Micronised linseed

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I have a TB ex racer who loses condition/weight in the winter and I’ve heard mirconised linseed can help with weight gain, or at least help in maintaining. I don’t know much about it and was just looking for some more information or anyone’s experiences with it. I don’t really want him getting any fizzier in winter and he has had a past with stomach ulcers so taking that into consideration too. Also any advice on how much to feed would be appreciated :)
 
Micronized linseed shouldn't be heating. I feed it to my veteran TB and it doesn't make him fizzy at all. I stopped for a bit in the summer when i ran out and I think his coat was noticeably worse. At the moment he gets half a mug full (he weighs about 500kg) but in winter i tend to give him 1 mug a day.
 
My Arabs have it all year round and it doesn't fizz them up like a lot of feeds do, although mine don't get loads of it as they are good doers, but there coat and hooves look good on it and you notice the change if you stop feeding it.
 
Micronised linseed is good for condition and for skin (and the GIT, as a mucus it helps line the gut).
I have an ex chaser who struggles with condition, summer and winter, and found the key to him is micronised barley. I don't usually feed cereals in any form but this seems to suit his metabolism, was quite probably what his system was used to. Worth a try?
 
Micronised linseed is a good conditioning feed but you don't feed huge amounts. I've had 3 ex racers and 2 were poor doers but did very well on unmolassed sugar beet and micronised linseed. As the beet is not a cereal it'd probably suit an ulcer prone horse as well.
 
My exracer has it all year round. Currently he's on 3 mugs a day alongside his other feed. In winter it gets upped to 4 mugs a day.

Deffo not heating thank god! Though know a few who have reacted.
 
My Section D is on it all year around, non heating and his coats never looked so good. He's not a typical good doer so needs that bit extra to help him along.
 
I feed it to Mr B also use speedibeet. He's 7/8ths TB, generally is quite a good doer so I usually drop it off once the grass is through but this year I've begun to feed it early. I don't find any adverse effects.
 
Non-heating. Don't give too much - a mugful is enough for weight gain and better mixed with unmollassed beet of any kind or even better with some grass nuts.
 
I give it to my quarter horse - 2-3 handfuls a day in autumn/winter/spring - with no adverse affects.
 
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