I couldn’t make up my mind about the whole v. ground, so I buy Triple Crown’s ground flax, which is stabilized. Right now I have lots of grass and they are on pasture 18 hours, so I am only feeding 1/2 cup/day. In the winter I feed 1 whole cup. As a bonus, their hooves have a bit of a sheen to them as well, almost like I put hoof dressing on a few hours ago.
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My old man gets 1-1.5 cups of ground flax now during the summer, but 2 heaping cups in the winter. Also some flax oil blend. The others get 1 cup year round. Everyone looks ready to go to a horse show, the old man especially is dark and dapply and glistening. I do groom him regularly (every other day at least) but even without grooming he gleams, like a wet seal is a perfect description. Plus the omega 3s are anti-flammatory so helpful for his age and mobility. As another poster mentioned, ground vs. whole is hotly contested. I buy ground flax from my local mill and it always looks and smells good, and the horses look amazing so I think it’s working.
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I am so going to do this. My old guy is shiny, and my Percheron, grey, needs Red Door Salon. What brand of product are you recommending? Thanks.
Wow, she could be a model
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UltraCruz Foaming Shampoo and Pure Flax Oil…plus elbow grease 
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I was feeding SmartPak’s Omega 3 & E: https://www.smartpakequine.com/ps/smartomega-3-and-e-ultra-14436?utm_source=cpc&utm_medium=google&utm_content=shopping&utm_campaign=br_shopping_smartpaks&utm_term=BR_Shopping_Smartpaks&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7ousp5ez4wIVSv_jBx0D_w0JEAQYASABEgL5M_D_BwE Smells yummy!
I am a supplement “enthusiast” and love to try coat products. I feed triple crown golden ground flax or omega horseshine if I cant get the TC, one cup daily. Others that I also see play a part- cocosoya oil, renew gold. For spray shine, I like the vetrolin shine (can be somewhat drying not really a problem for me I am in a muggy humid area), shapley magic sheen, the light oil on occasion. Right now I am really loving Leovet 5 star detangler on the mane/tail (IMO it blows CDM away) and I even use on the body too. My curry collection is obscene and I have a vac n’ blo, but I really feel the flax has made all the difference.
Not to hijack this thread, but for those of you that feed ground flax, do your horses gain weight from it? I have an “air fern” (really easy keeper) paint that gets TC lite and is pasture boarded. His pasture is decent (a bit weedy but has roughly 5-6 acres shared with one other horse) and he looks good but doesn’t have that “wet horse shine” that I would like. He also has very faintly visible ribs (I’m talking you have to really catch the right light and angle to see them) and decent muscling considering he has had ALL summer off, except a few easy peasy trail rides, its hot in the Southeast. He will start receiving hay after the first real frost, so probably late October early November and our hay is coastal Bermuda, what his pasture is mostly.
I plan to add 1 oz of flax starting next month and increase to 2oz in November to prevent weight loss over the winter, but I also want that shine :D. In your experience would this amount of flax add much or any weight to him? A little is ok during the winter but I don’t want to add any bulk in the spring/summer months. Thanks!
I buy ground flax from Sprouts. My horse gets a cup per day.
Lots of “elbow grease” daily. Plain old wather and witch hazel to rinse off sweat after a ride. And yes, another big vote for flax. Put a shine on the dun coats of my Fjords that don’t tend to be very naturally shiny.
To Bug’s Mom: my Fjords are the text book definition of easy keeper (to the point of being on weight watchers) and no, I don’t feel the flax really adds to them weight-wise. They only get a ration balancer, measured hay in small hole nets, and muzzled on pasture; no added grain. The flax sure improves coat quality though.
Thank you! Your guys definitely win the easy keeper award! Bugs is easy but not THAT easy. Thanks for the info, I can’t wait to see how he looks on the flax. He has decent shine but his bleached, almost dun looking, coat (he’s a black and white paint) needs some help.
