Grocery Store Chicken feed?

[Jodiemama]

We have chicken feed at our grocery store in the pet area.

Is this feed good quality?
Is this the same feed that they have at the farm supply?

There is starter and egg layer pellets and some other type.
There is some corn something and some scratch.

It was like $3.18 for 10lbs of feed.

Anyone else get their feed at the grocery store?

 

[Dar]

did you catch the name of it?

is it layena? made by Purina?

 

[Jodiemama]

No it was not made by purina.

White bags, maybe a farm scene on it in green and red. Green and/or red lettering.

 

[M To The Maxx]

I recomend just going with farm supply food.

 

[Jodiemama]

Also the chick food was medicated. Is that nessesary?
Yeah I need to find the farm supply store.

 

[daryl]

The stuff at the pet store and the farm supply is junk food.Thats why its cheep. Quality chicken food cost $27 to $32 dollers for a 50lb bag. Take a look at countrysidenatural.com great people there.look at the ingredients listed on the bag and campare to others..IN my opinion there are things you can do, make ,or grow yourself but feed is not one of them.

 

[Chris09]

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I don't think you need to spend 27 to 32 dollars for a 50 lbs bag of Quality feed.
I pay 18 dollars for 50 lbs Buckeye Layer/breeder http://www.buckeyenutrition.com/poultry/18layerbreeder.html
I think I payed 19 dollars for the starter/grower I get http://www.kalmbachfeeds.com/1044.html
You may pay that much for a "organic" but a Good Quality "Non organic" feed you shouldn't have to pay that much..

Chris

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quality chicken food cost $27 to $32 dollers for a 50lb bag.

That's LOT more than anyone needs to pay for feed.​

 

[txchickie]

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Holy crap....if quality chicken feed costs that much for 50lbs I would not have chickens!

I just picked up a 50lb bag of "quality" gamebird feed for $17 bucks and I thought that was expensive

Medicated feed is not totally necessary, do some reading on it and decide for yourself

I do not feed medicated feed, just my preference.

Honestly, the grocery store stuff is probably alright and they would probably survive on it, but not really an ideal feed, kwim?

 

[fowler_chick]

i go to our local feed mill and buy my chicken feed at $7.75 per 50 pnd bag