How much do you pay for feed??

[igorsMistress]

Chewy has gotten unreliable. I've had 2 orders delayed so long they shipped my regular order 10 days after the backorder was filled.

I’m sorry you have experienced that. So far so good here. I’m always ahead of the game so if something happens I have time to find feed.

 

[3KillerBs]

A note:

We had to buy a bag of layer at TSC due to family illness and not being able to get to the regular store.

The flock of 47 birds ate it 2 days faster than their normal feed.

The plural of anecdote is not data, but that's the second time such a thing has happened.

 

[The Moonshiner]

How much do you spend on around 800 birds a month, @The Moonshiner?

He won't tell me. Watch...

= A house payment

 

[Painted Calls]

= A house payment

 

[Maggie13]

I use Nature's Best Organic Egg Layer Pellets, 40 lb bags for $ 27.49 at Tractor Supply

 

[Chik-InnMamaTata22]

I have been paying $26.99 for flock raiser at TSC and they eat so much feed it gets expensive. Is this alot for feed? How much do you pay?
TIA!

I have 22 chickens and was paying that price initially, but then one of the workers actually turned me towards the All Flock Crumble which is around $16 a bag. I also travel about 15-20 miles to a feed store and I purchase their scratch for $13.99 as well as their chick grower mask and I mix the dry mash and crumble until my girls start laying. It helps it go farther. Plus they get scratch once a week and free range. Our costs have definitely decreased. We also have 26 ducks that were eating just the crumble as well, they have all now upgraded to layer pellets, crumble and cracked corn, so, yes we're buying more but it goes a long way to mix your own feed.

 

[EnnieM]

In Wisconsin, USA - I’m paying $19-20 for a 50lb. bag of 16% pro. layer pellets, and $21-22 for a 50lb. bag of 18% pro. non-medicated starter-grower crumble.
I just started fermenting my feed, however, so that should cut back on the total amount they go through. ultimately saving money. we shall see.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Here we are paying around $29 for flock raiser and $27 for layer feed.

Our dog food has gone up $25 a bag.....we have 6 large breed dogs here.....

 

[Folly's place]

Our two dogs and one cat are all on Rx diets, and let's just say it ain't cheap. Less expensive than treating their issues without those diets though.
We are down to thirty chickens, fewest we've had for wintering in ages. So, they do eat less than the forty plus we often have over winter.
Maybe we'll do chicks in spring, starting to plan now...
Mary

 

[Peter_Rabbit_Farm]

I will usually buy from the mill, but will occasionally get damaged bags from TSC.

If I buy from the mill, it’s 250lb for $150 per week.

If I buy from TSC I only get the damaged bags. for about, between $10 - $18 per 50/40lb bag