Do you actually measure it in pounds on a scale when you feed, or did you weigh a can once and just go by volume of a can? How much volume is in a feeding?
I measured it for years with a set of scales. Till the scales fell off the table and broke:(.
A 3 lb coffee can heaping full weighs 4 lb's. Rocky, and Rusty each get about 1 1/4 cans 3x's a day, Rocky actually a little less then that.
I just bumped Harley up to 1 1/2. I thought he looked like he dropped a bit. He IS a bigger horse then the other two.
Belle right now is getting 1 1/2, but by the end of her pregnacy and while lactating it will go up to 2 can's 3 x's a day and about 1 lb of calf manna. That's what she got when in foal with Dot, and she never dropped weight thru the whole thing.
Becky
OH, and I wanted to tell you, there are a few other companines that make complete pellets. I've used other brands.
I tried Blue Bonnets a few years ago. The horses actually did not like them as well. They look the same, but something was different. Rusty especially, (he is picky tho) didn't eat them as well, would leave some sometimes. They love Horse Chow tho.
Purina makes other types of complete pellets. Equine Senior, adult, and foal. I've used the adult. I didn't like it for 2 reasons. 1) alot more expensive 2) it has alot of molasses in it and in the winter that made it very very hard to scoop. Stuff was like a solid brick.
Becky