Hello.
I was thinking the other day.....
Last fall, I "prepped" my minis a little on the pudgy side for winter as the previous year was bitter cold! :cold:
Needless to say, I had some pudgy ponies this spring!
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A lot was just them needing to be conditioned, a lot was big ol' hay bellies and some padding.
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I will have had them one year this October, so I'm seeing if I should/can tweak some things for this winter as I know they got too much last year.
Right now, my yearling is getting 1 cup (measuring cup) of Poulin Development, 1 cup of MVP (vitamin/balancer), and a handfull of BOSS per day.
My 3 yr old is getting 1 cup of MVP and a handfull of BOSS per day.
They get about 1 flake of hay per day.
In the winter I also like to feed beet pulp for the extra fluids and to warm up their bellies on those extra cold days. They got about 3/4 cup (measured dry) per day. I know @ the extra sugar/carbs....
I know last winter they got more hay than they should have. I was wondering if it's possible/okay to add either more beet pulp or a different type of forage extender that you might recommend that would enable them to have less hay. ?? I KNOW they need hay and I would NOT not give it to them, but I was hoping to add the extra to their grain and have the hay as more "munch on/boredom preventer"?? I know that the "munching" is also keeping them warm, too.
I might be waaaay off on this...maybe it's a long shot, but I thought I'd ask. Just trying to learn a little bit.
What do you change for feeds from summer to winter??
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Thanks for the help!!
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I was thinking the other day.....
Last fall, I "prepped" my minis a little on the pudgy side for winter as the previous year was bitter cold! :cold:
Needless to say, I had some pudgy ponies this spring!
A lot was just them needing to be conditioned, a lot was big ol' hay bellies and some padding.
I will have had them one year this October, so I'm seeing if I should/can tweak some things for this winter as I know they got too much last year.
Right now, my yearling is getting 1 cup (measuring cup) of Poulin Development, 1 cup of MVP (vitamin/balancer), and a handfull of BOSS per day.
My 3 yr old is getting 1 cup of MVP and a handfull of BOSS per day.
They get about 1 flake of hay per day.
In the winter I also like to feed beet pulp for the extra fluids and to warm up their bellies on those extra cold days. They got about 3/4 cup (measured dry) per day. I know @ the extra sugar/carbs....
I know last winter they got more hay than they should have. I was wondering if it's possible/okay to add either more beet pulp or a different type of forage extender that you might recommend that would enable them to have less hay. ?? I KNOW they need hay and I would NOT not give it to them, but I was hoping to add the extra to their grain and have the hay as more "munch on/boredom preventer"?? I know that the "munching" is also keeping them warm, too.
I might be waaaay off on this...maybe it's a long shot, but I thought I'd ask. Just trying to learn a little bit.
What do you change for feeds from summer to winter??
Thanks for the help!!