For Your Moody Mares

Horse owners are way ahead of the rest of us. Some have been feeding chia seed to their horses for years.

Here are links to a few relevant websites:

Chia Farms Booster

Equine Chia

Chia Canada 

Some Benefits of Chia Seed (for horses)

• Promotes a healthy, glossy coat
• Stronger, faster growing hooves
• Helps prevent laminitis and insulin disorders
• Calms hot nervous temperaments
• Prevents sand colic
• Eases mare cycles and estrus inflammation
• Improvement of dermatitis (summer itch)
• Lower allergy to insect bites
• Chia has no strong flavor, easy to top dress
• Easy to store, keeps up to two years
• Economical — replaces several products in one simple grain
• Horses love it!

Read more about it on the Horsetopia Forum

Comments

[Emily]

You should give some to Courtney then, now that she has a horse.