Oil supplement

Hi
What do you think about oil suplement to your horse diet?
Yes or no? Which one? How much?
What about fish oil (for omega-3)?
Thanks
Zahi

Yikes! I don't think my horses would eat fish oil with a ten foot pole! Lol
We feed soaked flax seed, which gives you your Omega-3 fatty acids. It's wonderful for shining up the coat, great for hooves. We feed about 1 cup per horse, sometimes more. You can get it at any feed store, really. 3 cups water per 1 cup flax and soak it over night. Mix it all together and feed with grain. It will get gooey, don't throw that gooey liquid away that's the best part. :)

We also feed oils as well, for digestion aiding mostly. We just feed 1-2 ounces of soybean oil to help those who need help passing things through.

Corn oil helps adding fat, but is a hot-energy source and can make your horses frisky. :) It's also not great if they tend to have any metabolic disorders, as its high in carbs. It's like pouring syrup over their feed. :)

Theres such things like rice bran oil, which is a good weight builder, coat enhancer, etc, but also adds a bit of energy.

The horses we have on the soybean oil so far havent reacted hyper because of it. :)

Hope that helps! I think you'd be wasting money on the fish oil!

We feed organic cold pressed virgin flax seed oil. It does basically what koomy said, but it has omega 3 and omega 6.

Mell: yum! Do you feed it soaked or just dry?

I feed vegetable oil for coat and skin.

I feed 1/3c soybean oil daily and it puts a nice shine on the coat. I don't really feel that the more expensive oils (flax, rice bran, wheat germ) are really worth it. At least I've never seen them work better than plain old soybean oil.

Thank you all.
Koomy, Do you crush the flax? I've heard that in its whole form it does not release the precious omega-3.. Do you give one cup a day?
Until now I used 2 cups of Soy-bean oil a day. It is a good sourse of energy and does not produce body heat. I want to add the flax staff. Should I reduce the oil?

because its an oil, we just mix it into the feed. :)

Mell: Oh, okay! We used to use some form of it but we cannot get it at a great price around here. :)

No, we don't crush it. I've never heard that rumor myself, but I can definitely tell you that the horses who are on the flax seed you can see your reflection in their coat. :)

Some of the horses get grain 2 x a day, and each time get a cup. Someonly get it 1 x a day, and then a cup for them.

While using flax, should I reduce the oil part in her nutrition (2 cups a day)?