Why is Purina feed "bad"?

[my4ladies]

Could someone tell me what people have against store brand food like Purina? I am really in the dark on this one

(and need to be enlightened!!)

I don't necessarily believe everything I read, and I know ppl on here have their opinions and their tried and true method of things, but I mean, a member of this site has "Purina = poison" as their signature. I'd go to that person directly, but I'm more interested in the general consensus vs strong personal belief. I've seen it implied here numerous times, but I've never looked into it. My chickens used to be free range all day, but recently a fox has discovered them, taken some, and i swear is now casing the place. Also, my neighbor's dog got loose and grabbed two. So now they have to be in a run and only taken out if we're with them. Now, I have more reason to be concerned about their food since they're consuming more of it and less bugs and stuff.

Thanks.

 

[EweSheep]

I love Purina and I've used Purina over 40 years on all of my animals, won classes with them and I like the way my birds look and how they utilize the feed.

Local feed mill food, HORRIBLE!
Two store brand feeds, not awful but goodness, they have to eat MORE and poop smelled bad.
Purina, excellent! What they intake, less manure and no offensive smelly poop. They are able to keep their weight on.

The cheaper you go, the more you will spend. I hate paying Purina price but if I look at it on the long run, I've got a good deal and beautiful birds to boot.

I don't think Purina is poison.....every feed is manufactured differently and it is up to you in what you want out of your feed, how you want your birds to ulitize it and how much you are willing to spend.

 

[poltroon]

This was a very long thread and only one post had any issue specific to Purina chicken food. I guess I'm happy about that.

I have no problem with people deciding to feed GMO free or organic or corn/soy free for whatever reasons suit them. I don't think blaming Purina for not accommodating those choices is useful... there are other feed companies that will be happy to serve you.

 

[Chris09]

A lot of people have a lot of reasons for disliking Purina, IMO I think that there very expensive and I don't like that there chicken feed doesn't have animal protein but they still label it as, "natural" .

For those that say, "I've used Purina feed for X amount of years" you Keep in mind that the Purina Mills we have to day is not the same Purina that was around 26+ years ago. The Purina Mills today is owned by Land O' Lakes and Purina Pet Care is owned by Nestle.

Chris

 

[MiniDonkeyMom]

Purina is owned by Nestle. They are all about putting GMO's in their products and none of which are labeled. The main reason I will not buy ANY purina products is because the Nestle CEO (German company) stated that he believed ALL water should be privatised. So bascially Nestle wants to OWN ALL WATER. Just like Monsanto wants to OWN ALL SEED. We really need to pay attention to what we purchase. If we don't buy it, they can't sell it...

 

[yellowirenut]

I used it for several months and my hens are still alive. The only reason i do not use it is I have found a better quality brand for cheaper at my local feed store. I would use it in a pinch if i was out of feed and the store was closed and TSC was open.

I appreciate you asking those that think its poison on why they believe that. My guess and only a guess is the same reason some who believe unless beef is grass feed and free to roam with out a corn finisher and hormones that it also is poison. The grass feed may be a healthier option the other still fills our nutrition requirements.


or i am wrong...

 

[Fred's Hens]

Some people do not like ANY feed that contains GMO grains, and that includes Purina. Others, dislike Purina because of the high pricing of their sacked and shipped feeds sold in rural stores and prefer higher quality, but lower priced feeds made locally.

When you are as big and have the market dominance of a Purina, you wear a target on your back.

I don't hate Purina. I merely buy as good or better feed for half the cost of Purina's pre-bagged products.

 

[wsmoak]

I thought it was interesting that a couple of people have complained about the *lack* of animal protein in the Purina feeds.

That's exactly why I use it. When the tag says "chicken byproduct meal" or whatever... where do you suppose that comes from? My guess is that it's the result of processing factory farmed chickens, either confinement house broilers or spent layers.

I have no problems with chickens eating meat. They eat bugs and kitchen leftovers. I'm quite sure that if one of their number keeled over and I didn't get there soon enough they would happily chow down. But when I'm raising mine on grass and sunshine, I do *not* want to feed them ground up bits of commercially raised birds!

-Wendy

 

[NYREDS]

In my opinion any of the big brand names have spent thousands to figure out what our animals need. As far as any brand being poison I doubt it! We don't hear of birds dieing by the thousands after being fed any brand of feed. How long do you think a company could stay in business if their product was tainted? How long would it be until some organization sued them? such as food and drug adm. or any one of the hundreds of other oversight groups? If someone has lost their flock in my opinion they need to check for another cause!

A reasonable, logical, well thought-out statement. There's no place for that here. Irrational, ill-informed, emotional arguements only please.

 

[CrazyTalk]

You believe what you want and I will believe what I want. So don't be ugly just because we don't agree.

He's not being ugly - you're posting the opinions of a man (as fact) who has consistently been reprimanded by every medical association in this country for putting patients at risk. You're quoting a man who has made claims rediculous enough to get censured by the FDA over dietary supplements - dietary supplements are almost completely unregulated, but he made such ridiculous claims that the FDA got involved. He claims his strawberry milkshakes cure cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and and all autoimmune diseases.

We're talking about a man who has started foundations to fight vaccinations, floridation, mammograms, modern dental care, etc. We're talking about a man who thinks HIV doesn't cause AIDS. This man is a dangerous public health nuisance, and large parts of his website are simply made up.


Do you understand why we're trying to get you to stop spreading his junk around?