Stores Not Stocking Food

[Kkaysue]

Ahhh!! This is mostly just a complaint but we are new to chickens and to Alaska so I couldn’t tell you if this is an Alaskan thing or a chicken thing (so maybe someone else can tell me) but within the last two weeks, all the chicken feed has been disappearing from stores and I didn’t think anything of it at first. One of the major chicken suppliers up here delivers on Thursday’s so I just figured everyone was stocking up and then it dawned on me that, nope, everyone is pulling stock and I can’t find any feed. Is this normal? I wish I had known to worry about this. Now I’m floundering trying to find feed for our Cornish cross. Obnoxious problem to be having.

 

[Jory]

It depends on what part of Alaska. It's very different from one part to the other.
Where DH is working right now, they get a barge once a year.

 

[Tonyroo]

Sorry to hear that, hope you can find feed soon.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Hum… I do not know. I’m in Cal, but doing a feed run tomorrow. I know there is a truck driver shortage nationwide.

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

I’m not in Alaska, but feed prices here are going up…$3.50 a 50# bag since April. I wonder if the price increase is related?

 

[Swbertrand1]

Saw a chicken feed supplier recall notice on Tractor Supply website yesterday (from March) - might have to do with a recall of the product that the AK retailer normally carries......

 

[LadiesAndJane]

We have similar issues in Hawaii. May just be a supply chain issue (for us the ships are often late/delayed). Our local feed store is often out of supplies. I try to buy at least 2 months worth of feed at a time in case of delays.
I use Amazon as a back up, they fly stuff over. Expensive but sometimes necessary.

 

[Kkaysue]

It depends on what part of Alaska. It's very different from one part to the other.
Where DH is working right now, they get a barge once a year.

I definitely can see that. But we live in the Valley, so I guess it just wasn’t a problem I had anticipated. I can’t be the only person buying chicken feed right?!

 

[Kkaysue]

Saw a chicken feed supplier recall notice on Tractor Supply website yesterday (from March) - might have to do with a recall of the product that the AK retailer normally carries......

oh that’s obnoxious. I’ve been trying to call my feed store all morning but their line is busy so I have no answers yet

 

[Kkaysue]

We have similar issues in Hawaii. May just be a supply chain issue (for us the ships are often late/delayed). Our local feed store is often out of supplies. I try to buy at least 2 months worth of feed at a time in case of delays.
I use Amazon as a back up, they fly stuff over. Expensive but sometimes necessary.

That’s what hubby said yesterday. At least we have Amazon as a backup