Pellets v.s Crumbles

[2 many chickens]

Interesting...so for you it costs more to purchase crumbles?
For the brand of feed I use, the price is the same for pellets and crumbles in the "layer" feed.

$3.00 more over here at my southern states. And they go through a bag a week or so. I don't know why it cost more. It's like 15.00 bucks vs pellets for 12.00. Not a huge amount of money bUT still.

 

[alexa009]

Out here pellets and crumbles are the same price.

 

[red horse ranch]

I have around 50 birds living in my henhouse. Chickens, guineas and 2 peafowl. Some like pellets and some prefer the crumbles. So I put a large barrel with a lid in the henhouse and mix the pellets and crumble together. Little extra work but it satisfies all of them.

 

[Kiki]

$3.00 more over here at my southern states. And they go through a bag a week or so. I don't know why it cost more. It's like 15.00 bucks vs pellets for 12.00. Not a huge amount of money bUT still.

Thanks.
I wonder why is cost more too.

 

[OkieChickenGal]

The crumbles here are the same price as the pellets. I give mine the pellets because the crumbles tend to get scattered out all over and attract flies

 

[alexa009]

The only reason I prefer pellets over crumbles because the chickens always have a tendency of knocking over their feeders and spill out all the feed. Crumbles also stick to the ground and attract the flies in the summer as with pellets they get all of them off the ground since their bigger, plus the chickens like both.

 

[micstrachan]

Mine prefer crumbles. They wouldn't even know what to do with pellets! This thread reminds me how much they love mash, though, so I may wet some feed with warm water for them in the morning.

 

[ChickNanny13]

These are some of the prices I have to deal with ....

Flock Raiser (50#) $23.49
Starter & Grow (50#) $22.99
Home Grown All Purpose (50#) $17.99
Home Grown Layer (50#) $16.99
All Purpose (50#) $19.99
Starter (10#) $7.90
Layer 20% (50#) $19.99
Oyster Shells (50#) $14.40 - $19.99
Shavings $13.99 - $16.00

 

[GC-Raptor]

These are some of the prices I have to deal with ....

Flock Raiser (50#) $23.49
Starter & Grow (50#) $22.99
Home Grown All Purpose (50#) $17.99
Home Grown Layer (50#) $16.99
All Purpose (50#) $19.99
Starter (10#) $7.90
Layer 20% (50#) $19.99
Oyster Shells (50#) $14.40 - $19.99
Shavings $13.99 - $16.00

I would move to Connecticut. Prices are about $5 cheaper for Flock Raiser and Start & Grow.
You would love it here. We have cold white stuff that falls from the clouds. It's magical. And you get a good workout when you shovel it out of the chicken pen. . Actually I would like to go to Hawaii. GC

 

[ChickNanny13]

I loved Connecticut when we visited years ago. Happen upon Mystic Pizza & Mystic Harbor loved it there. Hubby's allergic to that white stuff The best thing about Hawaii is we don't have all those predators to deal with. We get ALOT of Liquid Sunshine, it's been RAINING since the end of January and there's no sign of drying out yet