Taihoa RR Governer (5358) |
Riding Room Admin wrote:
Evolve is formulated for broodmares as well as growing youngsters.
Evolve is ideal for young growing horses especially if you're trying to avoid high grain content, it has all the necessary goodies to get the extra weight.
Lite-Brew on its own is perfect for maintaining weight in spelling horses rather than gaining it. It's non-grain. For an extra weight gain you can however add Equi-Jewel to it. While the Equi Jewel seems expensive it's only a supplement so will last awhile and is suitable as an additive to a number of NRM feeds.
If your boy has a bit of temperament or/and tends to heat up on grain go for Lite-Brew with an extra Equi Jewel if you'll see no condition improvement with Lite-Brew alone
Otherwise if he's generally calm and ok with some grain, Evolve is your best bet. |
thanks admin - we chucked him on evolve as he is still needing to gain more weight and is only 3 so has some growing to do.
hard to tell if he is gaining weight yet cos its too damn wet to take covers off and have a good look 
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| Reg 26/7/2009 | | Posted 5:52pm, Thursday 2nd September | |
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Riding Room Admin RR Addict (1201) | Evolve is formulated for broodmares as well as growing youngsters.
Evolve is ideal for young growing horses especially if you're trying to avoid high grain content, it has all the necessary goodies to get the extra weight.
Lite-Brew on its own is perfect for maintaining weight in spelling horses rather than gaining it. It's non-grain. For an extra weight gain you can however add Equi-Jewel to it. While the Equi Jewel seems expensive it's only a supplement so will last awhile and is suitable as an additive to a number of NRM feeds.
If your boy has a bit of temperament or/and tends to heat up on grain go for Lite-Brew with an extra Equi Jewel if you'll see no condition improvement with Lite-Brew alone
Otherwise if he's generally calm and ok with some grain, Evolve is your best bet.
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| Reg 24/9/2004 | | Posted 3:30pm, Thursday 2nd September | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26559) |
MK wrote:
Broodmare mix? Or a general low energy mix with some oil |
Evolve is for broodmares 
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 12:18pm, Wednesday 25th August | |
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MK RR Vice President (15394) | Broodmare mix? Or a general low energy mix with some oil
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| Reg 13/10/2008 | | Posted 11:25am, Wednesday 25th August | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26559) |
Taihoa wrote:
its down to evolve and lite brew.
i won't use low gi as i've used it quite a few different horses now and none of them picked up at all in any way |
I'd go evolve, I never found litebrew very fattening.
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 10:33am, Wednesday 25th August | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26770) | Evolve sounds good, and in the latest H&P nutrition part theres a question about fattening skinny horses and she suggest a broodmare mix as it has more nutrients/vitamins etc
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 9:20am, Wednesday 25th August | |
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Taihoa RR Governer (5358) | its down to evolve and lite brew.
i won't use low gi as i've used it quite a few different horses now and none of them picked up at all in any way
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| Reg 26/7/2009 | | Posted 8:41am, Wednesday 25th August | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26559) |
jody111 wrote:
Low gi here (Ironically I do have success with it for weight - yet I didnt notice the advance to be fattening - so indiv horses I guess)
would def through some oil in too
However - you do have to feed alot of Low gi so it may not be the most cost effective choice |
Yea I found Low GI fattening too. Not feeding anywhere near the recommended daily amount.
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 8:33am, Wednesday 25th August | |
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jody111 RR Vice President (14338) | Low gi here (Ironically I do have success with it for weight - yet I didnt notice the advance to be fattening - so indiv horses I guess)
would def through some oil in too
However - you do have to feed alot of Low gi so it may not be the most cost effective choice
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| Reg 19/1/2008 | | Posted 8:49pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26559) | NRM Evolve  Asset is good too.
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 8:40pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26770) | second the low gi - but only if you feed the recommended amount does it seem to make a difference
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 8:18pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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*ooɯ* RR Addict (1689) | NRM Low Gi
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| Reg 24/2/2010 | | Posted 7:13pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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Rebekah Mod RR Governer (9953) | I love assett and have fed it to a few horses in the past.
Mixed with some barley he should rocket away
Or you could try lite brew.
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| Reg 30/7/2007 | | Posted 6:54pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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samuel_rox RR Addict (3462) | low gi has equijewl in it which is the fatning 1 well the bags we have in christchurch do the bag of equijewl its self is really good though
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| Reg 8/12/2008 | | Posted 6:29pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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Taihoa RR Governer (5358) | He can have some grain - I just can't feed huge amounts of it.
I thought of Low GI but it doesn't do anything weight wise. I had considered Evolve though
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| Reg 26/7/2009 | | Posted 6:22pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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Bilbo1 wrote:
Whichever one has the equijewel in it - coolaid?? Can't remember. Might be much cheaper just using a good quality pony nut (like the NRM ones) and just add ricebran oil with some bulk like beet and/or the extruded/steam flaked barley |
Low GI has Equijewell in it. I never had any luck with either for weight gain.
Lite brew is grain free, but isn't really aimed at weight gain. Tho could work with oil ect (like what Bilbo said in her second paragraph )
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Dantes Dream RR Addict (4855) | Indy was on Low GI for a while and she was fine on it, didn't make her hypo or anything. It has no grain in it.
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| Reg 1/11/2004 | | Posted 6:12pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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Bilbo1 RR Governer (6682) | Whichever one has the equijewel in it - coolaid?? Can't remember. Might be much cheaper just using a good quality pony nut (like the NRM ones) and just add ricebran oil with some bulk like beet and/or the extruded/steam flaked barley
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| Reg 9/5/2009 | | Posted 6:05pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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| None of the breeding feeds are grain free, but I'd probably try either Asset (which doesn't have pollard in it), or Evolve.
Haven't used either of them personally, but a mate did feed Evolve to her old as the hills retired horse over winter and he did fairly well on it.
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manda75 RR Addict (2622) | Sorry no help about what to feed, but what a awesome gesture form a fellow RR member
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| Reg 7/3/2008 | | Posted 5:56pm, Tuesday 24th August | |
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