TSC has sold the Dumor line for many, many years. I believe it is their "store brand" as no one else sells Dumor that I know of. TSC did begin carrying Purina feeds last fall at about a dollar a bag higher $ than the equivalent Dumor product.
Mark
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----- Original Message -----From: Georgia WoodSent: Monday, April 26, 2010 9:46 PMSubject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Chicken feed ain't cheap
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
--- On Mon, 4/26/10, PiranhaFem@aol.com <PiranhaFem@aol.com> wrote:
From: PiranhaFem@aol.com <PiranhaFem@aol. com>
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Chicken feed ain't cheap
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 10:20 PM
Well, not the organic stuff, anyway.All the talk on this list about animal feed motivated me to actually read labels on feed bags. I know how to do this for dog and cat food, and the same things apply regarding the quality of the ingredients. Cheap feeds are full of fillers, digests, and byproducts. The very first ingredient on Layena Sunfresh by Purina is "processed grain by-products." I am afraid to know what that even is! The second ingredient is "grain products". That is just too vague, and frankly they should not be allowed to use such ridiculously vague phrases on an ingredients label. Next comes "plant protein products", which is just as vague. Now, my chickens have been doing fine on this, laying well and they seem healthy, but I am trying to give myself and all of my animals healthier, less processed, less chemically-laden foods, both for our own health and for the well-being of the environment. I am trying to get away from giant agricultural corporations like Purina and Nutrena and their hyper-processed products. I'm also trying to buy local products as much as possible. The only alternative to Purina and Nutrena that I could find at my local feed stores is Western Milling, a company out of CA. Their cheaper feed, marketed under the label Kruse's Perfection, looked heavy on soy and actually listed "artificial flavoring" as an ingredient! They also had a 100% organic feed, under the label O.H. Kruse Gran and Milling, that had excellent ingredients... and of course, costs almost twice as much. I paid $28 for a 50 lb. bag of 17% protein layer pellets. I sure hope my girls do well on it! Maureen and the girls at the
Rowdy Girls Ranch
Tucson, AZ
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