articles

Archive for the ‘articles’ Category

Horse Feeding Pitfalls: Wrong Feed

In any catalog or feed store today you'll find a variety of bagged feeds labeled for specific types of horses--growing youngsters, hardworking adults, broodmares, senior citizens, etc. All are formulated to provide the exact amount of calories and nutrition those animals need, and giving the wrong feed to the wrong...

Poultry Feeding By Stages

For more than 100 years Purina Mills has been helping people raise poultry. In fact, poultry feeds were among the very first products we sold. For fresh eggs to farm-raised chickens, you can count on Purina to provide products that will help ensure the health and well-being of your flock....

Feed Chickens For Optimum Egg Production

At about four and a half months, you’re probably anxiously awaiting the first fresh eggs! Now is the time to introduce your laying pullets to Purina Layena Sunfresh Recipe or Purina Layena Plus Omega-3 to insure that they receive the best nutrition to support egg production.

Deworming Horses

Deworming treatments are often a regular component of horse health maintenance, but many horse owners may not understand the best schedule for their horse.

Healthy Chickens Means Better Eggs

The greater inclusion of vitamin D in today’s poultry feeds has increased its concentration in eggs. Even the color of the yolk is influenced by pigments the hen consumes. This is a very important concept for people raising backyard hens for eggs. Feed them a poor diet of unfortified scratch...

Show Chow Success: Cuatro Schauer

Recent high school graduate Cuatro Schauer shattered records with his prize winning steer at the Fort Worth Stock Show in February. Cuatro's cash cow, Spider Monkey, was auctioned off during the Sale of Champions for an astounding $230,000, making it the highest price paid in the shows 116-year history and...

Purina AntlerMax Technology Scores 561 B&C

Wild Rivers Whitetails has been feeding Purina® AntlerMax® Diets exclusively on their farm since 2004. In 2011, they grew a deer named “Ballistic” that scored 561” Boone and Crockett. To the best of everyone’s knowledge, it was the highest scoring deer for the 2011 antler growing season. Purina® AntlerMax® Deer...

Texas Deer Hunting Regulations

Deer hunting in Texas is a popular pursuit, governed by the regulations set forth by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Hunters have their choice of white-tailed deer or mule deer to hunt in the Lone Star State.  Licenses Texas law requires that every deer hunter possess a license. Those...