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Location: Texas | Well omelene sucks.. I've found Strategy Healthy Edge is pretty amazing! I mix it half and half with timothy pellets and it's been a great feed for me, I've even met with purina myself and have always thought they truly cared about my horses health. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | After 2 different incidences where Purina out and out lied...I'm done and will never buy or feed anything from them. What is great is we all have choices and everyone can make their own decisions. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I know that the Purina horse feed I get at my local feed store is bagged in KC where the cattle feed is mixed in Sioux City so yes I do feel safe. The mgr of my feed store is a friend of mine and has personally been to both locations so I know its the truth. I tried feeding Omolene a few years ago and my mare had major high's and lows. I now feed Ultium to my gelding and he's doing really well on it. |
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| I talked to Purina last week on the phone and asked about their horse feed and if milled at same place with cattle feed. The person said to get the number off bag and she would be able to tell me if so or not.
Talked to Nuetrena about this also. There is only one plant in Sterling, Colorado (I believe) that only does feed for horses.
I was wondering if anyone can tell me some names of a horse feed company that is low starch and sugar with high fat content made at ONLY a mill for horses. One that is safe from cross cattle feed.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | royaldimple - 2015-11-22 1:11 PM I talked to Purina last week on the phone and asked about their horse feed and if milled at same place with cattle feed. The person said to get the number off bag and she would be able to tell me if so or not. Talked to Nuetrena about this also. There is only one plant in Sterling, Colorado (I believe) that only does feed for horses. I was wondering if anyone can tell me some names of a horse feed company that is low starch and sugar with high fat content made at ONLY a mill for horses. One that is safe from cross cattle feed.
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| I don't know if I'm super blind, but I can't find a list on the Facebook page. I just see posts on the timeline and I didn't have time to try to read the whole timeline to see which ones are safe. |
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Location: Willows, CA | Renew Gold. Safe. Always! |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | oranges - 2015-11-22 7:28 PM I don't know if I'm super blind, but I can't find a list on the Facebook page. I just see posts on the timeline and I didn't have time to try to read the whole timeline to see which ones are safe.
Post on it and ask for the list or start a thread on here and ask for the actual list. |
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| Fun2Run - 2015-11-21 11:21 AM
NJJ - 2015-11-21 11:09 AM Truly folks, unless you PERSONALLY visit each and every Purina Mill, you can choose to believe what they just wrote.....or choose not to........
^^Truth. There is a mill in Okla (Red River) that makes zero medicated feed. Their formula is fixed and lists everything in the feed on the bag, not the tag, so it rarely changes. Because it is not a big name company with big overhead, their feed is cheaper than what I'm buying that Purina makes. I'm thinking I will be switching to this feed in the future, save a few $$ and know the ingredients exactly.
I know there are areas in the country where Purina might be the only choice, and I'd feel safe feeding that.
I feed Red River feed to all my horses .. their feed is clean, fresh and great prices ..
whole oats; $10.35 /50# bag
14% Thoroughbred performance horse feed $10.20
5/8 cube alfalfa/ corn 11% protein .. horses love this feed . $8.35
For a guest horse on purina I bought two different types .. Utium and a colt growing bag for a total of $59.62 ... for 2 bags ... ROBBERY!!
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| BARRELHORSE USA - 2015-11-22 11:28 PM
Fun2Run - 2015-11-21 11:21 AM
NJJ - 2015-11-21 11:09 AM Truly folks, unless you PERSONALLY visit each and every Purina Mill, you can choose to believe what they just wrote.....or choose not to........
^^Truth. There is a mill in Okla (Red River) that makes zero medicated feed. Their formula is fixed and lists everything in the feed on the bag, not the tag, so it rarely changes. Because it is not a big name company with big overhead, their feed is cheaper than what I'm buying that Purina makes. I'm thinking I will be switching to this feed in the future, save a few $$ and know the ingredients exactly.
I know there are areas in the country where Purina might be the only choice, and I'd feel safe feeding that.
I feed Red River feed to all my horses .. their feed is clean, fresh and great prices ..
whole oats; $10.35 /50# bag
14% Thoroughbred performance horse feed $10.20
5/8 cube alfalfa/ corn 11% protein .. horses love this feed . $8.35
For a guest horse on purina I bought two different types .. Utium and a colt growing bag for a total of $59.62 ... for 2 bags ... ROBBERY!!
Of course horses love corn, but it's one of the cheapest and worst things you can feed them. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | oranges - 2015-11-22 7:28 PM I don't know if I'm super blind, but I can't find a list on the Facebook page. I just see posts on the timeline and I didn't have time to try to read the whole timeline to see which ones are safe.
Without personally visiting a mill and knowing what to look for there's no way to know for sure. Independent research is my recommendation. |
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Location: Willows, CA | Separate production lines do not protect you from a disgruntled employee who would like to settle scores on his way out. No medication on the property is the only true safeguard. I had such a person put a dead rat in the shrink wrap on a pallet one time. IF a more serious medication had been available, he might have thrown that in the mixer. The only truely safe mill has no medication on the property. I will only manufacture under those standards. |
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Location: OH. IO | Tribute is safe! Made at an equine only facility. We feed kalm ultra and love it. |
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Location: MT | royaldimple - 2015-11-22 12:11 PM I talked to Purina last week on the phone and asked about their horse feed and if milled at same place with cattle feed. The person said to get the number off bag and she would be able to tell me if so or not. Talked to Nuetrena about this also. There is only one plant in Sterling, Colorado (I believe) that only does feed for horses. I was wondering if anyone can tell me some names of a horse feed company that is low starch and sugar with high fat content made at ONLY a mill for horses. One that is safe from cross cattle feed.
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| ruggedchica - 2015-11-23 7:57 PM
royaldimple - 2015-11-22 12:11 PM I talked to Purina last week on the phone and asked about their horse feed and if milled at same place with cattle feed. The person said to get the number off bag and she would be able to tell me if so or not. Talked to Nuetrena about this also. There is only one plant in Sterling, Colorado (I believe) that only does feed for horses. I was wondering if anyone can tell me some names of a horse feed company that is low starch and sugar with high fat content made at ONLY a mill for horses. One that is safe from cross cattle feed.
Renew Gold
Nutrena lied to you about Sterling. I know this for a fact because I live in Sterling and have been to that plant. They also do bulk cattle feed. The guys there told me they use ionophores in the bulk feed, just not the bagged. But iinophires and cattle feed are on the premises and bins in that facility. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | SKM - 2015-11-24 4:58 AM ruggedchica - 2015-11-23 7:57 PM royaldimple - 2015-11-22 12:11 PM I talked to Purina last week on the phone and asked about their horse feed and if milled at same place with cattle feed. The person said to get the number off bag and she would be able to tell me if so or not. Talked to Nuetrena about this also. There is only one plant in Sterling, Colorado (I believe) that only does feed for horses. I was wondering if anyone can tell me some names of a horse feed company that is low starch and sugar with high fat content made at ONLY a mill for horses. One that is safe from cross cattle feed. Renew Gold Nutrena lied to you about Sterling. I know this for a fact because I live in Sterling and have been to that plant. They also do bulk cattle feed. The guys there told me they use ionophores in the bulk feed, just not the bagged. But iinophires and cattle feed are on the premises and bins in that facility.
Nutrena mill in New Richland, MN lied to me too. These facilities seem shocked when people do the research and call them out on their lies. |
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