Walmart feed

[Jessiewoodard57]

I use to use the Walmart "egg maker" but I too was concerned about grains coming from overseas being either very old from storage or contaminated. Plus you never know how long your local walmart had it setting on a back shelf! I now buy mine from a local farm supply that bags it fresh. (and its 2 dollars cheaper then walmart!!!)

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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Just had to comment on this...More power to you, and if money weren't an issue, I would probably buy the absolute highest quality food available as well...but...if your chickens ate road kill and free ranged, they would probably still be healthy and lay eggs, so long as their basic nutritional needs are met...just saying, dogs, cats, chickens, etc. will eat whatever is available so to me, in my opinion, spending exorbitant amounts of money to feed a pet who would prefer eating offal is a little out of my understanding. I have seen the most "petted" and spoiled of dogs, who only gets "purina 1" dog food eat my dog's feces. Just sayin'.

 

[MandyH]

Neither or our Wal-Mart stores carry any livestock or poultry feed.

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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There went the overseas grain argument, lol. Grain from the USA you say? LOL

 

[emarble]

OK Guys and Gals here is the REAL deal! I work for a Wal-Mart Grocery Distribution center and here is how they keep prices down! They buy in Truckloads and from Local Suppliers! I am an unloader in the dairy/deli/ Freezer not a Manager just an associate and the trucks we get in NOT SAY Argentina meat CO they say Tyson and IBP and brookfield and Dole and so on and so on! The same way with the regional distribution centers that sell the chicken feed and horse feed and so on! The Package may say
Wal-Mart but the products are from local sources and suppliers just like your Local grocer and suppliers and local feed stores We buy the same items as united wholesale grocers Just packaged for them!

Ernie

 

[akcharlie1960]

I didn't read all 6 pages of this thread but.......1 or 2 months ago Wasilla Wal-Mart pulled ALL of it's chicken feed because people had very sick and dying chickens only in the valley. Look it up online in back editions of Anchorage Daily News. I think key words like "sick chickens" or "dying chickens" will get you the article. Buyer beware and keep in mind our local feed stores in the valley and Anchorage/Eagle River make their feed from homegrown sources as much as they can. I try to keep my money in town as much as I can.

 

[geebs]

http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2010/11/09/local_news/doc4cd61de95c512204231216.txt

Here ya go...

 

[akcharlie1960]

Thanks for backing me up geebs.

 

[mchl]

Interesting thing happened today kinda off topic but Subway just gave me a huge garbage sack of day old bread. my birds like it

 

[destinduck]

read the whole thing. Why didnt Andrews chikens die

plus are yall sayin thats chinese food ?