Micronised Linseed making him bloshy.

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Started my gelding on Micronised Linseed approx 10 days ago. Slowly introduced it however he has started being rather bloshy and on edge. This is new behavior as he is usually relaxed dope on a rope type. He is currently fed 1 Baileys feed measuring mug full in 2 feeds per day (approx 500g?)

YO has also been commenting (she turns him out and brings him in) he's been on edge also.

Has anyone else experienced this? The condition on his coat is phenomenal so far and I'd love to continue using it. Thinking of giving it a few more weeks to settle into his system and if it continues then stop feeding it.
He is also fed Baileys Number 4 and Alfa A Oil which he has been fed since we've got him but had no problems at all with it.
 
Wow! That's a lot to start with. Did you give him all that straight away? Ever heard of introducing new things slowly... :D
 
Oh. My mistake. Apologies. 10days is a very short period though... I'd still call that a quick intro.

Are you using it for condition?
 
That IS a lot of linseed! Are you feeding it for weight gain? If it is just for the health benefits such as hoof and coat quaility, then 100g is enough.
 
Agree, 500g is a lot, even introduced over 10 days. I planned to start my girl working towards 300g but she had some slightly yampy behaviour - probably a coincidence to be honest - but I dropped her down to 100g a day and will increase it when she's back into work... Some people do feed 500g and it works out fine, but lots of people feed less, so I'd drop it back and increase gradually.
 
For weight gain. He is a nightmare to keep weight on! He is significantly underweight. I posted a thread on here asking for how much to feed for weight gain and condition and it was suggested 300-500g? And I'll try dropping the amount and see how it works out. Thanks for the suggestions :)
 
That's a lot of linseed my 17hh TB only gets that much when in very very hard work, it's likely a straight more energy going in than work is taking out thing going on .
 
Yes good idea. Obviously the advice given was an average but it seems you have found a natural "threshold" where the amount given is surplus to what he can tolerate metabolically and mentally. It is a very high energy, high fat food. I think 300g is sensible but I would go lower than that for another couple of weeks at least.
 
I know. Loads of people get away with feeding a lot. I'm hoping mine will be able to take more too when she gets used to it and is working more as it's really good for mucilage in the gut and she's had gut issues.

It's also worth having a squiz and doing proper sums to work out how much protein / oil / energy he's now getting in total in his feed (find the percentages and times by the number of 100gs of each feed to work out total grams of each nutrient). Can take a little while to do the sums, esp if you're a bit dappy with maths like me, but it may be that the protein on top of nutrients in whichever other feeds he's getting it's conspiring to push him over the top ;)
 
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