micronised linseed

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hi
seeing as Baileys bought out Badminton, I've had to change feeds round. I am currently feeding Honeychop plain oat straw chop with unmollassed speedibeet and farrier's formula. Horse has dropped a little weight and I was thinking of upping the linseed-he usually only gets a 50g scoop/day. How much could he have? He's a very good doer but foreign, and often drops a bit this time of year-don't really want him dropping anymore and is already on adlib hay.
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50g is an inconsequential amount that won't have any effect on his condition. I feed my weight-gain chappie 700g a day, in two feeds. He's gained a good amount over 3 months, so just about to cut him back to 400g a day.
 
FfionWinnie said:
Golden star said on another thread 500g a day but lots of folk seem to exceed this. How big is the one you fed 700g to Cortez?
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15.1hh, he's gained nice and steadily and I'm now cutting him back. His coat, skin and hooves have all improved enormously too. Linseed is a great, easily metabolised, safe way to get extra oil and calories into poor horses without having to throw large amounts of grain and starch at them, I've found.
 
mmm i think i may give it a go then-it seems a nice easy way to get weight and condition on, i dont like too much hard feed but this horse hes being a pain in the neck as hes not keen on the haylage so im struggling to get enough forage into him too.:rolleyes:
 
I have a 16.2 TB mare who is supposed to be an ok doer in the winter. One of the first things i did when i got her was introduce Micronised Linseed to her diet. She is now on just under 200g a day split between too feeds.

She is maintaining a really good weight, her coat is super shiny and im really pleased with the results. No fizzyness and i believe its the oil that can fizz them up!
 
archiepoo said:
does anyone have trouble with fizzyness feeding the full amount?
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none at all on ours!

Antw23uk said:
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She is maintaining a really good weight, her coat is super shiny and im really pleased with the results. No fizzyness and i believe its the oil that can fizz them up!
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not usually - it is usually the starches and sugars in cereals that cause "fizziness" or excitability.
 
Cortez said:
50g is an inconsequential amount that won't have any effect on his condition. I feed my weight-gain chappie 700g a day, in two feeds. He's gained a good amount over 3 months, so just about to cut him back to 400g a day.
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thanks-like I said, he's usually a very good doer and has a bit of linseed year round for his feet. I will up it over the next few days :)
 
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