Colbert Feed

Colbert Feed More than a just a feed mill! We are your HORSE SOURCE in Keokuk County! We provide bulk or bagged feed for your livestock.
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We have a selection of horse feed, dog food, cat food, and bird food. Frank brings a lifetime of farming experience with him to Colbert Feed. Whether it's tending a cattle herd, raising pigs, fencing them in, or growing the feed, he's done it all. Laura has a lifetime of horse addiction, and a passion for nutrition. Her resume includes several years of farm store retail experience, and working alo

ng side veterinarians in small and large animal practices. If Frank and Laura don't know the answer to your animal related questions, they will use their many resources to find you one.

This KENT Horse Mineral is not getting the attention it deserves! This product is LOADED with zinc and copper! This supp...
11/02/2024

This KENT Horse Mineral is not getting the attention it deserves! This product is LOADED with zinc and copper! This supports whole body health for your equine companions from the tip of their feet to the ends of their tails. Improves hoof condition, improves immune function, improves coat condition and color.

Why zinc and copper? They are two very important building blocks of cells. They get overrun with all the iron in forage and there isn’t enough of them to do their job properly.

We have this in stock!

10/24/2024

MISCANTHUS BEDDING IN STOCK!
$7.50/bag for 40 or more. $8.00 singles.

This is amazingly absorbent bedding. Pick out the poo daily and leave the wet. Yes, leave the wet spots until they turn red. Decreases odor, decreases flies. Great for goats, pigs, chickens, horses, cattle, and even llamas. Goats won’t eat it, and I’ve gotten feedback that their coats are shinier on this bedding.

10/17/2024

We are in the process of finding ways to help out the lives changed by Hurricane Helene. There is a local group, Lancaster Christian Church, loading a truck to take supplies to North Carolina. We are going to help with some pet food from Kent. I’ve also discussed with Kent sending more items such as livestock and horse feed and they told me let me know what you send and we’ll get it there. So we have means of helping without physically being in North Carolina through Kent. If you’d like to assist, we’ll find a way to make it happen. I’ll try post more info in the comments if FB lets me.

Biozyme and Vitalize products are available here! If you have ever wanted to try Alimend, Equine Gel, or the Digest More...
08/02/2024

Biozyme and Vitalize products are available here! If you have ever wanted to try Alimend, Equine Gel, or the Digest More Plus, message us, there's an order going in next week! And like always, we've got the Vitalize Equine Mineral in stock!

Hope everyone enjoyed the parade! Have a safe and happy Independence Day! 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
07/04/2024

Hope everyone enjoyed the parade! Have a safe and happy Independence Day! 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

Show FresH20 is on SALE!! Come in to stock up for show season and trail riding! Show FresH2O makes water more drinkable ...
05/23/2024

Show FresH20 is on SALE!! Come in to stock up for show season and trail riding! Show FresH2O makes water more drinkable by eliminating the chlorine. Keep those show calves hydrated and decrease the colic risk while traveling with your horses.

It's not everyday you get to help out at branding time on a Colorado ranch. It's neat to see how other folks manage thei...
05/12/2024

It's not everyday you get to help out at branding time on a Colorado ranch. It's neat to see how other folks manage their cattle and the differences in pasture management and stocking densities. Not to mention bringing in the herd on horseback and Laura dragging some to the fire on her trusty steed!

04/22/2024

We started carrying the miscanthus bedding because we needed something durable and absorbant for our horses in their run in shed. I know, crazy, right?? We wanted a place for them to have a comfortable place to lay down year round. I was concerned regular shavings would not be effective as they pack down so hard and become saturated very quickly. Miscanthus bedding is 4x more absorbant than wood shavings. This bedding pack is approximately 5-6 inches deep. It's been down since February 25 this year. We've cleaned the wet spots out 3 times since Feb 25. All the urine gets pulled to the bottom of the pack, the top stays dry and fluffy. There was no urine odor until I opened the pack to pull out the wet. 1 3/4 wheelbarrows of wet were removed on 04/21. 2 fresh bags of bedding were added back. We used 6 bags of bedding for the original pack. We've used a total of 10 bags of bedding to this date. Yes, the horses use it for a bathroom. Frequently. And there are 5 of them. This bedding is a beast. 2/3 of the bedding got soaked in that south rain we got last week, as it blew right in the open shed. It dried and continued working. And the horses continue to utilize it as we had hoped they would.

More than a just a feed mill! We are your HORSE SOURCE in Keokuk County! We provide bulk or bagged f

Heitshusen Equine has been using the GoNatural Bedding for 2 weeks now.   Here is what she has observed:"The horses love...
03/08/2024

Heitshusen Equine has been using the GoNatural Bedding for 2 weeks now. Here is what she has observed:

"The horses love it. Everyone is laying down and getting good sleep in. The odor control is fantastic. There's no way I'd be able to leave sawdust shavings for 5 to 6 days without picking out the urine and have it smell that nice. I've already had multiple people comment on how good the barn smells since switching. Like I'm forgetting what days to take the wet out. It doesn't smell."

Because this bedding is so absorbant, there's no need to dig out the wet spot everyday. That's where the savings come in, in both time and money. "It was weirdly easy to clean. I feel like I'm missing something 🤣" when I asked her how it was going with the new bedding.

📷: Liz Heitshusen

Colbert Feed in Sigourney, IA is proud to serve the local farmer's needs with equipment and quality performance feed. We supply Kent, Ritchie Waterers, Century Feeders, SHOW FRESH2O, Viatlix and much more. Colbert Feed in Sigourney, IA is your local feed and resource store for Horse, Miniature Horse...

03/13/2024 usage update on the bedding: "We got 4 more days out of this bedding compared to shavings."Local goats enjoyi...
03/07/2024

03/13/2024 usage update on the bedding: "We got 4 more days out of this bedding compared to shavings."

Local goats enjoying the benefits GoNatural Bedding. "Wood shavings only last 5 to 7 days, then got ammonia smelling. After day 3 our barn still smells fresh, plus we have not had to use muzzles, they are not interested in eating this product."

Pics show day 3 of use. We'll check in a couple days from now and see how days 5 and 7 look.

In stock here at Colbert Feed!

📷: Logan Lee

💥💥  NEW PRODUCT ALERT!! 💥💥NOW IN STOCK!!!🐷 🐴 🐑 🦙 🐭 🐰 🐥 🦎Whether your critters have fur or feathers, this bedding will wo...
02/16/2024

💥💥 NEW PRODUCT ALERT!! 💥💥

NOW IN STOCK!!!

🐷 🐴 🐑 🦙 🐭 🐰 🐥 🦎

Whether your critters have fur or feathers, this bedding will work for you!

Makes a nice fluffy bed while being ULTRA absorbant.

Show pigs LOVE this stuff.

Made from Miscanthus Grass.

More absorbant!
Less dusty!
Composts faster!
Decreased odor!
Decreased flies!
Easy cleanup!

Sustainable animal bedding made from giant miscanthus grass. Ultra-absorbent, dust-extracted, and biodegradable. Reduce your disposal waste by up to 60% compared to wood shavings with our miscanthus bedding. Learn how to use miscanthus bedding, the best dust-free horse bedding. Contact us for a free

01/12/2024

We are now CLOSED. If you must travel, take lots of time.

We are no longer open for the moment, and closed. As soon as we take care of an emergency feed order. If you come in, please have 4 wheel drive, the drive keeps drifting.

Century round bale feeders and Hay Chix hay nets IN STOCK!! See us for all your hay feeding needs!
10/20/2023

Century round bale feeders and Hay Chix hay nets IN STOCK!! See us for all your hay feeding needs!

Happy to help out!
09/27/2023

Happy to help out!

Thank you to Colbert Feed on Sigourney, IA for donating a stack of feed tubs that we will be able to use for feed, water, and raised garden beds!

Good luck to everyone showing their best at the State Fair! Tag our locals in the comments,  post pictures in the commen...
08/11/2023

Good luck to everyone showing their best at the State Fair! Tag our locals in the comments, post pictures in the comments, and tell us who is doing what so we can CHEER THEM ON!!

Need to slow feed a horse and they're a master at getting hay out of the net? Use 2! That's right,  double net the hay t...
08/09/2023

Need to slow feed a horse and they're a master at getting hay out of the net? Use 2! That's right, double net the hay to slow them down and make it last longer than 45 minutes.

Our phone is not working currently. Please message us here,  or call our cell phones.  Thank you!
08/07/2023

Our phone is not working currently. Please message us here, or call our cell phones. Thank you!

We could use another part time or full time employee. Customer service, ringing up sales,  printing quotes, computer exp...
07/17/2023

We could use another part time or full time employee. Customer service, ringing up sales, printing quotes, computer experience helpful, but we will train, and the system is VERY user friendly. Well run large, noisy, dirty equipment and sell bagged livestock feed and pet food. Stop in, message, or call.

Klayton Wehr has some chicks available here today!
06/29/2023

Klayton Wehr has some chicks available here today!

Don't forget to grab Show FresH2O before you hit the road with your stock! A little splash in the bucket keeps them drin...
05/09/2023

Don't forget to grab Show FresH2O before you hit the road with your stock! A little splash in the bucket keeps them drinking. I've found that even when I haul my own water from home my horses drink it better after I add the Show FresH2O.

NEW PRODUCT!! Pritchard Lamb ni***es are now in stock! 💥
03/21/2023

NEW PRODUCT!! Pritchard Lamb ni***es are now in stock! 💥

JOB OPPORTUNITY! Part time with the potential for more hours with flexibility.  Grind and mix feed rations, assist custo...
02/17/2023

JOB OPPORTUNITY! Part time with the potential for more hours with flexibility. Grind and mix feed rations, assist customers, ring up sales. CDL a plus, but not necessary.

This was just too good not to share!
01/11/2023

This was just too good not to share!

It is with a very heavy heart that we report Dirt, our Boss Shop Cat, passed away yesterday. He was 15 years old, and beloved by everyone here at the railroad and around the world.

Here’s Dirt’s story. In the spring of 2008, a little kitten of orange and white fur was found in the engine house by himself. The mother and any other kittens were long gone. The crew at the time would sit for hours each day with cans of tuna and soft cat food, to get the little fur ball to trust them.

When he finally came around to trusting them, Al, the railroad’s Master Mechanic, took him to the vet for a checkup, shots, and eventually he was neutered. It was live and let live. The shop guys did their thing, and the little kitten did his thing. The warmest place in the shop is in the cab of a coal-fired steam locomotive. There is coal dust everywhere. Over time, our little ball of fur started picking up some of the black coal dust, and he was named Dirtbag. As our visitors started discovering the shop’s cat, it was decided to shorten his name to Dirt.

The engine house and machine shop are very dirty, noisy environments. In addition to the locomotives and railroad cars being moved in and out. Repair work goes on all the time. Dirt got very wise, very fast, quickly figuring out where not to be when locomotives and cars were moving, or work was being performed.

He grew into a large rough-and-tough tom cat that ruled the shop and surrounding neighborhood. We saw him playing fetch with gophers and bats. Don't ask us how he got them, he just did. He hated being cleaned up, but loved being a railroader. It was not uncommon to find him rolling around in the dust outside the shop.

The shop knew he was special, and did what they could to protect him. When Angie, our superintendent, went to work in the mechanical department she became one of his caretakers. She became his nemesis, since she took him for his vet visits. She cleaned him as much as she could, which Dirt did NOT like at all. To make amends, she would sneak him turkey dinners on the holidays.

Mike Calchera, our grizzled track guy, got to scratch Dirt’s ears and would make sure he had clean warm beds, it was Al who was his favorite. Al was our master mechanic at the time, had a soft spot for Dirt. Dirt could do no wrong and was given the run of the shop and the engine house.

The arrangement of Dirt doing his thing, while the shop guys did theirs, would have stayed that way, had it not been for the keen eye of photographer extraordinaire, Steve Crise. It was during the 2018 winter photo shoot; Steve was walking through the machine shop. He happened to notice Dirt, sitting regally, in front of locomotive 40. He laid down on the machine shop floor with his camera, and grabbed the shot with Dirt posing the whole time.
It was a great photo, but there are thousands of great photos out there. What Dirt needed was a publicist, enter Eric Mencis, who was our Guest Services Manager at the time. Eric posted Steve’s photo on our page and the rest, they say, is history!

Who knew that a semi-feral cat, living at a National Historic Landmark Railroad, in the middle of the “Big Empty” of Nevada, would become so famous? We sure didn’t, but boy howdy did Dirt become famous! Google “Dirt the Nevada Northern Cat,” and stories, videos and articles pop up. Dirt has been featured in the Washington Post, Trains Magazine, and newspapers in Europe, not to mention the thousands of individual posts of our visitors that got to take his picture.

All this publicity brought people to Ely to see him, many traveling hundreds, if not thousands of miles. This stunned the staff and volunteers. After all, Dirt was just Dirt, right? Nope! Dirt was a media and social media sensation, and Dirt knew it!

As part of the experience at the Nevada Northern Railway, we offer scheduled guided tours of the machine shop and engine house. Dirt knew the schedule. He would hide away all morning long, but let the 2:30 pm tour come into the machine shop, and Dirt was there to greet them. When the tour was over, Dirt would wander off to one of his many hidey-holes until the next tour.

Dirt has fans that love him from all over the world. But we few at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum are the lucky ones. We got to love him in person. As he aged, we found a vet that loved him as much as we did. Dirt also received more care takers including Jasmine, who would be his last. He never missed a meal, or a head scratch. As he aged and slowed down, he learned to love watching shows on our phones while he was sitting in our laps. After the show, he would leave streaks of dirt on the pants of his visitors, or drool on their boots.

Dirt was one-of-kind. He was the Boss Shop Cat at the Nevada Northern Railway. Con, our Trainmaster, selected a spot on the grounds in between the Depot, and the Freight Depot in the shade of a pine to serve as his final resting place. His burial site is opposite where all our excursion trains’ locomotives sit prior to departure, and it gives a view of the yard, that in addition to the shop, was Dirt’s domain.

But be forewarned, if you’re visiting the Nevada Northern Railway Museum and you’re admiring one of our steam locomotives just prior to departure, don’t be surprised, if, out of the corner of your eye, you see a lanky old guy, holding an orange and gray cat, looking over the locomotive. The old guy will be cursing a blue streak at the crew, while the cat just looks on knowingly. If you turn to confront them, they will have disappeared. But don’t fret, that was just Al and Dirt checking out the locomotive, making sure that everything is running smoothly. After all, they don’t call us the Ghost Train of Old Ely for nothing.

We are all saddened with the passing of Dirt. He will be missed. The machine shop and engine house won’t feel the same without him. His last days were spent with the crew that loved him best. Gathering around, our crew laid him to rest while a Nevada snowstorm blew through. They shared their memories and thanked him for his service. Knowing that they were laying to rest one of their own, a part of the Nevada Northern Railway family. They will all tell you, this was one of the hardest things they have done here.

To commemorate Dirt, we will be having two life size bronzes cast of Dirt. One will serve as his gravestone, the other will be placed in the machine shop, so Dirt can continue watching over the shop. As details become available on the bronzes, we’ll keep you posted.

And don’t forget, Dirt was teaching his protégé DJ, Dirt Junior, the ins and outs of being the Boss Shop Cat. We knew this day was coming, DJ now has big paws to fill.

We will be posting stories on Dirt, and his time at the railroad in the coming days and weeks. Please feel free to post your stories in the comments for all to read.

Sincerely,
The Nevada Northern Railway Crew

Mark, Joan, Angie, Charish, John Henry, Lennox, Josh, Nick, Carlos, Mike Hughes, Con, Mike Hejny, Kurt, Gary, Ron, Bill, Kelvin, Kemper, Ellie, Jasmine, Kat, Jim, Roger, Will, Brian, Zech, Derek, and Michael Green.

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22267 220th Avenue
Sigourney, IA
52591

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+16416222828

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