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| A complete, all around vit/min, preferred pelleted, supplement that is fed under 1lb per day? I'm trying to find a way to do this. I decided I just want to feed hay (what is available to me, isnt that great, it's ok but not super) and I'm going to feed the cube it alfalfa cubes. I'm looking for something simple to give that'll make sure they are getting what's needed. I'm not opposed to powdered but I think pelleted would be better to throw in with the cubes. Is a ration balancer the answer? My horses didnt like the TC 30 that much. |
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| We feed LMF Super Supplement, which is fed at 1lb/day for maintenance and 2lbs/day for highly active/competition horses or lactating mares. It’s a pelleted feed formulated for our area (PNW), meeting all of the horses’ vitamin and mineral requirements (for example we are a selenium deficient area, so it’s formulated with higher selenium). There’s also a grass hay or alfalfa hay option, to better complement what else is being fed. Are there any local companies/feed mills that offer a complete feed like that in your area? |
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| madredepeanut - 2019-05-29 7:45 PM
We feed LMF Super Supplement, which is fed at 1lb/day for maintenance and 2lbs/day for highly active/competition horses or lactating mares. It’s a pelleted feed formulated for our area (PNW), meeting all of the horses’ vitamin and mineral requirements (for example we are a selenium deficient area, so it’s formulated with higher selenium). There’s also a grass hay or alfalfa hay option, to better complement what else is being fed. Are there any local companies/feed mills that offer a complete feed like that in your area?
I have access to purina, bluebonnet, progressive and triple crown and nutrena. |
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| Dynamite. That’s what I’m feeding with the Hay Rite cubes. I’m only using the mineral, which is powder. But they also make a pelleted vitamin. I’ve always liked the Dynamite products. It got to me in 3 days when I ordered it online. |
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Gettin Jiggy Wit It
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| Progressive feeds pro add supplement... Has everything in it. |
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| SKM - 2019-05-29 9:06 PM
Dynamite. That’s what I’m feeding with the Hay Rite cubes. I’m only using the mineral, which is powder. But they also make a pelleted vitamin. I’ve always liked the Dynamite products. It got to me in 3 days when I ordered it online.
I used that several SEVERAL years ago and that's funny you mentioned it, because I was just looking at it again. I fed the dynamite vit/min mix in pellets and it's only fed at 1oz per day! I also used the dynapro liquid.. just 1 squirt a day as well. I remember it being extremely cost effective and powerful stuff! Who is your dealer? I use to have an account and thought about becoming a distributor but never did. |
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| WetSaddleBlankets - 2019-05-29 9:43 PM
Progressive feeds pro add supplement... Has everything in it.
I went thru a few bags of the progressive and then learned Cargill produces it and I'm just not thrilled about that. |
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| Couple of ideas..... 1 scoop platinum performance daily 707 daily essentials. Everything they could ever need in 1 ounce. |
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| FLITASTIC - 2019-05-29 10:10 PM
Couple of ideas.....
1 scoop platinum performance daily
707 daily essentials. Everything they could ever need in 1 ounce.
Ah yes I forgot about the Daily Essentials! I've been feeding the platinum but I'm starting to think they dont like it, they are sifting thru the powder with the cubes. I'm finding the powder at the bottom of the barrel. I wish platinum would come out with a pellet. Thank you! |
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      Location: Arkansas | want2chase3 - 2019-05-29 10:16 PM
FLITASTIC - 2019-05-29 10:10 PM
Couple of ideas.....
1 scoop platinum performance daily
707 daily essentials. Everything they could ever need in 1 ounce.
Ah yes I forgot about the Daily Essentials! I've been feeding the platinum but I'm starting to think they dont like it, they are sifting thru the powder with the cubes. I'm finding the powder at the bottom of the barrel. I wish platinum would come out with a pellet. Thank you!
Have you checked into the PP bars? Tho they'll probably end up more expensive per daily feeding. . . |
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| want2chase3 - 2019-05-29 8:46 PM
SKM - 2019-05-29 9:06 PM
Dynamite. That’s what I’m feeding with the Hay Rite cubes. I’m only using the mineral, which is powder. But they also make a pelleted vitamin. I’ve always liked the Dynamite products. It got to me in 3 days when I ordered it online.
I used that several SEVERAL years ago and that's funny you mentioned it, because I was just looking at it again. I fed the dynamite vit/min mix in pellets and it's only fed at 1oz per day! I also used the dynapro liquid.. just 1 squirt a day as well. I remember it being extremely cost effective and powerful stuff! Who is your dealer? I use to have an account and thought about becoming a distributor but never did.
I don’t have a dealer. I just ordered directly from the company. They did send me the contact info for a dealer sort of near me. If you want his info, I can send it to you. But they let me ordered directly without one. |
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| want2chase3 - 2019-05-29 9:47 PM
WetSaddleBlankets - 2019-05-29 9:43 PM
Progressive feeds pro add supplement... Has everything in it.
I went thru a few bags of the progressive and then learned Cargill produces it and I'm just not thrilled about that.
Must be your location. Sucks |
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| SKM - 2019-05-29 10:37 PM
want2chase3 - 2019-05-29 8:46 PM
SKM - 2019-05-29 9:06 PM
Dynamite. That’s what I’m feeding with the Hay Rite cubes. I’m only using the mineral, which is powder. But they also make a pelleted vitamin. I’ve always liked the Dynamite products. It got to me in 3 days when I ordered it online.
I used that several SEVERAL years ago and that's funny you mentioned it, because I was just looking at it again. I fed the dynamite vit/min mix in pellets and it's only fed at 1oz per day! I also used the dynapro liquid.. just 1 squirt a day as well. I remember it being extremely cost effective and powerful stuff! Who is your dealer? I use to have an account and thought about becoming a distributor but never did.
I don’t have a dealer. I just ordered directly from the company. They did send me the contact info for a dealer sort of near me. If you want his info, I can send it to you. But they let me ordered directly without one.
I found my old account # and passcode .. if you can believe that lol! I actually had it saved on my contacts on my phone. Amazing because normally I cant remember or find any passcodes for anything haha! I'm going to look into a few of these suggestions. See which will be the best for the $$ |
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| WetSaddleBlankets - 2019-05-29 10:39 PM
want2chase3 - 2019-05-29 9:47 PM
WetSaddleBlankets - 2019-05-29 9:43 PM
Progressive feeds pro add supplement... Has everything in it.
I went thru a few bags of the progressive and then learned Cargill produces it and I'm just not thrilled about that.
Must be your location. Sucks
Yes and must have been within the last few years because I know they were an independent company when I first started feeding it way back when. It's a bummer because it was a great feed. Something changed in it because the last 3 bags I had the pellets were extremely crumbly and almost like a meal not a pellet |
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| If you want to see the improvement and continuous heathy shiny horses then start using Moormans GroStrong loose minerals .. comes in a 25# bag and costs ~$33 ... I feed it to all ages in their feed. If you have broodmares you will like how fit and active their new borns are compared to foals before. On a new horse I will feed a handful per day for 2 weeks and then a handful every other day as a regular routine with the rest of my horses. The type of vitamins and the way they chelate their minerals for better gut absorption along with 40 other vitamins and minerals keeps that bloom on them year around... Do a little research and you will see this is not a fad supplement but a genuine balanced vitamin mineral addition to your feeding program. This is a loose product and I avoid pelleted minerals/vitamins due to it having to be wetted down, heated up, gluten added, some have nitrates as a preservative and a chance the pellet is formed in a cow feed chute ... all of the above takes away the power of the mixture vs if it were not pelleted.
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| I stayed up way to late reading lol! I'm wanting something that has available vit/min, all the important amino acids, the pre/probiotics included as well. So far, the only thing I'm seeing that is going to offer that is the TC 30% (unless I'm missing something) |
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    Location: MN | want2chase3 - 2019-05-30 9:49 AM
I stayed up way to late reading lol! I'm wanting something that has available vit/min, all the important amino acids, the pre/probiotics included as well. So far, the only thing I'm seeing that is going to offer that is the TC 30% (unless I'm missing something)
Would the Purina Enrich work for what you are looking for? |
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| Kay-DRacing. - 2019-05-30 10:03 AM
want2chase3 - 2019-05-30 9:49 AM
I stayed up way to late reading lol! I'm wanting something that has available vit/min, all the important amino acids, the pre/probiotics included as well. So far, the only thing I'm seeing that is going to offer that is the TC 30% (unless I'm missing something)
Would the Purina Enrich work for what you are looking for?
I'm sure it probably would. I'm about to go in and compare purina to TC and look at the feeding rates and cost. I know the TC is in a 50lb bag, I've fed it my horses werent crazy about it, but they'd eat it begrudgingly. The one horse that flat out refused is on TC lite and hes now eating that good so it's just going to be for the 2 horses that are working. |
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      Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | About eight months ago I switched my 16 year old mare to Nutrena Empower Balancer. She gets one pound a day. She has access to pasture at least 8 hours a day and free-choice hay inside. Prior to switching I had to keep her shod on all four because her hooves were totally crap -- very brittle and shelly. She is now barefoot all around -- and my vet told me she looks better than she has ever looked (owned her 13 years). Her coat shine is incredible. Two months ago I switched my seven year old gelding to the Nutrena Balancer and he looks better, too. He is a big boy with a bit higher metabolism and I'm feeding him 1-1/2 pounds a day, but I believe that will go down to a pound soon. He came back from the trainer a little under the weight I prefer -- as soon as he hits the ideal weight I'll back him down to a pound a day. It's been a win-win for me and my horses -- my feed bill was nearly cut in half and my horses look better than ever. I've always been a believer in forage first and this balancer has allowed me to do that and maintain beautiful healthy horses. And their mane and tails are growing like wild. |
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| Delta Cowgirl - 2019-05-30 1:09 PM
About eight months ago I switched my 16 year old mare to Nutrena Empower Balancer. She gets one pound a day. She has access to pasture at least 8 hours a day and free-choice hay inside. Prior to switching I had to keep her shod on all four because her hooves were totally crap -- very brittle and shelly. She is now barefoot all around -- and my vet told me she looks better than she has ever looked (owned her 13 years). Her coat shine is incredible. Two months ago I switched my seven year old gelding to the Nutrena Balancer and he looks better, too. He is a big boy with a bit higher metabolism and I'm feeding him 1-1/2 pounds a day, but I believe that will go down to a pound soon. He came back from the trainer a little under the weight I prefer -- as soon as he hits the ideal weight I'll back him down to a pound a day. It's been a win-win for me and my horses -- my feed bill was nearly cut in half and my horses look better than ever. I've always been a believer in forage first and this balancer has allowed me to do that and maintain beautiful healthy horses. And their mane and tails are growing like wild.
How much is the empower? Is it a 50lb bag? I've found some of these concentrated feeds are only coming in 40lb sacks. I haven't used nutrena in ages... I fed safe choice in the past and then everyone started telling me nutrena was bad and not a safe feed company as far as medicated cattle feed getting into the horse feeds. Has nutrena cleaned up their act or is it still considered not safe ? |
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