Right, tell me everything I need to know about Copra . . .

Hi I've been feeding it for 2 winters now and love the stuff as does the horse (24yr old TB in light work living out with field shelter).
Am feeding 1 Stubbs scoop with same amount of Hifi molasses-free and mug of micronised linseed twice a day plus adlib hay and minerals.
Horse is barefoot and very occasionally has stringhalt so wanted low starch\sugar feed with high fat content.
Why are you considering it?
 
The Boy said:
Hi I've been feeding it for 2 winters now and love the stuff as does the horse (24yr old TB in light work living out with field shelter).
Am feeding 1 Stubbs scoop with same amount of Hifi molasses-free and mug of micronised linseed twice a day plus adlib hay and minerals.
Horse is barefoot and very occasionally has stringhalt so wanted low starch\sugar feed with high fat content.
Why are you considering it?
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Sorry forgot to add he also gets about 3/4 scoop soaked speedibeet in each feed. He is not a 'greedy' horse but has held his weight perfectly on these amounts.
 
The Boy said:
Hi I've been feeding it for 2 winters now and love the stuff as does the horse (24yr old TB in light work living out with field shelter).
Am feeding 1 Stubbs scoop with same amount of Hifi molasses-free and mug of micronised linseed twice a day plus adlib hay and minerals.
Horse is barefoot and very occasionally has stringhalt so wanted low starch\sugar feed with high fat content.
Why are you considering it?
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Thanks for this . . . I already feed molasses free chaff and linseed and adlib hay/haylage, so it sounds like a very similar feeding regime.

I'm considering it because my flipping feed bill is huge and I want a conditioning feed that won't heat him up - he has dropped off a bit this winter even though it hasn't been particularly cold.

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So if I fed him Copra, the ERS Pellets he already gets, molasses free chaff, linseed, his pure MSM and tons of ad lib hay and haylage, would that be doubling up on anything or could I drop the ERS Pellets?

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The copra has same oil content as ERS pellets but a higher calorie level at 15MJ.
Protein is higher (20 vs 12.5%), some people would find that an issue. I don't know the starch level of the pellets - Copra is certainly very low at 1.3%.
I guess depending on weight of pellets you're going through it might be more economical to feed copra and cut the pellets completely but you'd have to try it I think.
I had trouble getting hold of it to start with, do you have a local supplier?
 
Sorry lazy me didn't read original post properly. No he also gets 500g kwikbeet a day, 500g linseed, 1kg ers pellets, FP balancer, mag ox and brewers yeast.
 
I give copra to some of the horses, my very poor doer broodmare (20 years old and just weaned the foal) gets 2 kg of Pure Racing and 400g of copra as her bucket feed, plus ad lib hay and haylage
My weanlings get around 100g of copra mixed with grass nuts, youngstock supplement and a handful of Pure Working.
 
I feed three on Copra (one won't eat it) I add one stubbs scoop of copra to a bucket of water, which gives me three large scoops once its absorbed. Each horse gets a big scoop, plus supplements, and a bit of AlPHA Easy. They are on ad-lib hay as well. They look amazing on it.

It does smell very strong - the three who are on it adore it, but the mare who won't eat it would rather die than go near it! Worth making sure he'll eat it before you buy - I can give you some to try if it helps?
 
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