Oils from horse feed merchant or super market?

[Moggy in Manolos]

Where do you get your oil? from horse feed merchant or super market? how do you find the quality and output from the one you buy? advice appreciated?

thanks

 

[Paint it Lucky]

Supermarket! Because I am tight and it's much cheaper there, I use sunflower or corn oil, but would not use vegetable oil as have heard a load of random stuff gets put in it. Soya oil is also good but I have always been perfectly happy with corn or sunflower oil from the supermarket.

 

[kcgibson]

we give the horses vegetable oil or olive oil from supermaket. Does the same job as all the expensive stuff!! Didnt realise they put extra crap in veg oil tho??!! should i not give my horse that?

 

[Tia]

Well all of these oils are refined - and unless you know your manufacturer then I doubt any of us could know whether they are chemically or mechanically refined.

I don't use any oils from anywhere - I use sunflowers in their natural state and feed whole.

 

[sikaran]

Supermarket. Much cheaper and Tesco delivers it!

 

[MagicMelon]

Farm store! Usually farming type shops / stores have big tanks of Soya or Cod Liver Oil. At my local, I just provide a suitable container and they fill it up for me, it works out WAY cheaper than anywhere else and you can get it in larger quantities. The quality of the soya oil I get is great.

 

[custard]

That's a good idea, never thought of that plus they get the benefit of the fibre. How much do you feed and would it be cost effective over here?

 

[Tia]

The shells are full of fibre, that's why they are fed whole and your horse gets all the natural oils from the sunflower seeds. Black sunflowers are the best to feed, however PF has to buy the striped ones as she can't get hold of the black ones.

I feed about a cupful per day, per horse.

I believe that most people on here feed more than me - I don't believe it is possible to overfeed BOSS (Black Oil Sunflower Seeds) so give what you feel happy feeding.

Most horses love them and it gives them fantastic feet and a beautiful shiny coat - however a couple of people on here said that their horses didn't like them, so my advice is to always buy a small bag of them from a wholefood store first before buying a huge bag of them. The big bags are found in the bird seed section in the UK - over here they are found in the horse feed section, but they have been using them here for years.

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

thanks all, i may try as you suggest tia and see if she likes a small bag then try get a big bag of them if she does

 

[JillA]

Do you know if they have an effect (good or bad) on horses prone to laminitis? My horse is just recovering from a mild bout but I need to take special care what he eats.