I pay $8 for 50# of layer mash. When you buy name brand you are paying for marketing, packaging, and lawyers.
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> $6 for a 50 lb. bag of feed??? I shudder to think what was in there to
> make it so cheap. My Purina SunFresh label also had the phrase "roughage
> products" on it. I read that phrase to my mother and she immediately said,
> "Sawdust." It's so vague, it really could be sawdust. I've heard of dog
> food companies that used ground-up peanut SHELLS as "roughage", or rather,
> filler. What a nightmare.
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> Maureen and the girls at the
> Rowdy Girls Ranch
> Tucson, AZ
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> In a message dated 4/26/2010 6:47:01 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> possadillohill@
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> Pretty much negates using the phrase "Chicken Feed" to mean it was
> inexpensive, doesn't it? I remember last fall Tractor Supply was offering a new
> line of chicken feed for $6.00 a 50# bag. Was that when Purina introduced
> the Dumor line of feed?
>
> I'll be checking my feed bag labels in the morning.
>
> Georgia
>
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