feeding a pregnant mare

[lucky lodge]

my mare is only eating the good stuff out of her feed like the pellets..how many cups of pellets do yous recken i should be feeding her she has about 5 1/2 weeks to go

thanks for any advice

 

[lucky lodge]

my mare is only eating the good stuff out of her feed like the pellets..how many cups of pellets do yous recken i should be feeding her she has about 5 1/2 weeks to go

thanks for any advice

 

[chandab]

my mare is only eating the good stuff out of her feed like the pellets..how many cups of pellets do yous recken i should be feeding her she has about 5 1/2 weeks to go

thanks for any advice

How big is your mare? And, tell us more information about the pellets, like feeding directions from the bag, basic ingredient list, protein %, fiber %, fat%. This bit of information will help us more with determining how much more she can safely have.

 

[lucky lodge]

she is about 32in tall she gets about 2 cups of this as ive just started her on it

this is called studmaster

digestible engery 12.5 mj/kg

crude protein 16.5 %

lysine 0.8 %

crude fibre 10.0 %

added salt 1.0 %

crude fat 4.0 %

0.8 %calcium 1.0%

phosphorus 0.75%

moganese 120 mg/kg

magnesium 120.mg/kg

zinc 130 mg/kg

iron 230mg/kg

seleniam 0.7 mg/kg

iodine 0.5 mg/kg

cobatt 0.3 mg/kg

copper 45mg/kg

vitiams a 12000 iu/kg

vit d3 1050 iu/kg

vit e 115 iu/kg

vit k3 3 mg/kg

vit b1 11 mg/kg

vit b2 12 mg/kg

vit b6 5 mg/kg

vit 12 30 mg/kg

biotin 0.3 mg/kg

d-calcuim pantothenate 20mg/kg

folic acid 3dmg/kg

niacin 70 mg/kg

she also gets 3 cups of maitance cubes

crude protein 12.0%

crude fibre 17.0%

salt 0.8%

and hay as she wont eat her chaff

Thanks Jenny

 

[lucky lodge]

It says on the bag

late pregnacy mares at 400kg

should get 2.0 kg to 2.5kg

this is my mare sweety

 

[AnnaC]

She looks in good general condition anyway. Is it the Studmaster that she's eating and the other feed she is leaving? If so I would increase the Studmaster for her to the amount recommended and fade out the other. If she's getting plenty of hay then the Studmaster will give her what she needs for herself and her coming baby. Sometimes when we 'mix' different types of feed together we 'unbalance' the horse's intake. Better to stick to one good quality feed that is specially prepared for the purpose required.

 

[lucky lodge]

Its jsut the chaff shes not eating

 

[Eagle]

Diane was right with her calculations. We weigh in kilos here and most of my minis mares when pregnant weigh about 180kilos and they are about 30' I feed 1 1/2 kilos a day divided into 3 meals plus sugar beet and hay.