I have an old horse and she's roughly 40 years old and I'm looking for some supplements to add some weight to her... it's winter and I want to make sure that she will make it... I'm looking for something not to expensive...

Barley can help with weight

Ok thanks 😊 I might go and get some on my way to my property...

I think you have to boil it ? My friend used to to gain weight on her 20 year old Arab X WB

ok :) I will defiantly look into it more :)

I researched this a bit, a fat source should help him. By the way, he must be very well-taking care of to be 40. Hope he still has a very long life ahead <3

I like beet pulp, you soak it and feed it and it works well for my horses. If your horse doesn't like it I would mix some soaked triple crown or LMF feed. When I spoke with a rep at a horse expo she said to soak the LMF feed with hot water and it helps older horses or horses with teeth issues.

Barley can be soaked but would only recommend it for horses with a good set of teeth. At 40 years of age the horses teeth would be quite frail. Full fat soy meal is the bomb. Maybe feed pellets nutritionally balanced for older horses and add 1 cup of FFS per feed.

Any weight supplement will help too. We lost our 31 year old last summer and we had her on a senior feed and weight supplements and they helped.

Top-dressing with up to a cup of oil can help too and it's cheap. I use soybean oil in the winter for my TB; it's cheaper than flaxseed oil but still has a pretty low omega-6 to omega-3 ratio.