Some MEDICATED chicken feed may be poisonous for horses

[paneubert]

Yep. This thread gets better as time goes on. Seems with enough people spread geographically, we do find some products that have some "less common" ingredients in them. Funny to hear the mill had not even heard of amprolium!

 

[Kiki]

@Texas Kiki, forgot to mention this on my quail post. I asked him about making guinea feed for me with 28% protein with amprolium, and interestingly enough (it's interesting now that I've read this thread), he'd never heard of amprolium!



Posting the pic of the tag below. Never saw this thread until tonight, took the pics today at a feed mill in Southeast Alabama. There are TONS of commercial chicken houses around here, at least 2 processing plants that I know of, 11 chickens houses at one farm about a mile from me. I'm guessing the chicken farmers are his main buyers. Said he's only had one inquiry about waterfowl specific food before, most feed his 20% chicken feed to them.






OK, I'm allergic to horses, but don't they get...colic or something...when they get into feed anyway? I mean, shouldn't all grains be kept secure around horses? (And goats!)

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There is something not right about this feed tag. The calcium numbers alone are off the charts or am I reading it wrong.
Have you seen the link to my Google feed comparision sheet down below in my 'signature'?

 

[aart]

There is something not right about this feed tag. The calcium numbers alone are off the charts or am I reading it wrong.

It's a premix....meant to be mixed with grains.

 

[Kiki]

It's a premix....meant to be mixed with grains.

Aha!
I knew I was missing something. Thanks.

 

[CountryFried]

Yes, he mixes it with something. I was looking all over for the protein when he handed it to me

 

[Kiki]

Yes, he mixes it with something. I was looking all over for the protein when he handed it to me

 

[paneubert]

Hahaha. It is the small things we miss. Did you see the salt/sodium range?

 

[Kiki]

Hahaha. It is the small things we miss. Did you see the salt/sodium range?

I about died with just the calcium levers so I stopped reading there.

 

[OneTwoMany]

OK, I'm allergic to horses, but don't they get...colic or something...when they get into feed anyway? I mean, shouldn't all grains be kept secure around horses?

As a rule ALL grains should be kept secure, in air and water tight containers. The amount of monesin, for instance, required to result in death in horses is very small, volume wise.

Colic can be an overindulgence of protein or sugar. The volume of grain needed is far higher than monensin or urea.
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