About the new feeding system
I have read the information available about the feeding system but I can not find any answers to my questions.
First of all I could not find any explanation to the blue markings for protein, fiber and sugar. Are they supposed to be indicators of maximum/minimum amount of each to keep a horse fit for competitions/training or are they only recommendations of what the horse should eat?
For horses in a pasture they will get a lot more fiber than the blue marking and unless you feed your horse more than 100% energy, with an additional feed, neither protein or sugar reaches up to the blue markings.
What kind of effects do you get out of feeding more/less than those blue markings?
My second question is about the amount of feed. Where it says Regular Feed there are two values (x.xkg to y.ykg). What is this supposed to mean? Will the horses eat different amount of food depending on some conditions? (What conditions?)
First of all I could not find any explanation to the blue markings for protein, fiber and sugar. Are they supposed to be indicators of maximum/minimum amount of each to keep a horse fit for competitions/training or are they only recommendations of what the horse should eat?
For horses in a pasture they will get a lot more fiber than the blue marking and unless you feed your horse more than 100% energy, with an additional feed, neither protein or sugar reaches up to the blue markings.
What kind of effects do you get out of feeding more/less than those blue markings?
My second question is about the amount of feed. Where it says Regular Feed there are two values (x.xkg to y.ykg). What is this supposed to mean? Will the horses eat different amount of food depending on some conditions? (What conditions?)
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My assumption on the blue markers for fiber, protein, and sugar, are that they are the minimum values to hit for a balanced diet for showing and heavy training, but that they can be safely exceeded. My assumption is also that they didn't actually do anything right now besides affect the horse's temperament.
The regular feed values work like this: the minimum feed value is what a horse will eat if he ends the day with 100% energy, and the maximum feed value is what he will eat if he ends the day with 0% energy. Ending the day with 50% energy will mean he eats right between the two values, of course.
Hope that answers them, and that anyone who knows better comes by to address my assumptions.
The regular feed values work like this: the minimum feed value is what a horse will eat if he ends the day with 100% energy, and the maximum feed value is what he will eat if he ends the day with 0% energy. Ending the day with 50% energy will mean he eats right between the two values, of course.
Hope that answers them, and that anyone who knows better comes by to address my assumptions.
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