet and a balance, he also has hes normal carrots,he has this twice a day but I'm going to up it to three times a day, anyone has ideas? x |
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| marquisse |
Posted - 30 Mar 2011 : 5:02:21 PM
Thanks everyone!! Oh ok yeah that sounds good! Lol they are very tall haha!!
Ps.. He is a gelding xx |
| marquisse |
Posted - 30 Mar 2011 : 12:16:08 PM
Thanks everyone for your comments and ideas  x |
| Judith S |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 6:34:03 PM
He looks just fine, certainly not in need of filling out. He looks 'babyfied' because he is a baby, just remind them that he is an arab not a thoroughbred!  |
| marquisse |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 5:27:18 PM
Do I give them cubes instead of his young stock mix or as an extra?x |
| marquisse |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 5:24:23 PM
Thanks everyone!! Oh ok yeah that sounds good! Lol they are very tall haha!!
Ps.. He is a gelding xx |
| Pashon2001 |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 5:05:29 PM
Marquisse - try him on fast fibre cubes as well (allen & Page), he was on them with his other feed as well and always looked good! They are not high protein so won't blow his joints. Feed all my babies on them mixed with other feed and you know how big Parydise and Indy are!! |
| Kharidian |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 4:34:14 PM
nicely bum-high - been there, done that (and still doing it)! I agree, carry on feeding what you're feeding; you don't want to force him and a) bugger his joints/tendons or b) turn him into a little 
He looks very nice. Is he a colt or a gelding?
Caryn |
| parkvillenerog5 |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 1:43:26 PM
Theres nothing wrong with his condition, i would say his condition is right for his age , all of a sudden he will grow into himself. He is a nice boy with a kind facexx |
| marquisse |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 12:38:22 PM
awwww thank u, you have really put my mind at rest =) thank u he is very cute and cheeky lol x |
| pinkvboots |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 12:24:32 PM
He looks fine to me his ribs are not showing, I wouldn't worry too much best not to over feed as he is so young you don't want him growing too fast can cause problems too, I would just give him as much hay as he will eat which it sounds like you are if there is some left in the morning, and make sure he has all his vitamins and minerals, its normal for them to look like that, his got a nice kind eye and looks really cute. |
| marquisse |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 11:20:09 AM
He also has at least 3 slabs maybe 4, and he always leaves some in the bottom x |
| marquisse |
Posted - 29 Mar 2011 : 11:13:48 AM
Hey everyone soooo sorry for the long reply, here's some ok pics of my boy Marquisse x
not his best pics lol he dont stay still for 2 mins lol x |
| Dark Angel |
Posted - 25 Mar 2011 : 09:54:35 AM
I found that youngstock mix gave my youngster really horrid smelling droppings and he didn't look as well as I'd liked so I took him off it and replaced it with barley and light mix with sugar beet and readigrass (and a few vits) and he looks much better.
It's funny with youngsters because they look nice and rounded one week then the next week they look all gangly - I wouldn't worry too much. You are obviously feeding him well - he's just using it all up to grow instead of fatten |
| Smiler |
Posted - 25 Mar 2011 : 09:38:27 AM
marquisse canyou put a pic up ofher so we can see if she is really needing to fill out youngsters are so hard and like has been said if she is growing fast people may think this but you dont want to put too much weight on a youngster a pic would give a better idea i would agree about adding some oil and more hay would be the best |
| pinkvboots |
Posted - 25 Mar 2011 : 09:09:03 AM
Jaj I was going to say the very same, I would give him an extra feed in the day but I think hay is the best thing to put weight on, just give him as much as he can eat.
A new girl moved to our yard a few weeks back with two TB mares one is only two and is ribby but she is so bum high so is obviously growing, she was worried the other liveries would think she wasn't feeding her, I think she had heard someone talking, which if they were just proves they don't have a clue as the horse is just growing and looking a bit ribby is part of it so don't worry too much. |
| jaj |
Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 10:20:15 PM
Was it the vet who advised you marquisse or some other well meaning person? Just wondered as sometimes people think youngsters are too thin but often they look lean because they are so busy quickly growing up rather than out.
Could try some soya oil to add condition? Calorific without fizzing up. |
| xsara |
Posted - 24 Mar 2011 : 7:16:07 PM
I think what he is on sounds good I would just try and introduce an extra feed to increase the amount you are giving him. Plenty of roughage you dont want youngstock to be overly fat and most will be a bit light possibly ribby. would like to see a pic of your baby. |
