I get mine here. Always quality flax: https://www.stevensfarm.com/collections/flax-seed-for-animal-feed-and-crafts
:eek: $124.50 for one bag? Well, at least the shipping is free!!!
thats a 50lb bag of quality ground flax seed… is that price too high?
Triple Crown’s ground, stabilized flax goes for $30 ish for a 25# bag.
Flax can often be had from the feed store in a 50# bag, either whole or ground and unstabilized, for about the same spend.
$125 for 50# is CRAZY expensive. :eek:
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oh! I will check those out
I like Steven’s farm because they grow and process their own flax. Ive always gotten really nice, fresh flax…
But, I will check out the others… If its “crazy” expensive… perhaps ive been paying too much
is it this?
https://www.triplecrownfeed.com/prod…n-ground-flax/
because it looks like its $50 for a 25lb bag… tax? shipping?
[URL=“https://www.triplecrownfeed.com/store/#!/Naturals-Golden-Ground-Flax/p/73624756/category=0”]https://www.triplecrownfeed.com/stor...756/category=0
sorry… linking got messed up…
Consider that you can get Triple Crown Naturals Golden Ground Flax for $30-$35 for 40lb.
Even if I bought it from Jeffers Pet (just a random site I found it on), and had to pay $27 in shipping, it’s still $60 for that 40lb.
Drop some whole flax in a glass of water and watch how fast it “goops up” (ever try scrubbing it out of a feed bucket once it’s gotten wet?) I don’t think it takes very long for the hulls to soften up quite a bit in soaked feed, and once it hits the stomach acid–well that acid can break down almost anything.
I get mine from Bulk Barn (not sure if they have those in the US, but its a human bulk food store). Its high quality and a great price.
I just have to go every couple of weeks as I don’t want it to go rancid, but luckily I have 2 different stores really close to my work so I just go out on my lunch break.
It costs me about $20/month to feed my 4 ponies.
Bonnie’s Barnyard has the Triple Crown Naturals Golden Flax ($32.50 for 25# bag), so I think that is the way I will go. That is far cheaper than paying $50 for a 20# bag of Omega Horseshine. Plus, now that I’m using a top-of-the-line Ration Balancer (ProElite Grass Advantage), the extra ingredients in the Horseshine aren’t necessary.
Thank you so much for everyone’s help! Much appreciated! :yes:
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Talk to your local feed store that carries Triple Crown. It’ll be 30ish. Ask them about 50# bags of whole or ground flax while you have their ear. Most carry one or both.
If you have to buy online, check Jeffers–not sure what shipping is, but they have it for 35.
Shipping 25#s of anything is $$$…hence the price on the TC website. Best to buy heavy stuff locally.
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I had JUST been there looking for this info, and shipping to me is $26. So, $60 for that 25lb is not any cheaper. Definitely get these bulky things as locally as you can.
Your Omega Horse Shine is a supplement and not just flax? Are you going to have to add a supplement to the TC flax?
You quoted the pertinent info 
4leaf is using a very good ration balancer. There’s no need for the (very light) supplementation in the Omega Shine.
And @JB yeouch on the shipping!
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I missed that:( It is Monday after all…
One final question - when I switch over to the TC Golden Flax, do I feed the same amount as I was feeding of the Omega Horseshine? Or more? Most posts I see about flax are 1 cup/day for an average sized horse.
17.2hh horse - 3/4 cup
15hh horse - 1/2 cup
11hh pony - 1/3 cup
Probably depends on your goal, but 1:1 with what you were feeding of the Horse Shine will be fine–certainly no reason to do more, of you were happy with the effects of the HS.
I feed 1/2 cup to everyone and am pleased with that amount.
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Here is a good article about feeding flax to equines. In short, for maximum nutrient digestions, YES grind. And No don’t soak. https://thehorse.com/148473/5-facts-about-flax/
Here is a recent article about feeding flax to horses. In short, YES grind for maximum nutrient digestion and DON’t soak for same reason. https://thehorse.com/148473/5-facts-about-flax/
Here is an excerpt from a recent article from The Horse on flax. Tried to post the link to the article and it won’t go through. Flaxseed can be fed whole to horses; however, due to its hard outer coating, digestibility of the nutrients—especially the fatty acids—is limited when fed whole. Ideally, flax should be fed ground to maximize nutrient digestion. A word of caution: To prevent rapid degradation of fatty acids and, thus, rancidity, either grind flaxseed fresh before each feeding, or use a stabilized flaxseed product. Also, avoid soaking or boiling whole flaxseed as this could alter its nutrient profile.
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@stressgirl37 I had found that article a few days ago (and several others that said essentially the same thing). That’s where I got the info I posted in #21 about the flax needing to be ground to get 100% of nutrients.
The Co-Op called me back this morning. They contacted the mill that is the source of their ground flax. It does not go through any stabilization process - its just ground up flax - no special process. Which I just don’t understand. Wouldn’t it be rancid in short order? Maybe if you feed it to fatten huge herds of cattle or pigs or goats, where you’re going through 20 bags at once or something, I guess there is no need to stabilize it for that use?
