peaches123
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I see you all talk about oils coming from different souces and differing amounts. Be careful when feeding high levels of oil, as you should feed extra vitamin E if you are going to do this. Cod liver oil should only be fed about three times a week as it contains vits A D E, which is a fat soluable oil and it stored in the liver, it can do harm if fed in large amounts daily.
The best way to feed an oil is to use ground Flax Seed. Just buy the whole linseeds (another name for flax) and ground up in a coffee grinder and feed. You can feed up to three cups a day, it is the best for the coat, very anti-inflammatory, builds very good muscle and body, and can have a calming effect. Horses love it. It's rich in vitamins and minerals, it's a little power house of goodness. You do NOT have to boil it, you only have to boil linseeds when feeding to cows or an animal with two stomachs. The digestive acid in the horse completely renders linseed safe to feed to horses. That's why you can buy ground linseed especially for horses in the States and Canada and in many other countries around the world. Ground Flax (linseed) is a fantastic food for people with skin conditions, espcially eczema of psoriasis, it's like a miracle cure for some people. I feed 3 cups a day to my horse, with fibre pencils and blue chip, and when in work I add a complete cube to this diet. Give ground flax a try, you will not be disappointed! Just make sure you grind a fresh batch each week, keep it in the dark and it an airtight container, this prevents it from going rancid.
Adding ground flax seeds to an elderly horse's diet is fantastic for them, or to a horse that you can't keep weight on. Why feed an oil for the coat, when you can feed an oil from a seed that is both beneficial to the coat and full of goodness for the horse, especially the joints.
I don't use a coffee grinder, I use a good old hand whisker, the type you use to make smoothes, just make sure you grind to a powdery state, that way the horse gets all the goodness and the seeds don't just pass in and out of them, as the horse cannot digest the whole seeds, just as we can't.
Of course you can boil it, buy why bother, all that sticky mess when it's not necessary.
The best way to feed an oil is to use ground Flax Seed. Just buy the whole linseeds (another name for flax) and ground up in a coffee grinder and feed. You can feed up to three cups a day, it is the best for the coat, very anti-inflammatory, builds very good muscle and body, and can have a calming effect. Horses love it. It's rich in vitamins and minerals, it's a little power house of goodness. You do NOT have to boil it, you only have to boil linseeds when feeding to cows or an animal with two stomachs. The digestive acid in the horse completely renders linseed safe to feed to horses. That's why you can buy ground linseed especially for horses in the States and Canada and in many other countries around the world. Ground Flax (linseed) is a fantastic food for people with skin conditions, espcially eczema of psoriasis, it's like a miracle cure for some people. I feed 3 cups a day to my horse, with fibre pencils and blue chip, and when in work I add a complete cube to this diet. Give ground flax a try, you will not be disappointed! Just make sure you grind a fresh batch each week, keep it in the dark and it an airtight container, this prevents it from going rancid.
Adding ground flax seeds to an elderly horse's diet is fantastic for them, or to a horse that you can't keep weight on. Why feed an oil for the coat, when you can feed an oil from a seed that is both beneficial to the coat and full of goodness for the horse, especially the joints.
I don't use a coffee grinder, I use a good old hand whisker, the type you use to make smoothes, just make sure you grind to a powdery state, that way the horse gets all the goodness and the seeds don't just pass in and out of them, as the horse cannot digest the whole seeds, just as we can't.
Of course you can boil it, buy why bother, all that sticky mess when it's not necessary.