mizzymoo
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Does brewers yeast work as a calmer?
and linseed is it heated?
and linseed is it heated?
Brewers yeast and Linseed
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Maesfen
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BY can work as a calmer on some horses, but it's well worth a try as it has other benefits too, super for coat and hoof condition too.
Do you mean is linseed heating or does it need to be heated, sorry, not quite sure? I've never found it heating when I've used it and you can get powdered linseed to use which is much easier that using whole linseed which you have to boil up (and usually boil over onto the cooker too!)
Do you mean is linseed heating or does it need to be heated, sorry, not quite sure? I've never found it heating when I've used it and you can get powdered linseed to use which is much easier that using whole linseed which you have to boil up (and usually boil over onto the cooker too!)
Bosworth
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I feed brewers yeast to all my horses as a feed balancer, and they all get linseed for joints and coats. Far cheaper to do that than use a £40 bag of feed balancer.
peanut
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Brewer's yeast contains all the various B vitamins and can have a calming effect on both horses and humans; but I believe there has to be some deficiency for a difference to be noticed.
Theresa_F
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My two get both of these for:
Gut health, joint health, skin health
They also give fantastic show condition to my horses.
I also feed clivers for their skin health which this year has really improved their wanting to scratch.
I feed BY and clivers from end March to end October, and linseed is fed all year round.
Mine are naturally calm types but BY is said to be helpful with excitable sorts.
I use micronised linseed but you can buy it whole and cook it yourself if you have time.
As I have two large ones and get through a lot, I get my BY and linseed from Charnwood Milling in 25k sacks which is the cheapest way.
You can also get both from Feedmark or Simple Systems.
Gut health, joint health, skin health
They also give fantastic show condition to my horses.
I also feed clivers for their skin health which this year has really improved their wanting to scratch.
I feed BY and clivers from end March to end October, and linseed is fed all year round.
Mine are naturally calm types but BY is said to be helpful with excitable sorts.
I use micronised linseed but you can buy it whole and cook it yourself if you have time.
As I have two large ones and get through a lot, I get my BY and linseed from Charnwood Milling in 25k sacks which is the cheapest way.
You can also get both from Feedmark or Simple Systems.
flyingfeet
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I feed brewers yeast all year round to my horse with sweat itch, I'm not sure if it works as a calmer, as he was very relaxed anyway and gets pumped with oats and red cell in the hope of making him more perky!
The linseed is fantastic for making them shine, and also negates the need to feed an oil for joints. Its a slow release energy form, so not heating.
I buy the micronized full fat linseed meal, which is ready to feed and made by Charnwood, but i buy at a local feed merchant. The brewers yeast I also bought a 25kg sack of, but I don't like it as a very fine powder and I seem to inhale a lot and horrible to dispense. Once I'm done with this sack, I'll go back to gold label brewers yeast which is in a nicer more granular form.
Theresa_F - where do you get clivers from and in what form? Did it help with sweet itch?
The linseed is fantastic for making them shine, and also negates the need to feed an oil for joints. Its a slow release energy form, so not heating.
I buy the micronized full fat linseed meal, which is ready to feed and made by Charnwood, but i buy at a local feed merchant. The brewers yeast I also bought a 25kg sack of, but I don't like it as a very fine powder and I seem to inhale a lot and horrible to dispense. Once I'm done with this sack, I'll go back to gold label brewers yeast which is in a nicer more granular form.
Theresa_F - where do you get clivers from and in what form? Did it help with sweet itch?
Theresa_F
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Clivers - I get them from Feedmark and they are not expensive - just stocked up on their half price offer.
I really do think they helped. First year I used just BY and linseed, last year I fed Skratch which made them stink of cat pee and to be honest, helped to some extent but was expensive.
I read what was in Feedmark's equidermis which is great stuff but again expensive if you have two large horses and noticed clivers which are in it.
Read up and this is the lowdown
This humble plant is a valuable cleansing herb, particularly for the lymphatic system. It may be taken for swollen lymph nodes, skin problems and for its diuretic action. Research indicates it may also lower blood pressure.
I can honestly say that their itching has been less this year with feeding it with BY and linseed - I do keep them out in electric fencing but when bought in they attempted to scratch far less than previous years.
In July I also bought them Snuggy bodies with sheath/udder covers which really helped Farra's outie belly button and Stinky's sheath - no more ground humping and bleeding bellies and sheaths. I don't use the hoods apart from very bad days as they have very long manes which did get tangled even when plaited, and they did get a bit hot, plus I am paranoid about manes being rubbed.
Certainly worth trying.
I really do think they helped. First year I used just BY and linseed, last year I fed Skratch which made them stink of cat pee and to be honest, helped to some extent but was expensive.
I read what was in Feedmark's equidermis which is great stuff but again expensive if you have two large horses and noticed clivers which are in it.
Read up and this is the lowdown
This humble plant is a valuable cleansing herb, particularly for the lymphatic system. It may be taken for swollen lymph nodes, skin problems and for its diuretic action. Research indicates it may also lower blood pressure.
I can honestly say that their itching has been less this year with feeding it with BY and linseed - I do keep them out in electric fencing but when bought in they attempted to scratch far less than previous years.
In July I also bought them Snuggy bodies with sheath/udder covers which really helped Farra's outie belly button and Stinky's sheath - no more ground humping and bleeding bellies and sheaths. I don't use the hoods apart from very bad days as they have very long manes which did get tangled even when plaited, and they did get a bit hot, plus I am paranoid about manes being rubbed.
Certainly worth trying.
Spyda
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As I have two large ones and get through a lot, I get my BY and linseed from Charnwood Milling in 25k sacks which is the cheapest way.
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I already get the 25kg micronised linseed meal from them, but didn't know they did large sacks of BY, too. Is it standard order do you know?
Also, how much BY are you feeding? I've just started using it but without any feeding instructions, so am just giving a very small single handful per day.
As I have two large ones and get through a lot, I get my BY and linseed from Charnwood Milling in 25k sacks which is the cheapest way.
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I already get the 25kg micronised linseed meal from them, but didn't know they did large sacks of BY, too. Is it standard order do you know?
Also, how much BY are you feeding? I've just started using it but without any feeding instructions, so am just giving a very small single handful per day.
flyingfeet
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Depends what you are trying to achieve, I normally feed 50g of brewers yeast a day to control sweet itch
Maggie2
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I use about 50g a day too, and a mare that we had who was declared to have sweetitch when purchsed didn't rub once last year or this, until the BY ran out and I didn't replace it. After a few weeks without it she did have the odd itchy neck, so I got some more, from Charnwood, you need to ring up about it though as not on the MO list.