Micronised Linseed vs Raw or Boiled?

[NZJenny]

Goes through undigested if fed whole!

Not if you chew it first.

 

[Tnavas]

I'm feeding my horse ground linseed meal. 1/2lb a day for a horse that weighs just over 1000lbs. How much do people feed their horses for just shiney coat and then weight gain? Also has anyone found their horse getting sharp on it?

That's a lot of Linseed! Are you feeding it raw or cooked. Generally the safe amount for raw Linseed is 1 cup - around 100grams a day for a shiny coat. More if feeding for weight gain but should be cooked/micronised if over 100 grams daily


Never noticed a horse getting sharp on Linseed though.

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

If cooking, be prepared for a lot of mess, and then horse refuses to eat it. I never had a rejection with micronised, which can be fed every day, and keeps as long as stored dry in a bin
I too think that 500gms is a heck of a lot, best to weigh everything to make sure.

 

[Goldenstar]

In the old days we used to boil a lot of feeds linseed, barley , oats boiling linseed is ghastly the mess if it goes wrong is epic and I hate the smell oats smell fantasic cooking .
I feed micronised up to 600 grammes a day when they are working hard I dislike intensely feeding horses gluggs of oil hence the quite high linseed levels , their coats are fantasic .

 

[Firewell]

1/2lb is about a coffee cupful or half of one of the big Starbucks coffee cups the grande ones. Thats what I'm feeding anyway .