Corn or Sunflower or Veg or other,,,, What oil!!!!

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I'll try to keep it simples- :D

On account of Soya oil being 15quid for 5L - Which I think is a rip off!!!

I want my horse to gain weight - Teeth fine, ad lib hay, Vet happy (Says she just needs more calories) - I dont work her into the ground (Honest!)
Shes on 4kg Build up Cubes, and 2kg Alfa A, with 2 scoops Pink Powders per day - Cleveland Bay Mare 9yrs old, ex broodmare, now ridden 4ish Days a week (Nothing too hard, I'm no dressage lover)

People say Oil is good - And I know my horse isnt a fussy eater!
Which oil?!?!? - Im planning a trip to Sainsbury's...

So do I get Veggie, Corn, Sunflower, - Whats the 'horsey' difference!!?

Ta Chucks :o
 
Happy Hunter said:
I'll try to keep it simples- :D

On account of Soya oil being 15quid for 5L - Which I think is a rip off!!!

I want my horse to gain weight - Teeth fine, ad lib hay, Vet happy (Says she just needs more calories) - I dont work her into the ground (Honest!)
Shes on 4kg Build up Cubes, and 2kg Alfa A, with 2 scoops Pink Powders per day - Cleveland Bay Mare 9yrs old, ex broodmare, now ridden 4ish Days a week (Nothing too hard, I'm no dressage lover)

People say Oil is good - And I know my horse isnt a fussy eater!
Which oil?!?!? - Im planning a trip to Sainsbury's...

So do I get Veggie, Corn, Sunflower, - Whats the 'horsey' difference!!?

Ta Chucks :o
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They're all higher in omega 6 than omega 3, and omega 6 is a pro-inflammatory which should be avoided!! Go for linseed oil, it's higher in omega 3, which is anti-inflammatory and much better for the horse. It's more expensive but in this case you get what you pay for :)
 
Pj went through a scrawny stage!!!

We feed a huge glug of vegetable oil (he didn't eat sunflower) in our every day normal feed.

If we are bulking up for any reason (can see the difference in 3-4 days) and through the winter I feed Topspec Conditioning Flakes (or yellow stuff as it is known in our house!) it is amazing!!!!! and reasonably non- heating

V x
 
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3-4 days would be amazing! :)
So fed up of seeing the girls hips (only a bit- Dont think were talking Hat rack)
but she is supposed to be a chunky Cleveland!

Someone asked me the other day if she was a TB - Oh the shame!!! ;)
 
I use corn oil for my tb in winter and he keeps weight on nicely. A friend of mine recommended it a few years ago, don't know if it's the best but works for us!
 
I used plain old bog standard vegetable oil when i got my boy in feb, it was absolutely fab for adding calories without upping the volume of food- when like you i was feeding lots too. It really made a difference, i'd say it took more than 4 days though, but in a couple of weeks he started to look a bit healthier, a month and he really started to look better. Hes now into summer and hes looking so good, dare i say even a bit on the chubby side (for a tb x) hes off the oil and ive halved his feed. But will not hesitate to add oil to his feed if he starts to struggle in winter.
 
Corn Oil is the best Oil to use but can be expensive

You can feed Linseed as a fattener but you will need to boil it because of the quantity -
1 cup raw fresh ground is the maximum you can feed daily without cooking

SOY oil is not really good because of the processing it goes through - basically very poisonouos prior to treatment.

She is getting a lot of chaff - why not change some of this to sugarbeet.

Crushed BArley is the best I've always found for putting on weight and doesn't seem to have them bursting with bucks.
 
Linseed is the best to give a horse, Soya oil really is not good for them. Buy linseed as micronised - so in powder form and feed a good mugful or more everyday and you will be adding weight in a totally natural way, with natureal anti inflammatories. a large sack is about £23 from Charnwood milling so works out very cheap.
 
kickonchaps said:
They're all higher in omega 6 than omega 3, and omega 6 is a pro-inflammatory which should be avoided!! Go for linseed oil, it's higher in omega 3, which is anti-inflammatory and much better for the horse. It's more expensive but in this case you get what you pay for :)
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I agree. You also dont have to feed linseed oil every day, every other day is ok.

Can you access good grass? That might be a cheaper way of more calories
 
Thanks all, some good points made!

I wish Dr Green was available - Easiest, most natural and cheapest food there is - Unfortunatley im on a livery field that looks like a mown bowling green - No chance of swapping, and nothing else wrong with the yard, so ill stick for now.
 
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