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suneagle
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 Posted - 05 Jan 2009 : 7:29:25 PM
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a horse i am looking after willow (sorry she is a tb) is due in june, the vet has said to rach (owner) to feed her on suregrow..??
what do you think? have you used it before?
shes looking fab, shes in great condistion (show ring condistion in fact), fed on alfalfa oil chaff , hay and when her foot is better she will be out of grass. i dont reccon she needs it.
what do you feed your brood mares?
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moatside
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England
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Posted - 05 Jan 2009 : 8:05:48 PM
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| My Sec B mare is also due in June - at the moment she is out on grass for 6-8 hours a day (weather permitting), quality hay when in and fed a mix of Balanced Baseline and Show Mix with speedy beet once a day. I will put her on stud mix for the last 3 months. |
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ashabarab
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England
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Posted - 05 Jan 2009 : 8:42:27 PM
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what about calcium minerals and micro nutrients?
a balanced feed which contains everything might be better for her
l have not used suregrow so l am not familar with the contents but my broodies are fed
hi -fi
suga beet
spillars cool mix
spillars high fibre cubes [which l will change to stud cubes when they need it]
they get 3 kilos split into two meals daily
and soya oil
hay add lib
they are well covered but not fat......
you don't want a fat brood mare, and too much food in the last weeks can result in a large foal and differcult birth..but you do want to make sure that she has everything she needs
ash
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Marie-Molly
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 Jan 2009 : 12:57:36 PM
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Suregrow is great, feed it to broodmare and foals / yearlings as it contains all the vits / minerals they require when extra requirements are made on the body. Thoroughbreds especially require more nutrients when lactating and growing.
I'd follow the vet advice there - maybe worth calling Dodson & Horrell advice line for a more personal advice. |
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suneagle
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England
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Posted - 06 Jan 2009 : 1:37:20 PM
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thanks for your advise, i forgot to add this is her 1st foal...
i will speek to her owner about it, i am alittle unsure as her 1ft one i want it as natural as posible but she is very VERY sensitive to heating up with food, give her some polos and shes bounceing around, would suregrow hype her up? |
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NatH
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England
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Posted - 06 Jan 2009 : 4:21:18 PM
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I have to say all the horses that have been at Chapel Lane have quite a plain diet.
In foal mares here have Spillers Mare & Youngstock mix added to their diet in the third trimester of their pregnancy. I've always found this to build beautiful babies
I know everyone has different views, if you are still struggling to decide try a Nutritionalist at your chosen Feed Manufacturers, they are normally extremely helpful |
Natalie
Chapel Lane Arabians
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Pauline
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England
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Posted - 06 Jan 2009 : 5:21:18 PM
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When my mare was infoal or meant to be I fed her on Baileys Stud Balancer and Alfa oil. As she lost her foal last year and she will be going back down to stud again this year I have kept her on the same feed but half the dose and just adding some Speedy Beet through the winter.
They do need the mins and vits to help produce a healthy foal.
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Pauline Higgs
Equine & Human Holistic Therapist
www.thegentlestouch.co.cc
www.endurancegbmidsouth.co.uk
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maryann
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 Jan 2009 : 08:21:45 AM
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Our infoal mares gets Spillers Mare and Youngstock Mix Alfa A and Sugaur Beet in the last three months of being in foal. It's added in with there other feed....
Plain but it works for us.
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Maryann
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kathleen
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suneagle
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England
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Posted - 09 Jan 2009 : 1:35:58 PM
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| thanks for all your help, willow is now on supergrow started today. |
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Valentine Arabians
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Jan 2009 : 12:55:28 PM
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Our preggie mare (due in May) is being fed Suregrow (800gms/day) and 2Kgs/day of Stud Diet, Alpha A Oil and Graze On. She gets hay ad lib and is out on grass, weather and paddock surface permitting, for a couple of hours a day. She looks great!
Our entire herd are routinely fed Suregrow - from foal - weanling on 1Kg/ad lib, yearling on 800gms/day, 2 year old on 900gms/day and then 3 year old onwards they get 400gms/day - and I have always fed that and wouldn't use anything else as a feed balancer. |
Liz & Walter Downes
www.ValentineArabians.com
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