BOSS from TSC dirty!

[ruffian]

I got a bag of BOSS from TSC this week. When I dumped it into my tote, it was full of junk! Looked like nut shell particles, straw, and some unidentified mess. I took it back and had them open a 40# bag before I took it. Same mess. Estimated 20% of the bag was junk. So we opened a 20# bag, same mess. Only ones that didn't look contaminated were the 5$3 which they sold me at the 40 # price. Ticked me off I had to made 2 trips and still don't have enough to last very long.

 

[Minimor]

I picked up a bag at WalMart the one day, thinking it was nice & cheap compared to the last bag I'd bought (at Pet Valu). Fortunately I looked closer at it before I put it in my cart, and fortunately it was in a clear plastic bag so I could look at it without opening it--it was very dirty. Lots of broken, empty sheels, twigs, and smarll particles of ??? It also listed a fat content much lower than the BOSS I'd gotten from Pet Valu (40%, I think the WalMart variety was something like 28%? Maybe due to all the "junk" in the bag!?) So, I've continued to buy the more expensive bag from Pet Valu because it is such nice clean seed.

 

[LittleRibbie]

One of the reasons I no longer feed it too anyone...never consistent...always seemed to have wierd stuff in it...great the first couple of years i fed it.

 

[chandab]

I haven't fed it in a couple years, but the cleanest I found around here was from ACE hardware, their brand. It still had a few sticks and ick in it, but not bad. since, its been a couple years, that could have changed.

 

[lucky seven]

Trying not to sound to stupid, but what is BOSS?

 

[Field-of-Dreams]

Trying not to sound to stupid, but what is BOSS?

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds. You feed about a handful for the oils in the seeds. Makes a nice shiny coat on your horse.

 

[wildoak]

I buy the Purina BOSS when I feed it, usually pretty clean but good grief, it's nearly doubled in price! 25 lb bag this week was $23.50, close to what I was paying for a 50# bag a year or so ago.

Jan