The rising cost of feed!

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Steve, I am not feeding bird dogs..they are another breed.

[CharlieHorse]

seems to darken their stools considerably. Not black, but a real chestnut brown.

That's nice to know Pheasant Hollow......... ........some information we could do without.   You need more to do, to occupy your time.

 

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

seems to darken their stools considerably. Not black, but a real chestnut brown.

That's nice to know Pheasant Hollow......... ........some information we could do without.   You need more to do, to occupy your time.

 

A dark change in stool color could indicate bleeding. Giving the dog one type of dry dog food light in color, then changing over to a darker color base will usually the change in color. Not necessitating bleeding though.

Some people rush their dogs to the vet when they notice change in stool color after changing the food.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

[CharlieHorse]

 

LOL!  I understand.   I couldn't tell anything about my dogs, they've been eatin' a dead horse, deer, moles and everything else.     They've been trained to do their business in the woods, so I rarely come across any samples to inspect. And I would guess that they are a different color every day. The golden retriever used to eat the gravel right out of the driveway, no tellin' what how that came out?  LOL!

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

Well lordy lordy lordy, my feed bill went down $10.00 a ton.. But the price of the Country Value Dog food in the blue bag went up to $21.75 per 50lbs.

I was paying last year, 07, $10.45 per 50lb. and this last past June, 08 $17.50. for 50lbs.

I am beginning to think it is cheaper to keep the wife and dump the dogs.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

[CharlieHorse]

$17.50. for 50lbs.

$17.05/ 50# here the other day for laying mash for the chickens. About the same for goat feed too.

My wife normally gets the dog food for our 110# Golden Retriever  and the terrier, but the other day she had me stop to get some..........I 'bout flipped!!   It's been about 8 years since I last bought any and I was in total disbelief, I thought something was wrong with the prices on the shelves. I'm thinkin' they may have to start eating grass, or they may just end up eating venison year round after I kill all of the deer around here. 

That's it!!   I plant corn crop......deer destroy/eat crop......I destroy deer.......walla.....dog food!!  That's how I can get my corn back and not go in the hole!  Never thought that I could feed the dogs with the corn I planted!  

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

$17.50. for 50lbs.

$17.05/ 50# here the other day for laying mash for the chickens. About the same for goat feed too.

My wife normally gets the dog food for our 110# Golden Retriever  and the terrier, but the other day she had me stop to get some..........I 'bout flipped!!   It's been about 8 years since I last bought any and I was in total disbelief, I thought something was wrong with the prices on the shelves. I'm thinkin' they may have to start eating grass, or they may just end up eating venison year round after I kill all of the deer around here. 

That's it!!   I plant corn crop......deer destroy/eat crop......I destroy deer.......walla.....dog food!!  That's how I can get my corn back and not go in the hole!  Never thought that I could feed the dogs with the corn I planted!  

CharlieHorse,

Ya know........ ya just might have a plan there. The deer ate 85% of all the seed heads of the Milo and now they have started to cut the Sorghum midway to get to the seed heads on them as well.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

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28.00$ today for a 40lb bag of Diamond Adult.

[CharlieHorse]

It's quite simple really.........



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Then again...................the running and purchase of addition freezers to store it all in, would more than likely outweigh the cost of the dog food for the next 10-15 years?     Plus all the time and money spent doing all of it, I'd rather set in a chair. Then I'd start phasing out dogs by attrition, but I'd have to always have one.

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ALWAYS..

[birddog]

but depending on how many deer they let you take per year you could feed yourself also. if not you would end up on the wrong side of the law and depending on how you worked it  you could end up with a lot of publicity that could lead to book deals and possibly movie rights then the cost of the feed would not make a difference you could even hire someone else to feed the dogs. 

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

but depending on how many deer they let you take per year you could feed yourself also. if not you would end up on the wrong side of the law and depending on how you worked it  you could end up with a lot of publicity that could lead to book deals and possibly movie rights then the cost of the feed would not make a difference you could even hire someone else to feed the dogs. 

birddog,

WV has one hell of a liberal deer season. Last year, the count was 5 doe an two antlered deer. If you have a farm, you can also get a destruction permit, which they hand out during the summer.

Feeding a family and dogs for a year isn't the problem, storing it is.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

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3 Bucks and 3 Does here in Louisiana. I will usually kill 2 for me and 1 that I split up with other family members who do not hunt...Mom,sisters and dead heads....

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

3 Bucks and 3 Does here in Louisiana. I will usually kill 2 for me and 1 that I split up with other family members who do not hunt...Mom,sisters and dead heads....

Nothing wrong with dead heads

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

[birddog]

wow.. only one per year here. unless you draw a bonus permit witch are very hard to come by then you are allowed to take 2.  landowner permits can be had but only under extreme circumstances