What's best for coat shine, linseed or sunflower seeds?

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Hi, just wondering which works better, I thinking off ordering some charnwood milling linseed but somebody said sunflower seeds do the same and are cheaper? How much do people feed to make a lovely shiney coat? Thanks
 
Hi there,

Haven't used sunflower seeds, but can definitely recommend Linseed. My lot have beautifully shiny coats. Feed 2 x 15ml scoops per feed and they are on 2 feeds/day. Have used it for about a year now :)

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Top Spec is brilliant - have really noticed a difference in weight, so thanks again for sending the info!
 
solly3066 said:
Hi there,

Haven't used sunflower seeds, but can definitely recommend Linseed. My lot have beautifully shiny coats. Feed 2 x 15ml scoops per feed and they are on 2 feeds/day. Have used it for about a year now :)

PS
Top Spec is brilliant - have really noticed a difference in weight, so thanks again for sending the info!
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Hi, ok ta iv heard linseed is very good but not really sure on how much you feed daily.

That's ok hope you found it interesting. :D
 
I buy the 3 litre veg oil from asda. Gin has always looked dull during the winter but this year she is so shiney. It cant be anything else as she only gets hifi and fibre nuts. I just give her a good 'glug' in her tea.
 
at the stud i worked at in australia they fed sunflower seeds! To all yearlings / stallions. + they were mixed into the alfa mix the mares got fed!

No need to use oil that way + they really liked to eat them!
 
I fed BOSS to my TB through last winter and he looked fab. One thing to bear in mind though is that if the birds find one seed in the poo, they will spread the whole lot out looking for more so if you poo-pick, I wouldn't recommend feeding them as it's a real pain in the proverbial!!!
 
I'm going to feed my TB micronised linseed but until I get the big bag I'm going to get some linseed lozenges. Does anyone know if they are as good for putting weight on because they might be easier for me. Thanks
 
I use the lozenges (pellets) of linseed because it's lot easier and cheaper for me than to get hold of the micronised. I use it as my main 'hard feed' on top of grass chaff and sugar beet because Rosie is allergic to pretty much everything else. For her it's a good weight-gain feed. She's a big horse in hard work, and that diet is doing her well.

My linseed lozenges definitely don't have molasses in.
 
Not sure how high in calories and has some oil - I think about 8%, just not as much as the micronised linseed which is just ground and cooked. But if it's cheaper you can feed more.

I feed the micronised for the omega oils rather than weight gain and feed about a cup full a day and he is very shiny even where he's clipped and a big sack of the charnwood stuff seems to last for ever.
 
Thanks guys, I'm gona order some charnwood milling linseed today and feed a mug full a day to the big horses and half a mug to the ponies. Cheers guys :D
 
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