Foals First® Milk Replacer Powder
Progressive Nutrition’s FOALS FIRST®- Milk Replacer Powder is a highly digestible foal milk replacer for orphan or rejected foals. It contains the highest quality milk ingredients, vitamins and minerals for healthy growth and development. FOALS FIRST® - Milk Replacer Powder is mixed with water and fed free-access to foals in a bucket.
Get the Foals First® Milk Replacer Advantage:
- Free-choice bucket feeding, on demand, makes raising an orphan easy
- Nutritionally balanced and fortified to meet the nutrient demands of the young growing foal
- Contains ‘all milk ingredients’ for easy digestion
- Slightly acidified to help reduce the risk of over-consumption
- Provide at room temperature for convenience
- Easy to mix and feed
- Packaging: 22 lb bucket
Tips on Feeding the Orphan or Rejected Foal
- Provide the colostrum to the orphan or rejected foal before offering the milk powder in solution
- It is best to provide Foals First® Milk Replacer powder in solution, in a bucket for the foal to drink
- However, if a nipple is used to get the foal to drink the colostrum and begin to drink the milk, make sure the opening is at least ½” wide to assure adequate colostrum and milk flow
- Never force the foal’s head into a bucket
- The bucket should be a contrasting color to the wall to make it easy for the foal to find
Introducing the foal to milk
- Initially, on day one, warm milk slightly to encourage consumption
- Using a shallow plastic bowl, raise the bowl to the foal’s muzzle while they are sucking your finger
- Slowly remove your finger after they begin to drink
- Repeat until the foal is drinking from the bowl on their own
- Once the foal learns to drink from the bowl, put the milk into a small bucket and hang it securely on the wall at shoulder height of the foal.
- From this point forward mix powder with cool water to limit over consumption
Day 1 - Start of Feeding
- Start with 1/2 of the desired daily consumption rate split into 2 Equal feedings (AM and PM)
- Increase amount of milk by 1/2 gallon each day until full recommended intake amount is reached
- If foal is still hungry, offer Foals First® Starter & Creep pellets in separate feeder.
Recommended Mixing & Daily Feeding Amounts: Repeat A.M and P.M Daily
Body Weight of Mare or Expected Mature Body Weight of the Foal | Foals First Milk Powder | Water Amount |
250 lbs | 1 enclosed cup or 1/2 lb | 1/2 Gallon |
500 lbs | 2 enclosed cups or 1 lb | 1 Gallon |
1,000 lbs | 4 enclosed cups or 2 lbs | 2 Gallons |
1,500 lbs | 6 enclosed cups or 3 lbs | 3 Gallons |
2,000 lbs | 8 enclosed cups or 4 lbs | 4 Gallons |
Feeding Program of the Orphan or Rejected Foal
Feeds to Use | Days of Age |
Foals First- Milk Replacer Powder | 1 to 60 days |
Foals First- Starter & Creep | 3 to 120 days |
Weanling Diet (Prem. Growth or ProAdvantage | Over 120 days |