Copra feed

My Connie won't eat it, feeding the sack I bought to our chickens, I think you would be better feeding linseed, mind you my lad will only eat small amounts of that in a feed as well:)
 
I introduced it extremely slowly, by the tablespoon full, over quite a few weeks and my horse eats it with out fuss. She is looking better than I have ever had her towards winter's end. She seems to wait for the spring grass and doesn't eat enough volume at this time of year
 
Interesting that some find it unpalatable, my mare turns her nose up at a lot of things but inhales her copra in seconds.

As for it causing liver damage, that has got to be a myth as there is nothing there to do that, quite the opposite in fact as it is high in vitamin E which is deficient in many horses.
 
Brilliant thank you all. He isn't fussy and eats linseed fine, it's just been recommended to me by a friend so thought may give it a whirl! But is just being brought back into work, v v v slowly and I'm assured is non heating and good for weight gain etc
 
I love it. Discovered it 13yrs ago when working on cattle stations in Australia; all the horses were fed it.

I've not met or had one yet that hasn't loved it but on here quite a few seem fussy about it.

Their website is really informative so definitely worth reading up on it.

I've never heard about liver damage before. It's extracted coconut meat so I'm not sure how it would cause any ill effects.
 
Feed it to two tbs and they do really well on it. My fussy one didn't like it at first but then he doesn't like anything new. Got used to it quite quickly for him and now loves it.
 
I got some samples yesterday. Warmblood hoovered it up. Thoroughbred that has recently been "rescued" and appears to inhale all other feed put in front of her turned her nose up at it
 
Meredith said:
I introduced it extremely slowly, by the tablespoon full, over quite a few weeks and my horse eats it with out fuss. She is looking better than I have ever had her towards winter's end. She seems to wait for the spring grass and doesn't eat enough volume at this time of year
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This - to introduce - it is something that some horses find hard to accept but it is an excellent food source - and for me 'the back to basics' person to approve it must be good!.

Do feed it damped - it
Copra Meal - feed value -
Dry Matter 89.25, Crude Protein 20.57, Crude Fat 3.95, Crude Fiber 12.46, Ash 7.14, NFE 45.13, Ca .60 P .20


TPO - do you have the website address please?
 
My ridiculously greed cob hates it! I did manage to get him eating tiny amounts, which was all he was ever going to get, but he clearly didnt like it at all, and food is such a major part of his life it didnt seem worth it. I've had others on it with no issues and it gives them a lovely glossy coat. But you must keep it totally dry and chuck it if its more than a couple of months old as its prone to developing myotoxins which arent good!
 
My very fussy very poor doer has done amazingly well on it. My trimmer recommended it as it has worked well for one of hers that suffers from ulcers.

Putting her on copra has made her eat up and I have been able to stop her oats off. Her feet and coat are great. My friend uses it for her pony with multiple allergies as it is one of only a couple of feeds she can have.
 
I use it when my laminitic endurance pony needs more weight and/or more energy, as is energy-dense but as safe as feeds go. He eats it no problem blended with Fibrebeet or Speedibeet and linseed.
 
I have been feeding it for years to anything that needs a bit more condition/shinier coat and I really rate it as I have only had 1 that got a bit hyper on it - he is incredibly food sensitive and it doesn't take much to blow his tiny little mind! Some can be a little sniffy about it to begin with, but once they get a taste for it they love it. Don't leave it soaked and hanging around on a hot day though as it can go rancid because of the oil in it.
 
I'm interested in why people choose it over linseed. I can't see any advantages and it doesn't look to have as good an omega balance. Want to make sure I'm not missing something.
 
Non off the 12 horses on our yard will eat it so 2 sacks got burnt!
I feed linseed now and all the horses eat that plus can't see any advantage to feeding copra over linseed as stated above.
 
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Tnavas said:
This - to introduce - it is something that some horses find hard to accept but it is an excellent food source - and for me 'the back to basics' person to approve it must be good!.

Do feed it damped - it
Copra Meal - feed value -
Dry Matter 89.25, Crude Protein 20.57, Crude Fat 3.95, Crude Fiber 12.46, Ash 7.14, NFE 45.13, Ca .60 P .20


TPO - do you have the website address please?
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Here you go-

http://www.stanceequine.co.uk
 
I always thought copra was low in lysine so am struggling to see how it can be considered a complete feed. Still not convinced it's as good as linseed but am open to persuasion if anyone can come up with a good case.
 
I wouldn't treat any straight feed as a complete feed and they will be high or low in various minerals. This actually works for me with Copra as it is low in calcium and high in phosphorous so balances out my forage a little but might not suit someone else.

I use both Copra and Linseed, the Copra I treat more as a feed and feed up to 1kg when the fussy one needs building up, about half that rest of the year. Linseed I feed about 150g for the Omega Oils so treat it more as a supplement. Neither are good for lysine so I supplement a little lysine as it does tend to be short in the diet, Alfalfa would be a good source but is far too high in calcium for me.
 
hairycob said:
I always thought copra was low in lysine so am struggling to see how it can be considered a complete feed. Still not convinced it's as good as linseed but am open to persuasion if anyone can come up with a good case.
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I wouldn't consider copra a complete feed and would want to top up with a vit/min powder. Equally it's not really comparable to linseed - linseed it used more as a top dressing whereas copra can be used as the main bulk. I'd liken the use of copra mash as maybe more of a sugarbeet type replacement.

I'm loving a new product from GWF that is a small pellet feed that can be fed wet/dry and is made up from copra, SB, hemp seed (possibly had some linseed in too) and seaweed meal. It is exceptionally palatable yet very low sugar and starch.
 
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