FOALS FIRST® - Starter & Creep

Orphan or rejected foals. Complement to mare’s milk for nursing foals.
60-120 days of age

FORM OF FEED: Pellet PACKAGING: 50 lb paper bags
PACKAGING: 50 lb paper bags

A highly digestible starter and creep feed for foals. It contains a combination of the highest quality milk products, cooked soybeans, steam rolled oats, vitamins and minerals for optimal growth and development. FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep can be fed to complement mare's milk or as a weaned foal diet up to 4 months of age. As a follow-up diet for orphans after feeding FOALS FIRST - Milk Replacer Powder and/or FOALS FIRST - Milk Pellets.

BENEFITS:

• Transition feed from milk to grain to complement the foals changing digestive enzymes.
• Contains a combination of milk sources and cooked grains for improved digestibility.
• Contains cooked soybeans and steam-rolled oats for optimal digestion.
• Supplies optimal levels of vitamins and minerals for sound growth and development.

FEATURES:

• Nutritionally balanced and formulated to complement mare’s milk.
• Advanced nutritional philosophy incorporated into a palatable feed.
• Contains a combination of milk products, essential amino acids, fats, vitamins and minerals.
• To be fed free choice to nursing foals from 1-week-old to weaning or to orphaned or early-weaned foals 60-120 days of age.
• Formulated for optimal skeletal and muscle development.
• Convenient to feed.
• Researched and proven.

Daily Feeding Directions:

Nursing Foals

FOALS FIRST® Starter & Creep should be provided free-choice to nursing foals. Foals should consume 1 lb of FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep per 100 lb. body weight per day. (A 200 lb. foal should eat 2 lb. of FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep daily). FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep should be fed to foals up to 4 months of age.

Orphan Foals

For orphan foals 60-120 days of age, provide FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep free-choice. Foals will gradually increase the amount consumed per day. At 2 months of age, foals with expected mature weight of 1100-1300 lb, should consume 6 to 8 lb/day. At 3 months of age, they should consume 8 to 10 lb/day.

Orphan Foal Feeding Chart

Days of age=	1-30	30-60	60-120	Over 120
Foals First – Milk Replacer Powder (in Solution)	X
Foals First - Milk Pellets	X	X
Foals First - Starter & Creep			X
Weanling Diet				X

Managing the Foal

The FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep feed is a milk-based feed, formulated for the young foal with a monogastric digestive system. Let the foal eat as much of the FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep, pellet feed, as they want until the foal is 4 months old or their Body Condition Score exceeds 6. Between 3 to 4 months of age the foal’s digestive enzymes are changing from lactase to maltase, and amylase, etc., and the cecum will begin to function (ferment). These changes will allow the young foal to digest cereal grains and forage (hay or pasture).

Age to Remove All Milk

At 4 months of age select a high quality weanling ration, formulated to be fed with forages, and mix it 50/50 with FOALS FIRST - Starter & Creep feed for one week. After this, it is not necessary to feed milk to the weanling. This feeding program allows the manager to follow the normal changes in the growing foal’s digestive system. It will also promote optimal growth and maximum nutrient absorption, while reducing the chance of digestive upsets.

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude Protein Lysine Crude Fat Crude Fiber Calcium Phosphorus	min min min min min min	19.0% 1.25% 5.0% 3.5% 0.8% max. 1.2% 0.7%	Copper Zinc Selenium Vitamin A Vitamin D Vitamin E	min min min min min min	30 ppm 140 ppm 0.3 ppm 8,000 IU/lb 800 IU/lb 140 IU/lb