What are peoples thoughts on feeding soya?

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Putting here rather than feed/management due to higher traffic.

I know that feeding soya seems to divide people on opinions and I'm interested to hear yours.

I'm reluctant due to the high Omega 6 (being pro-inflammatory) and also being very high in phytoestrogens.

However I'm currently looking at feeding a higher protein diet to Tartine, and it must be low NSC/ starch and sugar, which soya fits into.

I really don't want to feed whey protein, as I don't believe in feeding herbivores animal byproducts.
 
Casey76 said:
Putting here rather than feed/management due to higher traffic.

I know that feeding soya seems to divide people on opinions and I'm interested to hear yours.

I'm reluctant due to the high Omega 6 (being pro-inflammatory) and also being very high in phytoestrogens.

However I'm currently looking at feeding a higher protein diet to Tartine, and it must be low NSC/ starch and sugar, which soya fits into.

I really don't want to feed whey protein, as I don't believe in feeding herbivores animal byproducts.
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I avoid it because for the reasons you list. It is a common ingredient in many commercial feeds.

I feed a combination of :

Emerald Green Grass nuts
Coolstance Copra
Charnwood Milling Micronised linseed

All of which are high protein.

And in winter I supplement with lysine

I think it is possible to feed high protein without using soya.

Though I am not strongly against feeding soya.
 
I never feed Soya because of the omega six and its a cheap oil processed god know how .
I never feed copra either My thinking is were would a horse get an underground legume or a coconut in their natural diet .
Do you feed linseed ? , that what I use instead of Soya micronised I feed up to 600 Grammes a day that's to full size horses working quite hard .
 
I'm another who feeds micronised linseed. Mr B is on a high forage diet and I don't give any hard feed, ad lib haylage + balancer, unmollassed beet, grazing and linseed keeps him at a good weight and having clipped him again this week, his skin is fab. The omega 3 in the linseed helps to balance the omega 6 that tends to be high in haylage
 
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