Five bucks! We pay $9.49 for a 40# bag of pellets, 16% protein here in SE Missouri..
Edited to add: a bag of feed lasts six weeks or more, DH says, now that we have converted to a no-waste feeder.
Just my 2c, but I would not feed maggots to the chickens when the maggots have been eating moldy food .... and I would not eat the eggs of the chickens that have been eating maggots that have been eating moldy food, either. This is just all too disgusting. Feed the chickens free range a couple...