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Location: IL | Anyone know the major difference or prefer one over the other? SafeChoice by Nutrena or Strategy GX by Purina
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Hungarian Midget Woman
 
Location: Midwest | Neither
I don't care for those feeds. I'm not a nutrena fan. I like the Purina Ultium line of product. |
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Location: IL | Ok, thank you! :) Why do you prefer the Ultium?
Edited by Kizzy_177 2016-04-18 1:58 PM
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 Warrior Mom
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| I feed purina strategy healthy edge. I really like it so far and horses look really good on only 4lbs a day. I prefer purina over nutrena mostly because I think purinas milling practices are a little more safe than nutrena from what I understand. Haven't fed nutrena in years. |
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Elite Veteran
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| I feed Safechoice to everyone in my barn and they all look great! |
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | I went back to Safechoice. I've fed the Nutrena Pro Force Fuel and Bluebonnet. Mine look the best on safechoice |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 788
| Iv tried both because its about all I can get in my area. I think I liked the Safechoice the best. Perform is what I used. But, the purina store is alot closer so thats what I feed now. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Kizzy_177 - 2016-04-18 1:57 PM
Ok, thank you! :) Why do you prefer the Ultium?
Higher fat content, lower NSC than strategy. My harder keeper looked awesome on it. He's on a local feed now the boarding barn buys, but I add amplify.
My colt is on the Ultium growth and looks great. Growing well but not too fast.
I had some bad lots of Nutrena produced feeds. (Inconsistent, or moldy bats, etc) and while they took care of it, switching was just easier.
Edited by barrelracr131 2016-04-18 4:15 PM
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 Crazy Doggy Mommy
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | My gelding has done best on nutrena safe choice. He's shiney and plump and a very hard keeper. Purina just didn't add the weight that he needed and he didn't find it as palatable |
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 The Vaccinator
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | I have owned horses for over 50 years. I have tried just darn near every feed out there and Nutrena Safe Choice Original is my #1 favorite. My horses look incredible. It doesn't take much to maintain them. Their coat glistens. Since it is fortified and has biotin, pre and probiotics, I don't have to add the cost or fuss of supplements. It allows me to maintain a simple effective feeding program that is forage based. Knock on wood - no colic on my place in nearly 20 years. |
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| I had good results with safe choice as well but the mill that makes it out here I don't think is an ionoohore free mill. I will have to check again. |
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| Nutrena Pro Force line, best stuff ever. I feed the fuel and the fiber... I also feed safe choice to a older pasture horse and he looks great on it as well. |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I quit feeding Nutrena products when I was getting bad bags and my gelding started going down hill. I made phone calls and found they didn't come from a medicated free facility and in fact used the same line for medicated feed and horse feed. I switched to Purina since my feed comes from a medicated free facility and my horses look and feel great on it. |
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Expert
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| I have used both Purina ando Nutrena feeds. I switched to Kool Speed Plus. Love the feed and the results. They have testimonials and scopes showing a horse with ulcers. Then a scope of the horse after feeding Kool Speed Plus. Ulcers are healed. |
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Veteran
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Location: IL | Thank you for all the replies everyone! I have also noticed there is molasses products in the Strategy GX, is molasses considered bad for horses or just select horses with certain issues? |
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| Kizzy_177 - 2016-04-19 12:36 PM
Thank you for all the replies everyone! I have also noticed there is molasses products in the Strategy GX, is molasses considered bad for horses or just select horses with certain issues?
molasses kind of gets a bad wrap. If your feeding a forage based diet a little molasses is not going to even affect the average horse. Of course there are those horses more sensitive to it. |
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| Kizzy_177 - 2016-04-19 2:36 PM
Thank you for all the replies everyone! I have also noticed there is molasses products in the Strategy GX, is molasses considered bad for horses or just select horses with certain issues?
It is because of the sugar. That is why a little of people are staying away from molasses and Beet Pulp. |
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Veteran
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Location: IL | Ok, that's kind of what I was thinking, but did not want to just assume. Thanks! |
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Veteran
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| I feed safe choice. My made does really well on it. I will try to post a pic |
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Veteran
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| Unfortantly it won't let me post a pic.... |
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Location: Texas | Jolene love Nutrena! |
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