Senior Horse Weight Management
Please excuse his filth, this is the oldest of my senior herd, and this year is the first time I haven’t been trying to get weight off of him. Mostly just looking for reassurance that he looks like he’s a good weight. He’s 24ish, and obviously not in working shape (had been battling some lameness but we are working on building up conditioning work with hand walking and light trail riding per vets direction) teeth and worming are done regularly, and he’s shown no signs of struggling to chew his hay thus far
His feed consists of -Free feed Timothy hay
-Pasture turnout 12 hours a day (he’s only locked in at night so he can’t be bullied off his feed pile, otherwise he’d be out 24/7 like the rest of the herd)
-Alfalfa Mash, probably about 5lbs
-1 scoop of senior feed (triple crown senior gold)
-1 scoop rice bran
-plus supplements, probiotic, cosequin, etc
I’ll probably remove the senior feed once we’re through the winter since I prefer to stay forage based, but I wanted him to have that little bit of extra fat
Please excuse his filth, this is the oldest of my senior herd, and this year is the first time I haven’t been trying to get weight off of him. Mostly just looking for reassurance that he looks like he’s a good weight. He’s 24ish, and obviously not in working shape (had been battling some lameness but we are working on building up conditioning work with hand walking and light trail riding per vets direction) teeth and worming are done regularly, and he’s shown no signs of struggling to chew his hay thus far
His feed consists of -Free feed Timothy hay
-Pasture turnout 12 hours a day (he’s only locked in at night so he can’t be bullied off his feed pile, otherwise he’d be out 24/7 like the rest of the herd)
-Alfalfa Mash, probably about 5lbs
-1 scoop of senior feed (triple crown senior gold)
-1 scoop rice bran
-plus supplements, probiotic, cosequin, etc
I’ll probably remove the senior feed once we’re through the winter since I prefer to stay forage based, but I wanted him to have that little bit of extra fat