A Feeding Question

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The breeder that I am buying my goats from feeds them "Blue Seal Caprine Challenger". I cannot find this feed at any of my local feed stores. The breeder is going to bring me some feed so I can transition them all to a new feed.

For those of you familiar with Blue Seal products - do you know if "Blue Seal Caprine Challenger" is the same as "Blue Seal - Home Fresh Textured Goat Feed"? Every time I search for Caprine Challenger, that other feed pops up. I can buy the "Home Fresh Textured Goat Feed" locally.

I tried to find nutritional information online, and they are both a sweet feed with 18% protein. All of the vitamin/mineral numbers seem to be similar as well. I have tried contacting the manufacturer and have not been able to get in contact with them.

I don't have a problem switching feeds. I planned to do that anyway. But I wanted a larger amount to transition them over a longer period of time. I used the Blue Seal website to try to find a retail location, and the closest one is 2 hours away.
 

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I know nothing about this feed but due to shipping issues, I have had to switch brands of feed a few times because stores were out of what I feed and we have had no issues, I just bought sweet feed in each brand and mixed it with what we had left (which usually was not much). Hope this helps.
 

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That is awesome, thank you for the tip! I think the two feeds are similar enough that I can get away with it.
 
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