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post #21 of 29
7/30/12 at 7:45am

Just had to buy a 25lbs bag of Flock Raiser for $11.00. 

 

I almost feeling like switching the chicks from Flock Raiser to cheaper regular food by now.

 

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post #22 of 29
7/30/12 at 6:46pm

And 75 cents of that cost is for the bag.

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post #23 of 29
7/31/12 at 4:23pm
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And egg prices. Some guy came by the farm & said how much for your yard eggs well the sign out front says three bucks a dozen guess he couldn't read. This guy said he could get them for a buck & a half. How can you sell them for this was my thoughts? Heck, its hard to even buy the feed & break even at three bucks. I free range have three gardens & still can't afford the feed. Thinking of going up but people just don't understand the cost & time you put into the birds. The summer months are by far the hardest time of year. Your constantly filling waterers & your egg production suffers. Can't wait for some cooler weather my chickens seem to lay better when its cooler not that it ever gets cold here.

I agree completely with you on egg prices having to go up too some people just don't understand how much work we put into it.

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post #24 of 29
7/31/12 at 4:41pm
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And 75 cents of that cost is for the bag.

 

Made me smile.  We get a 50 cent credit for bringing back the feed bag at our local mill.  LOL   I keep a couple behind the seat of my truck just in case I stop by on a whim.  Don't want to be caught without my bag to turn in.  

 

 

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post #25 of 29
8/18/12 at 7:00am

I pay $14.99 #50lb. starter/grower @ 22% protein. $12.99 #50lb. layer at 17% protein. All Kalmbach Brand. It comes from a Local Amish Feed Store.

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post #26 of 29
11/29/12 at 6:13am

*Now pays $19.50 per 50lbs bag of Nutrena 18% all flock*

 

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It's the shape that makes the breed, and the color that makes the variety.

 

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post #27 of 29
11/29/12 at 7:09am

The cure to higher feed cost for your flock is to raise it yourself, (see which is more valuable to you, money or time/labor ) being more self sufficient is never a bad thing.

In the winter I plant turnips and elbon rye to keep garden covered and feed the flock every day about two five gallon buckets of this .

They get all the weeds that I don't want in the garden,and leaves, bagged grass clippings any thing else that I can come up with.

all the food scraps I can come up with .

at this time I have around 45 hen's and 10 roosters

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post #28 of 29
11/29/12 at 12:37pm
I got a bag of Nutrena layer pellets yesterday for $14.50 at the local feed store. I think I paid $15.75 or so last time at the local Agway for the crumbles.
2 PBR's, 2 BA's, 2 GLW's, 2 EE'ers.
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2 PBR's, 2 BA's, 2 GLW's, 2 EE'ers.
Snickers, Tiny, Jazzy, Sparkles, Punky, Sassy, Mya & Bertha
They're not poultry to us, they're pets with benefits!
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post #29 of 29
11/29/12 at 1:42pm
I went from paying $18.50 for a 50lb bag of Purina Flockraiser down to $14.95 for a 50lb bag at a feed mill. And it's a better quality feed at the feed mill.

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NPIP Certified-150 Chickens (50 chicks), 13 Geese (6 gosling), 19 BR Turkeys (20 poults), 7 Rabbits, 60 Muscovy Duck, 29 Guineas, 9 Peafowl, 8 Sheep, 1 Goat and pea, turkey and guinea eggs cooking in the incubator.
 

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