The Price of Chicken Feed

The chick starter I fed was Nutrena and it was $14 for 25 lbs
Chick grower is $24 for 40 lbs (glad when they don't need this anymore$$$$)
Scratch is $9 for 40lbs (Walmart)
Layer feed is $14 for 40 lbs

Right now I'm paying $9.85 for a 50# sack of 17% Lonestar brand laying pellets, $8.95 for a 50# sack of scracth(cracked corn, milo,very little wheat and oats in there just enough to say its there) and 7.25 for 50# of whole corn (for winter rations in the warmer seasons I drop the whole corn and add whole wheat $10.95/50# as it is easier on the caloric intake of the ol' gals).

I use about 50# of layer feed a week and about 50# of the grain a week ( I mix the scratch/corn 50/50 for treats and temptations to get them cooped up when needed).

So that's 9.85+8.11=$17.96 a week for feed and I get about a dozen eggs a day more or less (I'm at about 50% production right now) So 7 doz. eggs at 1.50 a doz.(that's all I can squeeze out of the local redneck tight-wads around here)= $10.50 a week for eggs, and that leaves $ 7.46 in the red. When they pick up laying inthe warmer season the egg to feed ratio doesn't gain much as the daylight is longer therefore they eat more feed and so on and so forth....ect.

So I guess that's still not a bad price to pay for a continuous, on going, everyday, addictive hobby. Believe you me I've supported way less productive addictions and activities in my lifetime.

Someone else quoted eleswhere on the BYC "chicken feed is just the price you pay for owning these creatures".

Anyway I don't ever plan on getting rich from selling chicken eggs or chicks (or even breaking even for that matter) but it sure is fun to raise them and enjoy their companionship and fruits(cackle berries) of my labors.

BTW I've got more Dellie babies arriving this weekend (see can't ever get enough) if that's not addiction then maybe whomever thinks not should attend some of the courses and (EXPERIENCES) that I've attended before.

catdaddy

That doesn't too aweful bad.....where do you purchase you Red Rooster?

IM getting everything from our local mill. 10. for a 50lb bag of chopped corn, 11.00 for a 50 lb bag of layer pellets & 13.00 for a 50 lb bag of chick starter.
I was previously getting it at Atwoods, paying much more.

Having read the last few posts ... I am paying a lot more for feed than you guys are. A lot.

18.00 for 50 lbs of chicken scratch (corn and oats) from local mill.
28.00 for 50 lbs of chicken starter/grower

I just paid $17.60 for SS layer pellets 50 LB bag from Neptune Feeds.

I use a 3-way mix
All purpose mix
It's 50 lb bag
8.95 a bag
They love it

I've now only pay 6.59 a bag for the same feed just had to find a whole sell supplier.and that's for 50 lbs. Bag.i feed all mu livestockthis. Pigs,goats,turkeys,chickens