Grain opion..

[Cara]

So china gets beatpulp, sunflower seeds, equlizer,and flax seed and glucosamine AM, shes a senior mare should she be on senior feed? is there any opions on what would benafit her as far as her health goes? im not going to make a drastic change of course, even if i do decide to change her grain in anyway it will be slow of course, thanks everyone for your words!

 

[krissy3]

I have a grain made by HYPONA its especially made for small equines , shetlands and donkeys...It gives everything you need for helath (protien minerals) but for a non working, pony (winter) It has the black sunflower seed, flax, a smashed corn ,oats, wheat , something that looks like a barley , and rice hulls , it looks something like that , its all written in French, but came highly recommended. This spring when I start working them I will have to add another , or change though. back home i gave my shetland a little Nevada grass mixed with alphalfa, rice bran when he was working , and equine adult or Stradegy (has less sugar).I would rather give him a richer diet and work him 4 days a week...he looked great on this , but every horse so totally different. A breeder and judge here swears on just giving 10 kilos of fresh carrots to her kids once a week , and keeping them on grass hay. We dont have Alphalfa here.(Switzerland) so I say ...if your horse looks good keep doing what your doing. Sometimes I give fresh ground beets from our garden, and the Donkey actually walked into the little grocery store down the street one morning and ate about 20 crissonts.

I had to pay for them!!

 

[chandab]

If China is doing well on what you feed, has good teeth and no issues with eating hay, then there is no reason to change her to a senior feed til the time comes when she can't eat hay and isn't doing as well on your current feed program. As they say: if it isn't broke, don't fix it.

 

[nicmac74]

Thanks for the good morning laugh! I can just imagine a donkey walking into a shop and eating croissants! lol.

I have a grain made by HYPONA its especially made for small equines , shetlands and donkeys...It gives everything you need for helath (protien minerals) but for a non working, pony (winter) It has the black sunflower seed, flax, a smashed corn ,oats, wheat , something that looks like a barley , and rice hulls , it looks something like that , its all written in French, but came highly recommended. This spring when I start working them I will have to add another , or change though. back home i gave my shetland a little Nevada grass mixed with alphalfa, rice bran when he was working , and equine adult or Stradegy (has less sugar).I would rather give him a richer diet and work him 4 days a week...he looked great on this , but every horse so totally different. A breeder and judge here swears on just giving 10 kilos of fresh carrots to her kids once a week , and keeping them on grass hay. We dont have Alphalfa here.(Switzerland) so I say ...if your horse looks good keep doing what your doing. Sometimes I give fresh ground beets from our garden, and the Donkey actually walked into the little grocery store down the street one morning and ate about 20 crissonts.

I had to pay for them!!

 

[chandab]

I have a grain made by HYPONA its especially made for small equines , shetlands and donkeys...It gives everything you need for helath (protien minerals) but for a non working, pony (winter) It has the black sunflower seed, flax, a smashed corn ,oats, wheat , something that looks like a barley , and rice hulls , it looks something like that , its all written in French, but came highly recommended. This spring when I start working them I will have to add another , or change though. back home i gave my shetland a little Nevada grass mixed with alphalfa, rice bran when he was working , and equine adult or Stradegy (has less sugar).I would rather give him a richer diet and work him 4 days a week...he looked great on this , but every horse so totally different. A breeder and judge here swears on just giving 10 kilos of fresh carrots to her kids once a week , and keeping them on grass hay. We dont have Alphalfa here.(Switzerland) so I say ...if your horse looks good keep doing what your doing. Sometimes I give fresh ground beets from our garden, and the Donkey actually walked into the little grocery store down the street one morning and ate about 20 crissonts.

I had to pay for them!!

Actually, you might have alfalfa, but call it "lucerne". [i think that's the right spelling.]