Pure Feed Company Feed

yes been on its 8 days now and horse loves it - licks bowl clean, looks well so far. She not back in work yet after operation so not sure ridden wise how she will be. So far so good.
 
Love it. Best stuff I've ever fed, swapped onto it from Topspec balancer, mollichaff high fibre alfalfa and speedibeet this year and have half the feed bill and a horse which looks twice as good.

I feed Pure Easy at half the recommended rate and the horse did the PN3day at Aldon this weekend and finished so full of running I nearly lost him leading him back to the lorry!!

There is a 50% off voucher if you like them on FB.

Horse honestly looks amazing on it, feels amazingly well, and it is so easy to feed. I also like that it is suitable for horses that have had ulcers and that I can do a direct swap for Pure Working if I need more energy without needing to do it too gradually as the base mix of ingredients is the same.

It used to be a pain to get hold of, but the new website means that is no longer the case as you can order online. It has a six month expiry date so easy to order enough to get the bulk discounts too.

God I sound like I work for them! I honestly have nothing to do with the company!
 
Agree with everything SpottedCat said!

I have my endurance horses (one arab and two TBs) on it. One of the TBs is a really poor doer through the winter but so far looks amazing, the other two are fat so I am considering reducing them to less than the recommended ration if the cold does not slim them down.

Definately worth a try whilst there is 50% off and I am sure you will then stick with it!
 
Sounding good so far :)

SC - how much do you actually feed in standard round scoops of Pure Easy?

At the moment I am feeding TS balancer, hifi, cool cond cubes, unmollassed beet and either oats or TS turbo. But it's a faff making it all every day, and I think works out expensive.

I would be looking to feed the two competition boys Pure Condition, and the 4yr old Pure Easy I think.

Is the 50% off the first 10 bags of feed?
 
Yes, 50% off the first 10 bags.

I feed one round stubbs scoop per day to my eventer - flat not heaped. I looked at all the options and decided to start with Pure Easy and move to one of the others if/when needed - I know my boy has kept weight really well on the Pure Easy as I was considering Pure Condition. The girl who loaned him a couple of years ago saw him yesterday and commented on how well he was keeping his weight.
 
I don't really struggle with weight with my boys, but want all the help we can get (diet wise obv.) in terms of muscle development, energy levels and immune system support.

One round scoop is about 1kg isn't it?
 
Yes, there or thereabouts.

I prefer the make-up of the Pure Easy for competition horses because it has the oat straw chaff in it - but that is personal preference. Their nutritionist is pretty helpful - I discussed feeding half rations with them.
 
I use it also, i feed Pure Easy to everything other than my PRE, he is on Pure Working as he was a little flat on the Easy. My yearling is on Pure stud.

Absolutely love the stuff so easy to feed. My big lad has numerous gut issues & since switching him to Pure Easy he's done really well so far we havent had a single issue with him *runs off touches wood quickly*. I find he has more than enough energy on Pure Easy & only feed half rations like SC.
 
Agree with all the above! Been feeding it for nearly a week, my retired tb on Pure Easy and my pba Pure Working, I also feed half recommended amount and both boys look great and love it! Very impressed so far :-)
 
I really like it actually - I bought it originally because it was on special offer and fed it to my skinny TB who, I have to say, is completely blooming on the stuff. His coat is super-shiny and he looks really really well on it, living out full-time. So much so that I made a thread on it with photos:-

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=491831

It is more expensive at full price than what I was feeding before, but I actually like enough that I'll probably keep feeding it anyway and just buy it by the pallet-load. Which I presume was the point of the 50% offer!!! ;) But seriously, I rate it. Sample size of one but a very difficult to keep weight on skinny black TB one!
 
I ordered 4 bags last week with the 50% off voucher. Decided to go with Pure Working. Havent started on it yet as i'm just finishing the alfalfa and staypower cubes he is currently on. Hopefully the Pure feed will help give my boy extra oomph without making him more spooky!
 
How does it compare to Winergy (Low energy and conditioning)? Very tempted to try it with ours as the Winergy is ~£14/bag which with 2 horses adds up!

Main pros of the Winergy are:
the horses look fab on it (they came off it for a month while they were turned away for a holiday this summer and dropped condition/looked dull - 2 weeks back on it and they were gleaming again).
It doesn't fizz up madam but does provide condition and controlled energy when required.
It's laminitic friendly
It's very palatable (are there any pics of what the PFC feeds look like out of interest?)

If the PFC can do all this then I'll deffo look at it.
 
PFC is like a less oily version of Winergy - mine won't eat Winergy but loves PFC. It does all the things you want, and is about £10 a bag including delivery if you order enough. They will send you a sample if you want - be warned, mine mugged me for the sample and turned his nose up at his regular feed!!
 
Ginn said:
How does it compare to Winergy (Low energy and conditioning)? Very tempted to try it with ours as the Winergy is ~£14/bag which with 2 horses adds up!

Main pros of the Winergy are:
the horses look fab on it (they came off it for a month while they were turned away for a holiday this summer and dropped condition/looked dull - 2 weeks back on it and they were gleaming again).
It doesn't fizz up madam but does provide condition and controlled energy when required.
It's laminitic friendly
It's very palatable (are there any pics of what the PFC feeds look like out of interest?)

If the PFC can do all this then I'll deffo look at it.
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Pure working is about £15ish a bag from the website but they've got the 50% off voucher at the mo. My feed merchant sells it for about £11.50 a bag so will continue to buy it from them if it suits my horse.

You should pose these questions to the Pure Feed Company. They are quite quick to respond. And here is a pic of Pure Working:

Pure-feed-pure-Work.jpg
 
Ta for that (and apologies to OP for jumping on the post!).

My main concern is that my horse is healthy, happy and chilled on the Winergy but it was a lot of trial and error before finding the feed that worked.

She absolutely CANNOT have Dengie (anything from HiFi lite to Alfa A oil) as it sends her completely loopy - by that I mean I cannot even lead her around without risking being jumped on! (On the Winergy I could let a 2yr old lead her around...). Ditto concentrates (ironically with the very odd exception of Topspec Super Conditioning Flakes!!! Strange horse!) so a high fibre, high protein, high oil, low sugar, low starch diet packed with vits and mins and a lucerne base (excepting Dengie, god only knows why!!) seems to work very well and keep everyone happy. BUT I have heard good reports about the PFC and would consider trying it, especially as it would work out about half the cost on the current offer.

SC - where is your nearest stockist? A sample wouldn't be sufficient to see a behaviour change so would need to try a bag. Part of me is tempted just to put in an order for several with the 50% off but if it turns her into a fruitloop then it wouldn't work out cost effective!! Without the offer I'd do as well to stick to the Winergy as it works out approx same price and I know it does the job.

Wouldn't it be nice not to worry about the pennies! Lol!
 
I've been umming & ahhing about trying it. Do you need to feed chaff as well or is it a complete feed? Has anyone's horse gone nuts on it? My horse is very,very feed sensitive & I keep putting off trying it in case he goes mental on it!
 
No chaff needed as its a complete feed. I asked the same question. Apparently all you need to feed is what is in the bag then any supplements you may use.
 
Interesting thread! SC, re feeding half rations what dd pure feeds say about recommended vits and minerals etc? Both my boys but particularly roo are fatties and generally full rations of anything and they end up the size of houses! Currently both eat Alfa A and Arab has staypower cubes, sports horse ride and relax. Both very well with good energy levels but the simplicity of this and time saving in winter has to be a huge plus! And the ride and relax has to be pre soaked so breakfast tends to freeze overnight!
 
When I asked about half rations they said they would rather I dropped down a feed level and still fed recommended daily amounts. But I would be feeding Pure Condition to the comp boys, so dropping down to Pure Working if it's too calorific. Not sure what they would recommend if feeding Pure Easy?
 
When I spoke to them about Pure Easy they said it really wasn't an issue in terms of vits and minerals. I really think the proof is in how well my horse looks and is performing. He has never looked so good, and has been on top form all season. I have to confess, I am really skeptical anyway about the 'requirement' to feed x/y/z for vits and minerals - I don't take a vit/mineral supplement because in the main I prepare all my food from scratch, I have a healthy balanced diet and I don't see what I would be lacking. I take the same approach with the horse - ok so he's on half rations of Pure Easy, but he also has as much grass as he wants and when he is in, ad lib hay/haylage, so he has other sources of vits and minerals. He has a healthy, balanced diet (better than mine as his has no processed sugar in ;) ), so the fact I feed less than the recommended amount really doesn't bother me.
 
To be honest although I feed a balancer currently I also feed lots of different foods, so I'm sure it's not that balanced at the end of it!

I think I will give it a try. Will let you know!
 
Hi guys - if you are feeding half the recommended rations of any of the Pure Feeds then your horse/pony will only be getting half of his RDA of vitamins, minerals and amino acids. If your current feed is too calorific then it is far more beneficial to switch down a level to a less calorific feed in the range and feed that at full ration. The feeds almost work on a calorific value scale, so... If you were feeding Pure Condition, switch to Pure Working, If you were feeding Pure Working, switch to Pure Easy. If you were feeding Pure Easy, switch to Pure Fibre Balance. If you were feeding Pure Fibre Balance then switch to Pure Balance. By feeding a full ration of a less energy dense feed, you can be sure all of your horse's essential nutrient requirements are being met. Because the feeds contain a such high specification of nutrition, there is no need to supplement alongside any of the feeds in the range, unless you like to use a joint supplement.
 
Anna,

I feed 25% RDA Pure Condition, and 75% Pure Balance, and adlib haylage. For a horse that is the right weight at the moment, but tends to drop over winter. Working Elem / Medium.

Do you not recommend this combination?

Part of my motivation for chosing it is meeting all his vitamin and mineral needs, and having something to mix joint supplement in, and not being too expensive (for a 614kg horse).

Thanks
 
Hello there wingedhorse.
Yes, that combination is absolutely fine if you are feeding the recommended levels of the Pure Balance combined with a little Pure Condition.
Our feeds already have the Pure Balance in them though, and for the amount of calories that your horse is getting through the little bit of Pure Condition, you could feed our low calorie Pure Fibre Balance on it's own at the recommended rate and keep your feeding regime even more simple!
It is completely up to you though, and obviously if this combination of 2 of our products suits you, then that is absolutely fine too :)
 
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