Chicken feed through the roof!

[rjlanger2]

I was paying a lot less, too. It seems like there was a big jump in December 2010 and then again about June.

I changed from Purina Layena ($15 / 50#) to their Home Grown brand ($12.75 / 50#). They are supposed to be the same nutritional content, but I'm not completely convinced that's true.

Scratch also has gone up.

When I first started, I was buying Dumor from Tractor Supply. It's a little less expensive, but I don't think it's as good a feed as the Purina.

 

[DMRippy]

I get mine from a feed store that mixes their own $21 per 100#s Scratch is cheap too $16 per 100#s (maybe less can't remember) and it is 12% protein. It is a trip to the feed store about 30 miles away but we get a truck load at a time so a trip every 3 months is not bad.

 

[hudsonhousechicks]

I'm envious. I pay $28 for a 50# of organic layer feed. Everytime I pick up a bag I tell myself that next time I'm gonna get the cheaper stuff.

 

[ChickenSahib]

Everything is getting more expensive, from milk to bread, to eggs, to feed!

 

[rjlanger2]

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Are you getting H&H organic feed for $28?

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

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FYI Dumor TSCs brand is produced by Purina. My girlfriend works at TSC.

 

[DMRippy]

I also reduce the feed cost by supplementing some with spent brewing grains (barley) that is nearly 30% protein so I mix that and scratch and add some to the feed to extend it and up the protein some but not much. I get the grains for FREE so that always helps. He will not even take any eggs

 

[hudsonhousechicks]

No, I'm getting Coyote Creek. I should buy stock.

 

[rjlanger2]

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FYI Dumor TSCs brand is produced by Purina. My girlfriend works at TSC.

Yes, Dumor was made by Purina. But the chicken poop from the Dumor feed was a lot more aromatic and of a different consistency. Their poop has been a lot less annoying with Layena or Home Grown. (Laughing) I'm NOT a chicken poop expert but I have also seen other people comment about it, too.

 

[BarefootMom]

local feed store:

Layer pellets are about $10.50 a bag
scratch is about $9 a 50lb bag although sometimes I just buy cracked corn and mix it with some wheat...