Feed Freshness question

[LoneCowboy]

Every book I read says don't buy anymore food than you can use in 3 weeks. That it loses freshness and nutrition.

Well, I bought some feed last month from the feed store. I use Purina Layena. It was a brand new shipment, cuz I had to go back after the truck came at noon.

I looked at the date stamp on the bag where they sew it closed, and it said Jan 2007. It was a whole year old! Doesn't it lose it's freshness in that year? Why do I have to worry about not buying more than I can use in 3 weeks, if they are going to sell year old food?

 

[Pinenot]

I was told that feed is like a loaf of bread. It either looses its freshness or molds. Sometimes those mold spors are not very visable to us. It can cause botulisium (I am a bad speller)

 

[patandchickens]

yeah, and even if it's been stored well and not getting moldy, the vitamin content declines over time as fats get rancid etcetera. Also I dunno about old chicken feed but I can tell you that old pellet-type horse feed gets extra dusty as it physically falls apart.

If it were me I'd take it back to the store and say Hey.

Good luck to you,

Pat

 

[Dana]

It may not be as old as you think.

When I got a bag of Layena a while ago, I thought it was a year old too, but apparently the dates aren't what they seem. I called Purina just to make sure, and it turned out that they have a strange way of writing the dates. Unfortunately I can't remember how to read it, so you might want to try calling them to find out. I think different companies have different ways of doing it too.

Anyway, the feed turned out to be a month old, which is still kind of old.:|