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what do you feed it with?

I'm thinking of ordering a sack but I'm looking at it wondering what on earth you mix it into? Sugar beet? Chaff?

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I'm probably being dense :o
 
jesstickle said:
what do you feed it with?

I'm thinking of ordering a sack but I'm looking at it wondering what on earth you mix it into? Sugar beet? Chaff?

:confused:

I'm probably being dense :o
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Just mix in to whatever you are feeding already bit by bit.
 
I'm feeding it with fast fibre and calmer chaff. It is fabulous stuff! My tb was looking a little poor, so I increased the quantity of linseed and he is putting the weight back on again and is looking much better.

A friend who feeds it, advised me to buy a bag, then split it down into containers that can be sealed to keep it fresh. Not sure how necessary this is. Any thoughts?
 
Vetwrap said:
I'm feeding it with fast fibre and calmer chaff. It is fabulous stuff! My tb was looking a little poor, so I increased the quantity of linseed and he is putting the weight back on again and is looking much better.

A friend who feeds it, advised me to buy a bag, then split it down into containers that can be sealed to keep it fresh. Not sure how necessary this is. Any thoughts?
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Probably wise in the summer but since it's like a fridge outside in winter why bother?
 
As Tallyho said you can add it to any feed however mine will eat it on its own too, i've used it to get him to eat bute before. So you could feed it straight if you're not currently feeding.
 
Micronised or lozenges? I've just ordered a bag from charnwood, currently feeding a more expensive version! I just mix it in with their feed, so mine gets token handful of coarse mix with linseed and joint supplement with some water to mix it. The oldie gets it mixed with his sugarbeet and old horse nuts - he seems to love the linseed, and I'm hoping it'll keep the weight on him more in winter. :)
 
Fastfibre or speedibeet. They'd also eat it in some hay chop, provided it was dampened down. Once they get a taste for it, they will pretty well eat it on its own.
 
I add it to what ever I'm feeding at the time - It's very good at sticking to anything.

I keep the whole seeds in an airtight container in the dark, I grind mine fresh daily so the horse gets the full benefit of the Omega Oils for coat and joints.

Ready ground Linseed needs to be kept in an airtight container in the fridge as it goes rancid fast once ground.

Feed no more than 1 cupful daily if you feed unboiled. You can fee a lot more if it's been well boiled but you lose the Omega oils that help joints.

Puts an amzing shine on the coat ans is believed to help horses with ulcers.
 
I cook the seeds in water off in a slow cooker over night.It turns into a runny jelly and just mix it into the horse's feed. I have always cooked linseed off other wise it contains a poison called cyanide. Read this is a horse book when I was a kid and its always stuck.
 
The micronised keeps reasonably well, I keep mine in a fairly airtight bin but that's to keep the mice out as they love it too!

Be careful of the lozenges, they are not the same at all, they are made with what's left after the oil has been extracted mixed with molasses.
 
bobajob said:
I cook the seeds in water off in a slow cooker over night.It turns into a runny jelly and just mix it into the horse's feed. I have always cooked linseed off other wise it contains a poison called cyanide. Read this is a horse book when I was a kid and its always stuck.
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Bless you :)
 
bobajob said:
I cook the seeds in water off in a slow cooker over night.It turns into a runny jelly and just mix it into the horse's feed. I have always cooked linseed off other wise it contains a poison called cyanide. Read this is a horse book when I was a kid and its always stuck.
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I have always done this as I found the horses really appreciate something warm mixed into a morning feed.
This is the 1st year I have bought it micronised, just because I can't find the slow cooker!
 
I have those barrels too Oberon I love them :-)

I just put it in some chaff wetted. I only give two handfuls as mine is not a poor doer at all, but she has had weak/flaky hooves and gets scurfy bordering on sweet itch. Her skin and coat is lovely now, feels really silky! I don't know if I am giving enough to make a difference to hooves at the mo but don't want to make her fat! Thankfully being wintery it seems to be fine at the mo.
 
joeanne said:
I have always done this as I found the horses really appreciate something warm mixed into a morning feed.
This is the 1st year I have bought it micronised, just because I can't find the slow cooker!
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I boil a kettle for morning and evening feeds and give them a slosh of that before mixing it, I don't know if they appreciate it or not, but it makes me feel better on a frosty morning lol :)
 
I put micronised linseed in the evening feed of balancer and graze on dampened, around 250g each day. Horse licks the bowl clean. It's great stuff, her skin and hair are sleek and shiny and has turned her teflon coated, no mud stands a chance of sticking.
 
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