ugly duckling transformation & what to feed?
 

so here is my highland youngster the week i got her home; rising 3, had not been handled. I bought her unseen, I knew the breeding... but still, I got a bit of a shock. I knew she would never be a heavy/chunky stamp of the breed, I wanted a lighter, sportier type.Image: https://i.imgur.com/zITfuoj.jpg and now, rising 6Image: https://i.imgur.com/EcgcRdJ.jpg she has never been easy to keep weight on, other than in August/Sep when she does better and blooms a bit. I am fairly happy with her weight at the moment but I feel she could just be a fraction better covered. She is out through the day on an 8 acre field that still has plenty of grass, plus there is hay out. At night she has as much hay as she can eat and a feed of dampened topspec comprehensive balancer with rapeseed oil added. Im thinking of adding something else to give her calories but Im not sure what. She is currently ridden usually 4 days a week and is reasonably fit and is a forward going pony, although sensible she is a spooky girl so Id prefer to avoid anything that might make that worse. Any thoughts? :D Thanks!

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