feed price's

[unkadan]

$19.50 per 100# layer at the mill last week,,hopefully the "local" mills can maintain these prices during this time of high grain prices.

 

[hispoptart]

19.90 for 50# of purina layer here.

 

[featherz]

It's up past $17 for Flock Raiser at TSC here, so I bought Layer crumbles at Agway for $13.25 - they deliver on a $200 order so I could get enough to last a while. Should have bought more with these prices going up!

There's a feed mill, but it's so far away that the gas cost eats up the savings.

 

[NYREDS]

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Keep in mind that feed quality suffers if it's stored too long. Shelf life is generally about 3 months. With cold weather coming it might last a bit longer/

 

[Clay Mudd]

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Wow, that may be a record!

 

[chicmom]

The feed I bought went up $2.00. I buy Nutrena, and it was $11.00 a bag two weeks ago, and now it's $13.00. Goodness!

 

[7L Farm]

Feed prices are getting worse than gas prices. Its hard to figure out. You can only keep it for so long or it will go bad. At least, it last a little longer in the winter vs the summer. I remember a bag of deer corn was 4 or 5 bucks now its 10 bucks or more. Seems inflation is rocking the world right now & there's no end in sight. I mean everything has sky rocketed. Except the ol paycheck.

 

[Cheapchicksfarm]

When I buy bagged feeds I only get Blueseal it is better then SS, Dumor and Purina and I have never had to give the store my address so I could be contacted for recalls (that is why I switched) I do pay a dollar more a bag but since the blueseal dealer is 10 mins away and the others are 30 I feel I am breaking even saving on gas. but they are still like the other brands every moth the price is higher

I actually do not feed that much bagged feed most of my feeds are from a local farmer (4 miles away) He grows Corn,Soy,Oats and barley he mixes and mills 2000 lbs of a 16% mix for me at a time for a price that would make you cry that is what I feed to my adult ducks,geese and turkeys and the chickens when they are not locked up for breeding season.

I mix my own goat feeds with grain I buy from him and molasses, sunflower and flax meal from a feed mill.

To pay for my poultry and goat addiction I sell kids,hatching eggs,chicks started birds and adults as well as eating eggs but it is a delicate balance trying to make sure I can make enough to cover them all. This year was my first year here on my new farm so I bought 4 goats, turkeys, 3 more duck breeds and lots of new chickens I am now feeling the pinch as I look over my receipts so next year I am going to try and not buy every bird or goat I like

. I promised my hubby he would not have to put out any money for my hobby.

 

[Jake Levi]

It would help when giving prices in your area if you would post what area that it is.

I came to Wa from MI where local mill prices were about $17/100 to NE Wa where its 14.90/50lbs for the paper bagged store brands. I am still looking for a mill to buy from. TSC has priced themselves out of reach for me, so has Big R.

 

[brownhousefarm]

I found a farmer who feeds out dairy steers. He grows his own corn and soybeans and has a big feed grinder. He has 150 golden comets he uses for his egg sales. He grinds chicken feed 2000# at a time and he sells what he cant use to people around the area. The ingredients are ground corn, soybean meal, calcium supplement, and Gro-Tek chicken supplement. Just started buying from him the other day. His feed is animal product free and non-medicated. The mix is 17% protein and I pay $20.00 for 100#. Just got tired of paying $16.00 a bag for Layena was pondering getting rid of the chickens till I found this guy.

Has everyone looked to their extension office for help finding less expensive feed? Probably have.