[Rosemary]

Don't know if I missed it in earlier post but for the Turmeric to work best you should feed it with oil (coconut, linseed or olive) and freshly ground black pepper - now I'll run and hide if you already knew this 

Seriously? This isn't recipe for curry?

[Daisy]

Yes seriously  I use turmeric, black pepper and linseed meal as the oil part

[Daisys Mum]

I use linseed oil and freshly ground black pepper, rode him last week wow   Was like riding a different horse
So much so that I had to bale out at one point. I know that sounds pathetic but I am very unfit and he is  over 17hands and was getting very wound up by horses in fields either side of him. I did get back on and finish my ride, definitely not the plod he was a couple of months ago.

[Rosemary]

Hmmm, there's soya oil in the chaff mix I use. Maybe that will do  They don't really need any extra calories

[Daisys Mum]

Rosemary have a look at the Turmeric Users Group on Facebook, the pinned posts tell you what kind of oils to use as some are definitely not good to use, lots of useful information on there too.

[Rosemary]

Will do. Thanks

[rbarlo32]

Use coconut oil if you are worried about weight apparently it can help them loose weight?  I haven't used it as it is the most expensive of the three oils by quite some way.

[Herdygirl]

How are you getting on with using tumeric Rosemary?

[roddycm]

This sounds so interesting! I'm going to try it on my mare! Love this forum... Always new stuff to learn! Thanks for posting!

[fifixx]

Can you post the FB link to the right group - not sure which is the relevant one when I search?  Also, has anyone used it on the rest of the farm animals? I have a goat with an achey leg, thought about trying it on her

[Herdygirl]

So how do you feed it? I may be a bit thick    but if I mix a small amount with a small amount of oil and BP  then it's just going to be a little oily lump, roughly how much would I start with to feed my two mini shetlands?  ie how much turmeric, oil and black pepper?
Thanks
ps I am sorry I don't do FB

[Daisys Mum]

My big 17 hand boy gets 2 tablespoons of turmeric 10 grinds of black pepper and a big glug of linseed oil. If you are feeding your mini Shetlands I would start off with a teaspoonful, a couple of grinds of pepper and a little splash of either linseed,coconut or olive oil. I just throw it all into his feed and mix it up.
As he is not getting much to eat during the summer I am looking into making it into biscuits and feeding him  a few of these each day.

[Herdygirl]

thanks Anne