What do I feed my filly that will make her mane and tail grow?

Question

I have a 1 1/2 yr Quarter Horse buckskin filly, I am wondering if anyone knows what I can feed her that will make her coat healthy and help her mane and tail grow. I am mainly conserned about getting her mane to grow more so then her tail because her mane was roached (well the man tried and did a horrible job) the day before I got her. I wish the man would have left it long but I think it was tangled and matted by the looks of her forelock and tail when I got her. Thank you so much in advance!!

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Also she has quite a few marks from the other horses that she was with, They aren't open or bleeding they are just turning into scars.

Answer 1

i don't know if it will help to grow it, but you can be sure to braid her mane so when it does grow, it all grows to one side and it looks nice and healthy

Answer 2

I have a QH buckskin gelding and a black paint mare that I had to work hard to grow a mane and tail on both of them.  I tried a variety of things, from flax seed (which I try to stay away from now) to different skin and coat supplements.  So far, the thing that seems to really promote healthy mane and tail as well as skin, coat, and all around health, is a Purina feed called Born to Win.  Its relatively inexpensive, and I saw results within the first month.  Now, they're both shiny and showing results! My gelding has a great mane and a tail that brushes the ground, and he's been on it for a year and a half.  My mare is shedding out all her old, sun-damaged and broken mane and tail and is growing in a stronger, more healthy mane and tail underneath.  She's been on it for about 8 months, and her tail has almost reached the ground already!  

Also, try to keep it all braided if you can, but only if she is in a pen or pasture that she can't rip the braids out on wire or fencing.  Every day grooming keeps blood flowing to the skin's surface and promotes natural oils on the hair and coat.  Don't wash it too much, as that will result in its drying out and breaking due to stripping the coat and hair of its natural oils.  Also, try to keep her out of the sun as much as you can, as the sun is damaging as well.  I pen my horses up in the shade during the day, and let them out on pasture at night to help with it.  You can use grooming aids, such as Show Sheen type products, just be careful as many of them have oils in their ingredients, and oils promote sun damage.  Something as simple as keeping fly spray or some type of bug repellant on them as much as possible helps greatly, too.  The constant swishing of a tail and shaking of a mane tangles it and can promote splitting the ends and weakening the hair itself, not to mention it helps them from rubbing out their braids and tearing up their mane, and swishing out their tail braids or rubbing them out on fencing.

Just some of my thoughts on the matter!  Hope I was of some help!

Answer 3

feed it miley cyrus. it'll do the world good

Answer 4

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Answer 5

As regards to the cuts, this appears to be old bites, kicks, or scratch wounds that other horses receive with-in side the stall or from other horses when they are probably turned out together. Horses do play rough or often times fight to find out their pecking order amongst one another. Once the scar heals to my knowledge its to late to do anything about it; you just wind up with ugly scars. However, in the future, if you have any other problems with your horse having a nick or scars try a product called Cut & Heal. This product has made me a beliver over and over again. Although I use to use other item such as Coronea and things of that nature they do not compare. Cut & Heal will allow your horses hair to regrow where you can't tell there was ever a mark. I can make that claim and I have been into horses for over 30 years. Good luck!

Although, your horses hair had been crouch it does take a long time in order for their hair to grow back, once it has been completly cut down. If you have ever cut a briddle path in your horse maine then  that should give you an idea about how long it will take. One last thing, all horses develope a different growth in their hair growth and length the same as humans.

Answer 6

Give her a balanced diet and that is the best you can do for her.  there is nothing specifically that will speed the growth of the mane and tail.  It will just take time.  Be patient.  Relative to the scars, you did not say what color she is or the color of her skin.  When there is an injury that scars, if the hair grows back (and it usually will), it will grow back the color of the horse's skin as a general rule.  My WB is a grey with black skin.  Any area of injury, the hair comes back black in that spot.  My QH is chestnut and he has reddish/but pinkish skin.  When his hair comes back, it is a slight difference than his chestnut hair coloring but I can see the effected area.  There is a product called Nustock that is a wonderful healing product and it will promote hair growth very well.  When I got my QH, he had a small area that was scarred and did not have hair.  I took a chance and started putting the Nustock on and it took about a year, but eventually the hair came back over the scar tissue.  If he had been treated at the time of injury, he would have healed better.  Good luck with your horse.  Be patient.  She'll be better in time.

Answer 7

because hoof material is the same sort of material that the mane and tail is made out of, any suppliments you give your horse to help with stronger hooves or whatever will also give your horse stronger mane and tail hair.

so, what i suggest is some suppliment for stronger hooves that you just add to her feed. i dont know how much or where you can get it from, but try your local horse feed shop, they will be able to help.

also, refrain from brushing! if the mane and tail is really getting knotted, then use your fingers. when you use a brush, you break the hairs, and they can take aaaggeeesss to grow back.

as for the markings, i dont know. sorry. the hoof suppliment might help with that too, because coat hair should be made from similar stuff to the mane and tail. give it a try.

hope i helped.

bee.

Answer 8

I like NuImage supplement. It helps with overall coat conditioning. Really anything that is high in Biotin will help with hair growth.

Corn oil added to the grain also helps with a healthy coat.

Answer 9

The mane and tail grow very slowly, just be patent. Give your horse a nice healthy feed, and maybe ask your vet and local riding school/ feed store

Answer 10

i add livermol and one duck egg a week to my horses feed, also vegetable oil and salt helps hair growth just add it into their feed.