Black Nyjer Thistle seed? Is it toxic to horses?

[candyappy]

@B_and_B

I always enjoy COTH speculation. So, here is what happened: I bought correctly two fifty pound bags of flax and correctly one fifty pound bag of thistle for those birds everyone is mentioning. Working fast in the dark, unloading, I grabbed a bag of flax and the bag of thistle. They both come in fundamentally unmarked brown bags from this mill and feel identical. Because of the bin shape, and the angle at which I was pouring, the two bags are mixed. Along with the flax that was already in the bin. So, there is a lot of potentially expensive, wasted flax there.
Nothing to do with the feed store. Totally my fault.
Any other thoughts though on the original question? It seems like it might be okay…

Why didn’t you say this to begin with?

[Alterwho]

@candyappy

@B_and_B

I always enjoy COTH speculation. So, here is what happened: I bought correctly two fifty pound bags of flax and correctly one fifty pound bag of thistle for those birds everyone is mentioning. Working fast in the dark, unloading, I grabbed a bag of flax and the bag of thistle. They both come in fundamentally unmarked brown bags from this mill and feel identical. Because of the bin shape, and the angle at which I was pouring, the two bags are mixed. Along with the flax that was already in the bin. So, there is a lot of potentially expensive, wasted flax there.
Nothing to do with the feed store. Totally my fault.
Any other thoughts though on the original question? It seems like it might be okay…

Why didn’t you say this to begin with?

I’m assuming it’s because the original post wasn’t asking about returning the seed it was asking if nyger thistle is toxic to horses, nothing more

[sascha]

@candyappy

Why didn’t you say this to begin with?

Way to shift blame for your nonsense onto the OP, who had zero need to tell any of us the finer details of The Great Seed Debacle 2023, and off of yourself.

<- there are not enough of those on the planet to express the ridiculosity and rudeness of, “Why didn’t you say this.”

[candyappy]

@sascha

Way to shift blame for your nonsense onto the OP, who had zero need to tell any of us the finer details of The Great Seed Debacle 2023, and off of yourself.

<- there are not enough of those on the planet to express the ridiculosity and rudeness of, “Why didn’t you say this.”

I realize we don’t agree on anything and that you seem to take delight in trying to provoke me but if the OP had said ( in that first post) they actually ORDERED a bag of thistle seed and accidentally dumped it in the flax bin, then I wouldn’t have even replied.

Asking why the OP didn’t give more details is neither ridiculous or rude. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving .

[Scribbler]

I’m afraid I was the person who said if it was a delivery error they could likely get a refund.

That was after we’d gone round and round on no definitive data on nyger seed for horses.

[candyappy]

@Scribbler

I’m afraid I was the person who said if it was a delivery error they could likely get a refund.

That was after we’d gone round and round on no definitive data on nyger seed for horses.

I still don’t see why that is such an issue but it sure got some people bent way out of shape.

[Alterwho]

@candyappy

@Scribbler

I’m afraid I was the person who said if it was a delivery error they could likely get a refund.

That was after we’d gone round and round on no definitive data on nyger seed for horses.

I still don’t see why that is such an issue but it sure got some people bent way out of shape.

Such is the way of COTH

[B_and_B]

@candyappy

I realize we don’t agree on anything and that you seem to take delight in trying to provoke me but if the OP had said ( in that first post) they actually ORDERED a bag of thistle seed and accidentally dumped it in the flax bin, then I wouldn’t have even replied.

Asking why the OP didn’t give more details is neither ridiculous or rude. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving .

Absolutely Nowhere in my OP did I say I had ordered it and received the wrong thing.
For what it is worth, I am feeding the mixed stuff and have been for several days. The general consensus that I can find is that it isn’t toxic. I don’t think it will do much aside from go in one end and out the other; but they will get their flax. And the finches can pick apart the manure in the fields.

[candyappy]

@B_and_B

Absolutely Nowhere in my OP did I say I had ordered it and received the wrong thing.

@B_and_B

I have fifty pounds of black nyjer thistle seed well and truly mixed with fifty pounds of flax seed.

@B_and_B

sort of leaning towards just chucking it, but it was supposed to be a 100 pounds of flax

I see that now( that it was explained) but I think I got the idea from ^^^ and mistakenly thought you had gotten one by mistake.