Feeding raw linseed??????

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I was on a US website looking up barefoot nutrition and saw linseed as a heading, as I feed home boiled linseed I had a look.
A further blog then said that boiling linseed actually created the 'cyanide release' problem and removed all of the nutritious aspect of the linseed. :confused:
As I buy my bulk linseed from a birdseed supplier and as the stuff goes into the birdfeed raw is there some truth in this?
Meanwhile I shall keep boiling.
 
I've never heard that. I've always soaked it overnight and boiled it. It always had a great effect on their coats. Coule be another type or something in the USA - you know how they use the wrong name for things! I always thought it was very bad for them if you didn't boil it..
 
I feed mine raw - buy the whole seeds in bulk from the feed merchant and then grind the days ration in a coffee grinder.

I feed up to a cupful daily - freshly ground it helps joint health as well as giving a great shine to the coat.

If you want to cook it there is no need to soak overnight - just bring to the boil and simmer for 20 mins. Not managed to poison anything over the past 40 + years. Have been feeding raw for past 10 years with no ill effects.
 
Jenhunt it is only poisonous if fed in too large a quantity - the digestive system can cope fine with small amounts of raw linseed - maximum 1 cupful daily for a horse, ponies proportionally less. It must however be ground up when fed raw. A small coffee grinder does an excellent job.

At one time we would boil it all day to destroy the enzyme but was in fact a waste of time.

My three have coats like polished wood and have a cupful each daily and certainly suffer no ill effects.

Linseed once ground goes rancid fast so for the best results feed freshly ground.
 
Evelyn said:
Jenhunt it is only poisonous if fed in too large a quantity - the digestive system can cope fine with small amounts of raw linseed - maximum 1 cupful daily for a horse, ponies proportionally less. It must however be ground up when fed raw. A small coffee grinder does an excellent job.
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I stand corrected, but as I wouldn't feed it except for condition for a hard working horse rather than just for coat shine, I guess we're both right.
 
Was really interested to read this correspondence. We always fed our hunters boiled linseed in days gone by. When I came back into riding after a 20 year gap I mentioned to my vet that I was giving linseed to my horse and he immediately said "I hope you boil it thoroughly". So it was fascinating to read that you've been feeding it raw (albeit ground up) for years with no ill effects.

I probably will go on boiling though - not because I don't believe you, but because the horses so love the hot gungy, wonderful-smelling slimy dollops of it in their feed on a cold winter's morning. And yes, it does make their coasts shine like oplished furniture - but I use it for joint suppleness. It's the only 'supplement' I use - and it's so cheap, bought in bulk.
 
Rose Folly said:
Was really interested to read this correspondence. We always fed our hunters boiled linseed in days gone by. When I came back into riding after a 20 year gap I mentioned to my vet that I was giving linseed to my horse and he immediately said "I hope you boil it thoroughly". So it was fascinating to read that you've been feeding it raw (albeit ground up) for years with no ill effects.

I probably will go on boiling though - not because I don't believe you, but because the horses so love the hot gungy, wonderful-smelling slimy dollops of it in their feed on a cold winter's morning. And yes, it does make their coasts shine like oplished furniture - but I use it for joint suppleness. It's the only 'supplement' I use - and it's so cheap, bought in bulk.
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If you are feeding Linseed for it's joint properties then you definately need to feed it raw - freshly groound.
 
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