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post #1 of 4
4/12/12 at 8:03pm
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Out of Curiosity, I called around my middle TN area for prices and they wanted around 40 bucks per 50 lb bag.ep.gif

That's about 80 cents a pound. Holy Schmokes! If I were to grow out a bird to 8 weeks that would be about 14 dollars in feed cost alone per bird.

I think I'll just stick to feeding my broilers antibiotic-free feed for my customers.

Anyone else experience exorbitant organic prices in their area?

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post #2 of 4
4/12/12 at 8:10pm

I used non-medicated Nutrena for my first bag but then I heard the local feed mill had organic.  It was $27 a bag, but about a third of it was powder that the chicks of course won't even eat!  Yikes...I don't really want to buy more if it's that much plus the waste.  

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Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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post #3 of 4
4/13/12 at 3:54pm

You should be able to get chicks to eat powder if you dampen it into a mash for them.

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post #4 of 4
4/13/12 at 4:44pm

Thanks Oregon Blues, I'll give that a try for this bag.  

Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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