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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Brrlracengirl - 2014-02-28 3:04 PM barrelracr131 - 2014-02-28 2:54 PM I have fed Omelene 200, Strategy GX, Ultium Complete, and Equine Senior in the past. While I was not a fan of the first two, I did like the Ultium a LOT. The senior is okay. I don't think Purina is "junk". I do like Triple Crown products better myself. I am a fan of a beet pulp base. Im seriously thinking of switching to the Ultium. Do you really need to feed 9 lbs. of the Ultium a day?? thats what's recommended for my 1200 lb horse, but in the breakdown of the feed, it talks about how the feed is so nutrient dense that you can feed much less... um, i feed 6 lbs a day now lol
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well I just looked at the recommended amount on the website for omolene and its about the same as the Ultium.... but when the purina reps came to the house, they told us to feed 6 lbs... hmmmm.....
I have fed Ultium and Ultium growth in the past and really liked it. Last season I fed my barrel mare Omolene 200 but she had highs and lows which I did not like. This year it was recommended by my rep to feed 500 so I'm giving that a try. My mare looks gorgeous. I put up my own prairie hay and alfalfa and I only feed the best hay possible plus I have good summer pasture. I don't have a real lot of options for feed without driving over 100 miles which is not feesable so if Purina works for my horses than that's what I'm going to use. |
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Location: your guess is as good as mine | I have fed Purina with no problem...fed Omolene 200 to my older mare & she did great on it until she started having trouble chewing the grain. Only reason she's not on Purina Senior is she seems to do better on Nutrena's SC Senior...thinking about putting my other two (4 & 8) back on the 200. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | ghost rider - 2014-02-28 4:12 PM I have fed Purina with no problem...fed Omolene 200 to my older mare & she did great on it until she started having trouble chewing the grain. Only reason she's not on Purina Senior is she seems to do better on Nutrena's SC Senior...thinking about putting my other two (4 & 8) back on the 200.
I switched my 17 yr old from Purina Sr to Nutrena SC Sr because of the lower starch in Nutrena. He looks and feels awesome! I'm very impressed with it. |
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| rodeowithjoker - 2014-02-27 10:21 PM
I can get my grain custom mixed 500 lbs at a time from our local CO-OP for less than $10 per 50 lb bag, while Purina feeds around here cost closer to $20 a bag. I don't really have anything against Purina feeds, but it's not financially smart for me to drive farther to buy their products at a higher price than the CO-OP 5 miles from home.
what is your mix? |
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Location: Northeast Nebraska | I feed Enrich Plus, 3 lbs a day to a 9 month old. She also has a round grass bale 24/7 and I give her a couple of flakes of alfalfa a day. I give her a cup of canola oil on her pellets too. She has a salt block and a waterer. She is doing fine. I can only go over there once a day, so I can't be dumping 10 lbs of grain out at once for her. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | CYA Ranch - 2014-02-28 3:13 PM ghost rider - 2014-02-28 4:12 PM I have fed Purina with no problem...fed Omolene 200 to my older mare & she did great on it until she started having trouble chewing the grain. Only reason she's not on Purina Senior is she seems to do better on Nutrena's SC Senior...thinking about putting my other two (4 & 8) back on the 200. I switched my 17 yr old from Purina Sr to Nutrena SC Sr because of the lower starch in Nutrena. He looks and feels awesome! I'm very impressed with it.
What is the price difference? My dad has an old mare on Purina Senior and hates the price. I always like the idea of lower starch/sugars and that is one of my issues with the Ultium. But it works and I am in a part of the country where we don't have a lot of feed options. |
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Location: your guess is as good as mine | Here (Arkansas) both are the same price...$20/bag. I told my Dad the other day "Remember when we griped because feed went up to $7 a bag?"   |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | isn't that the truth. I remember when Safechoice was $14 a bag and my husband was having a stroke. Now it is $18 when on sale |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | wyoming barrel racer - 2014-02-28 7:18 PM
CYA Ranch - 2014-02-28 3:13 PM ghost rider - 2014-02-28 4:12 PM I have fed Purina with no problem...fed Omolene 200 to my older mare & she did great on it until she started having trouble chewing the grain. Only reason she's not on Purina Senior is she seems to do better on Nutrena's SC Senior...thinking about putting my other two (4 & 8) back on the 200. I switched my 17 yr old from Purina Sr to Nutrena SC Sr because of the lower starch in Nutrena. He looks and feels awesome! I'm very impressed with it.
Its been a while since I bought Purina Sr I dont remember price but Nutrena is cheaper. It was on sale last week for $17.99. |
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Location: Arkansas | ghost rider - 2014-02-28 8:41 PM Here (Arkansas) both are the same price...$20/bag. I told my Dad the other day "Remember when we griped because feed went up to $7 a bag?"
Well maybe I can find it for around the same price as the omolene 200... I'd like to try it and see! |
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Location: Arkansas | Okay, so while I have yall here!! How many of yall feed textured or pelleted feed(in general)? Weve always stuck with textured and never tried the pelleted because we were scared of some issues that come with pelleted feed.... I would love yalls input! |
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| I personally don't mind either.. But I do not like dry pellets like regular strategy or nutrena safe choice . I fed strategy a long long time ago & my mare choked on it several times.. I really like the textured triple crown feeds. Love the senior especially for that mare . I don't have to worry about anyone choking anymore :) |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Other than the gelding that gets Ultium, the rest get Safechoice Perform which is a pellet. I haven't had any issues and so far am really happy with it. |
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Location: Arkansas | Thanks for the replies! That is one of my concerns with pelleted feed; choking. I will shop around and see what's available in my area. We aren't exactly in "horse country"  |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Brrlracengirl - 2014-03-03 4:27 PM Thanks for the replies! That is one of my concerns with pelleted feed; choking. I will shop around and see what's available in my area. We aren't exactly in "horse country"
My 17 yr old is the only one on straight pellets and thats Nutrena SC Sr. He's not a hog while eating so I don't worry about him choking. The type of horses that you see stick their nose in as far as they can and eat like there's no tomorrow....those are the ones I'd worry about choking. JMO |
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Location: Online | My old gelding has been on Purina Senior for over 10 years. He's 27 now and looks like he did 10 years ago. That's enough for me. My vet recommends it as well.
People make this all way too complicated. I was always told... K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid. |
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Location: Texas | I feed Nutrena Safechoice Senior. Love it! Add hot water to it and it turns into mash in 3 minutes. My high risk mare that chokes does really well on it. It's consistent and not dry.
I chose Nutrena over Purina due to the fat content. Nutrena Senior is 8% fat, Purina is 5.5%. Nutrena also has added pro/prebiotics. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Stride - 2014-03-03 9:42 PM I feed Nutrena Safechoice Senior. Love it! Add hot water to it and it turns into mash in 3 minutes. My high risk mare that chokes does really well on it. It's consistent and not dry.
I chose Nutrena over Purina due to the fat content. Nutrena Senior is 8% fat, Purina is 5.5%. Nutrena also has added pro/prebiotics.
Nutrena SC Sr is also much lower in starch. |
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