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Location: Deep South | Disappointed that the ionophore issue was the only one not addressed in your response. Word is spreading rapidly, feed companies aren't going to be able to keep ignoring this much longer. |
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| tcnhorsefeed - 2015-10-22 8:51 AM
Hello barrelracincrazy!
We have checked out this thread and want to help with a feed recommendation. You have mentioned that your horse is an easy keeper (actually a bit round ) and is only eating a few pounds of the Low Starch feed that you have been offering him , so we actually recommend that you move him over to the Triple Crown Lite which is a low fat, low carb, vitamin and mineral supplement. (a ration balancer ). You feed at the rate of 1lb per 500lb of body weight. The average 1000lb horse eats 2lbs a day, but you can feed up to 4lbs of Lite daily . Since you mentioned you offered 6lbs of Low starch, which based on his possible body condition score, he really did not need to have that much feed. However, we want to make sure that he is getting his vitamin and mineral needs met which will be important for his overall health and the performance activities that you do with him. Lite is also a pelleted feed and this horse may be a bit picky about pelleted feeds in general. Let's face it, they definitely have a different smell and look than our textured feeds like Complete, but here is how you can feed the Lite with another feed and cover all needs. Since you have complete also, you could feed 1lb of the Lite and mix in 2-3lbs of the Complete. Lite remains your vitamin and mineral base and the Complete is bumped up or down as needed for your horse's body condition. I would recommend that you mix in a little bit of complete with the Low Starch that you feed now and see if he is "happy " to eat that. Just over a week or so bring in 1-2lbs. Then phase out the Low Starch for the 1lb of lite, again over just a week or so. 1lb of Lite is equal to 3 measuring cups by the way. This combination may work well and you can always keep that complete low if he does need to lose some weight. Lite is very low in NSC at 9.3% and as others have mentioned, complete is a bit higher in NSC, but you would mix the two products and not really be feeding a lot of Complete. If you feel he has some behavior issues while on that combo, that it may be a good idea to give him Senior instead of Complete because that feed is only 12% NSC. As others have mentioned, do look into why he doesn't eat his meals as you mentioned he has done this for a while. He could have ulcers or digestive upset, is he worried about his barn mates, explore those things. Do feed as much hay as possible. Triple Crown is happy to answer any questions or concerns that anyone may have. We can help find dealers or work on a feed program. We can be reached at 800-451-9916, by email at [email protected], on live chat (when we are live on our website ) as well as many social media sites (facebook, twitter, instagram ). We strive for great customer service so please don't hesitate to contact us!
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Maybe you shouldnt let Nutrena bag your feed. Thats when it all went down hill with TC in my personal experience. The two mills used to supply feed to my area of the country ( Stockton and Casa Grande) are both Ionophore mills and thats why I quit feeding the TC a long time ago. Once you build a mill that only produces horse feed, and ingredients that never have been transported in contaminated trucks I will take a look at the products again. |
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Location: Millington, TN | I am too. I pm'd her and have not had a response yet. It really scares me. Triple crown has done wonders for my horses and I do not want to switch feeds again with winter just around the corner. My older guy is hard to keep weight on and the complete has really really helped him. All my horses coats are so shiny and healthy. They all look better than ever....I am at a loss. |
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Location: Kentucky | BamaCanChaser - 2015-10-22 3:06 PM Disappointed that the ionophore issue was the only one not addressed in your response. Word is spreading rapidly, feed companies aren't going to be able to keep ignoring this much longer.
Funny how that happens, isn't it!!! I was offered a free bag of TC for all of my troubles with it... no thanks. |
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Location: Millington, TN | Wow this has really got me stressing out. I have done a litte research. So the million dollar question is, is there a feed out there that you know 100% is safe???? |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | FLITASTIC - 2015-10-22 2:19 PM tcnhorsefeed - 2015-10-22 8:51 AM Hello barrelracincrazy! We have checked out this thread and want to help with a feed recommendation. You have mentioned that your horse is an easy keeper (actually a bit round ) and is only eating a few pounds of the Low Starch feed that you have been offering him , so we actually recommend that you move him over to the Triple Crown Lite which is a low fat, low carb, vitamin and mineral supplement. (a ration balancer ). You feed at the rate of 1lb per 500lb of body weight. The average 1000lb horse eats 2lbs a day, but you can feed up to 4lbs of Lite daily . Since you mentioned you offered 6lbs of Low starch, which based on his possible body condition score, he really did not need to have that much feed. However, we want to make sure that he is getting his vitamin and mineral needs met which will be important for his overall health and the performance activities that you do with him. Lite is also a pelleted feed and this horse may be a bit picky about pelleted feeds in general. Let's face it, they definitely have a different smell and look than our textured feeds like Complete, but here is how you can feed the Lite with another feed and cover all needs. Since you have complete also, you could feed 1lb of the Lite and mix in 2-3lbs of the Complete. Lite remains your vitamin and mineral base and the Complete is bumped up or down as needed for your horse's body condition. I would recommend that you mix in a little bit of complete with the Low Starch that you feed now and see if he is "happy " to eat that. Just over a week or so bring in 1-2lbs. Then phase out the Low Starch for the 1lb of lite, again over just a week or so. 1lb of Lite is equal to 3 measuring cups by the way. This combination may work well and you can always keep that complete low if he does need to lose some weight. Lite is very low in NSC at 9.3% and as others have mentioned, complete is a bit higher in NSC, but you would mix the two products and not really be feeding a lot of Complete. If you feel he has some behavior issues while on that combo, that it may be a good idea to give him Senior instead of Complete because that feed is only 12% NSC. As others have mentioned, do look into why he doesn't eat his meals as you mentioned he has done this for a while. He could have ulcers or digestive upset, is he worried about his barn mates, explore those things. Do feed as much hay as possible. Triple Crown is happy to answer any questions or concerns that anyone may have. We can help find dealers or work on a feed program. We can be reached at 800-451-9916, by email at [email protected], on live chat (when we are live on our website ) as well as many social media sites (facebook, twitter, instagram ). We strive for great customer service so please don't hesitate to contact us! -Jessica Drexler Triple Crown Nutrition Maybe you shouldnt let Nutrena bag your feed. Thats when it all went down hill with TC in my personal experience. The two mills used to supply feed to my area of the country ( Stockton and Casa Grande ) are both Ionophore mills and thats why I quit feeding the TC a long time ago. Once you build a mill that only produces horse feed, and ingredients that never have been transported in contaminated trucks I will take a look at the products again.
When Nutrena started to mill TC is when I started to get consistency problems and when I got one bag that my horse ended up getting terrible gas and lost a considerable amount of weight within a few weeks when only given a total of 4 cups a day, I called it quits. |
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Location: Florida.. | barrelracincrazy - 2015-10-22 3:25 PM Wow this has really got me stressing out. I have done a litte research. So the million dollar question is, is there a feed out there that you know 100% is safe????
Purina is one . |
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| Bibliafarm - 2015-10-22 2:53 PM
barrelracincrazy - 2015-10-22 3:25 PM Wow this has really got me stressing out. I have done a litte research. So the million dollar question is, is there a feed out there that you know 100% is safe????
Purina is one .
The Purina that we used to buy herecame from a feed mill in Shreveport LA that produces cattle feed too. Every feed that you can buy in this area comes from a feed mill that produces cattle feed. I buy a feed from a mill that has been making feed since 1930. I like the feed and have few problems with it so guess I will continue to feed it.
Feed mills in this area which would include a huge part of Texas produce way more feed for cattle than horses so I seriously doubt they are going to cater exclusively to horse people.
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Location: Arkansas | streakysox - 2015-10-22 8:25 PM
Bibliafarm - 2015-10-22 2:53 PM
barrelracincrazy - 2015-10-22 3:25 PM Wow this has really got me stressing out. I have done a litte research. So the million dollar question is, is there a feed out there that you know 100% is safe????
Purina is one .
The Purina that we used to buy herecame from a feed mill in Shreveport LA that produces cattle feed too. Every feed that you can buy in this area comes from a feed mill that produces cattle feed. I buy a feed from a mill that has been making feed since 1930. I like the feed and have few problems with it so guess I will continue to feed it.
Feed mills in this area which would include a huge part of Texas produce way more feed for cattle than horses so I seriously doubt they are going to cater exclusively to horse people.
I thought the Shreveport plant was listed specifically as a "free" plant. . . . Scared cause that's where mine comes from
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Location: Florida.. | Its my understanding they have 2 seperate facilities and its on another thread stating that.. one building for cattle and other and one for Equine |
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Location: Arkansas | Bibliafarm - 2015-10-22 9:15 PM
Its my understanding they have 2 seperate facilities and its on another thread stating that.. one building for cattle and other and one for Equine
That's what I thought too. After I posted I remembered that I emailed Purina and was told exactly what you just said. So I feel ok again! But it's sad that any of us as consumers have to go thru this rather than just being able to trust that the feed companies have our horses' best interests at heart. |
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Location: Florida.. | streakysox - 2015-10-22 9:25 PM Bibliafarm - 2015-10-22 2:53 PM barrelracincrazy - 2015-10-22 3:25 PM Wow this has really got me stressing out. I have done a litte research. So the million dollar question is, is there a feed out there that you know 100% is safe???? Purina is one . The Purina that we used to buy herecame from a feed mill in Shreveport LA that produces cattle feed too. Every feed that you can buy in this area comes from a feed mill that produces cattle feed. I buy a feed from a mill that has been making feed since 1930. I like the feed and have few problems with it so guess I will continue to feed it. Feed mills in this area which would include a huge part of Texas produce way more feed for cattle than horses so I seriously doubt they are going to cater exclusively to horse people.
An ionophore-free manufacturing system is not the same as an ionophore-safe manufacturing system. “Free” means ionophores are not used in any feeds that may be manufactured in that system.
Some cattle feeds may be manufactured in a “free” system if the formula does not contain ionophores. “Safe” means that some cattle feeds containing ionophores in the formula
will be run on a system; however, a series of flushes are implemented before the system
is used to produce horse feeds. For instance, when cattle feeds containing ionophores are
run on a system, at least one batch of non-ionophore cattle feed is run through the system
in order to flush any remaining ionophore from the system before any horse feed is run through it.
Regardless of the flushing procedure, there is always a risk of ionophore contamination of horse feed manufactured on “safe” systems. In short, horse feed should be manufactured on ionophore “free” manufacturing systems. Purina only manufactures horse feed in ionophore-free systems.
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Location: My perfect world bubble | My 4 yr old OTTB was on Senior and caught a virus a couple months ago and went off his feed. Couldn't get him to eat the Senior again after that - switched to Complete and he gobbles it up. Our entire barn (40+ horses) were on Safe Choice. We switched to Triple Crown feeds early this year and the horses look awesome. Couldn't be happier! |
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Location: OH. IO | I believe about one hour from you is jackson tenn? Check that mill for tribute feeds.we feed kalm ultra and love it.there are several that have changed to tribute feeds and even tho the mill is an hour away...I bet you pay less per bag. |
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Location: Deep South | These companies either A) do not process medicated feed at all of B) process their medicated cattle feed in separate facilities from their horse feed.
Purina
Seminole
Renew Gold
Total Equine
Standlee Hay
Manna Pro
Blue Bonnett
Buckeye
Red River Feeds
Woody's Feeds
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