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My mare does not have enough milk
Some mares are not “good milk-producers”.
A “French saddle” mare should produce between 15 and 18 litres of milk per day, and a “heavy” mare between 20 and 25 litres.
Many breeders underestimate mares’ nutritional requirements during the first three months of lactation.
These requirements practically double in terms of protein and energy content compared with those at the end of gestation.
In contrast to overfeeding, some horses are not given enough feed for their weight and daily exercise.
Daily rations should therefore be adjusted. (see the clumn "Your horse / Calculate your horse diet).
Some horses are also overfed with regard to protein content.
Excessive protein is particularly harmful to horses.
Protein requirements are generally low (not more than 400 to 700 g of equine digestible nitrogen matter, EDNM, per day for a horse weighing 550 kg exercised for 1 to 1.5 hours a day).
In order to improve your horse’s performance both in terms of sports performance as well as breeding performance (for example, one foal a year per mare), you evidently should take into consideration (for sports horses) factors such as genetic make-up, exercise and also the type of “fuel” (feed) your horse is given.
These three parameters are essential and can not be separeted.
