Put weight on a tb off the track 4 mths ago?

Question

Hi everyone,

We have had our throughbred off the track for about 4 mths now. He came to us quiet lean and we are having trouble fattening him up. He is 8 yrs old, 16.2 hh, is rugged but not stabled, has access to 15 acres of average forage material. He gets a biscuit of lucern a day along with 2 scoops of white chaff, 1/2 scoop of soaked horse grain mix, 1/2 scoop of cooked barley, 1/2 scoop of rice bran, molassas, tbs seaweed, tbs dolamite 1/2 ts blue stone.. What more can i do for this boy. Can anyone please help me. I am a little worried about the rice bran as i have read that the phosphate level is very high compared to the calcium level?

Answer 1

You might want to repost this in the horse section. You will probably get more responces. I cant help much sorry!

Answer 2

If you're worried about the rice bran, possibly give him less or slowly take it out of his diet all together if it isn't important. But as for the fattening up, try a product called Millrun, I've heard it does the job.But  you have to add water to it! Good Luck!