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Location: Oklahoma | I am on the fence about adding BOSS to my feed program. I have read a couple of articles how it is good for horses and why. I've also read its mainly for hair coat which I don't need. So, why do you feed it and if not why do you not? and if you feed how much do you feed? My feed program is alfalfa, oats, Bermuda hay, vit/min. and forefront resp. I was feeding horseshine bc of flaxseed but he is gaining too much weight and I have pulled that completely. He is a easy keeper. He is turned out 24/7 |
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Location: Dubach, LA | Your feed program sounds great. BOSS seems to just make them shiny and fat. Well, that’s all I saw. |
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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | Ive only ever heard of BOSS helping with coat and some weight. I considered feeding them a long time ago but after doing research i decided not to. I cant remember the article word for word, but it was something to do with the Omega 6s and Omega 3s. They are super high in the 6s which is a huge inflammatory and they are very low in the 3s which is an anti-inflammatory, so because they dont balance out there could be an issue of additional inflammation, which i didnt want to risk just for a shiney coat. They are also super high in potassium and shouldnt be feed to any horse thats positive for HYPP. |
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Location: Southern Indiana | First off I don’t see how flax would be causing your horse to gain weight....it would take a lot. If he’s turned out and getting alfalfa and grass hay...that’s most likely where your calories are coming from. Secondly sunflower seeds are pretty much all omega 6 so I’m not sure what the hype is about feeding them. I want to reduce inflammation, not cause more! |
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Location: MN | I just recently started adding BOSS to my feed program. Cant say that I've seen a differnce yet as it is still very much winter here and they have only had them for about 2 weeks. I have noticed that there is a bunch of "crap" in the bag of BOSS. Looks like little pieces of wood and other foreign object are in it so I'm constantly picking those things out - something I dont have to do with the flax seed. I was hoping I could replace flax with the BOSS but if I cant find clean bags, I'm not going to feed it to my horses. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Flax is very high fat. I only change one thing at a time so I know how things effect my horse. I'm getting the flax in the horseshine which is high in fat Oats is 52% nsc. So I decided to add flax back in and I cut my oats. I'll see what that does. Thanks all. I don't think I'm gonna add boss tho |
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | If it's main benefits are for the haircoat (per your own post)...which you say you don't need...why on earth are you considering adding them? I've never been a fad of adding BOSS, and never put it in my rations unless my customer explicitly wanted it for some bogus reason. It was quite the fad for a while.
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Location: Oklahoma | RockinGR - 2018-03-26 4:32 PM
If it's main benefits are for the haircoat (per your own post)...which you say you don't need...why on earth are you considering adding them? I've never been a fad of adding BOSS, and never put it in my rations unless my customer explicitly wanted it for some bogus reason. It was quite the fad for a while.
The articles that I found said pretty much that for hair coat, then I found one that it was for multiple of things. and I know that the vet with curost recommends it and it was also recommended from another feed all natural lady so that is what got me into looking into it and wondering why and thought I would also check here for personal experience. Thanks to everyone! |
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Location: Running my kids somewhere. | Ohiobarrelracer - 2018-03-26 7:03 AM Ive only ever heard of BOSS helping with coat and some weight. I considered feeding them a long time ago but after doing research i decided not to. I cant remember the article word for word, but it was something to do with the Omega 6s and Omega 3s. They are super high in the 6s which is a huge inflammatory and they are very low in the 3s which is an anti-inflammatory, so because they dont balance out there could be an issue of additional inflammation, which i didnt want to risk just for a shiney coat. They are also super high in potassium and shouldnt be feed to any horse thats positive for HYPP.
I was going to start feeding it until I found out about the Omega 6 and Omgea 3 thing. |
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| I looked into when I started making my feed but due to the omega 6 to 3 ratio I opted out and they were hard to find here , at least good ones were. I added chia seeds to my ration besides being a good omega ratio they are helpful for gut health and clearing sand. |
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Location: OH. IO | they make for pretty sunflower poop piles:) |
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| It was a popular additive about 5-10 years ago. But, I think after some research came out that the omega 6:omega 3 ratios were off in the opposite direction you want, I think a lot of people quit feeding it. Like the other poster said, if you are wanting omega's you want higher omega 3's than 6's. BOSS is the opposite. So, doesn't really do much for ya. |
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| The grain I feed one of my mares has BOSS in it, but as a whole is balanced in omega ratios and she really looks great. I can't say it's the BOSS and I am thankful they did the math on balancing it haha but I am happy with it! It's LMF gold that she's on. I have feed it about a year now and she went from being a horse people asked why the heck I bought to a horse that turns every head. There a ton of other factors of course but I am happy! |
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