Around here it’s $15.99 for a 50 pound bag of layer pellets, that is for both the Purina and the Nutrena. The Purina Layena Plus Omega 3 one is $16.99 for 40 pounds. Purina Flock Raiser is $18.49 for 50 pounds. Idk why that one is so much more. Nutrena’s version, All Flock is only $14.99 but it is 40 pounds. Starter/Grower of both brands is more expensive ($18.99 medicated Purina, $17.99 Nutrena, both 50 lbs) as is Feather Fixer. Nutrena meatbird crumble $14.99 40 lbs. Nutrena NatureWise Hearty Hen Layer Pellet is $15.99 for 40 pounds. I like it because it is higher protein than other layer feeds (18% instead of 16%) and it is soy free. That said, I switched to Poulin Grain over a year ago because our local feed store stopped carrying Nutrena and switched to Poulin and TSC did not carry Hearty Hen at the time, they mostly carried Purina, Dumor, and a few select Nutrena products. A few months ago they started carrying more Nutrena products. So now I sometimes feed that again. But it is kind of expensive since it is only 40 pounds. I really like the Poulin though. I don’t know if it is available near you because it is made locally but the people at the feed store told me that their Egg Production Plus feed was similar to, if not better than, the Hearty Hen I was feeding before, so I switched over. And I do like it. It is soy free and I think 18% protein just like the Hearty Hen and it comes in 50 pound bags instead of 40. It comes in crumblets so in between crumbles and pellets, kinda like mini pellets. And the girls seem to do well on it. They do have just a regular layer feed but I like the fact that it is soy free and higher protein. I think I pay about $16 at the feed store, I think maybe a little bit more. I will have to look at the receipt from last time I got it. I got those other exact prices from the TSC website (I had an idea of cost but wasn’t exactly sure). But I think it’s fairly reasonable and it takes the girls a while to go through it. I may need to switch to something a little cheaper when I get my 5 new chicks in the spring but for now it works great. Mine don’t free range very often but they don’t eat that much feed either. I have been trying to let them free range more though. Maybe you have a local feed mill or small feed store somewhere nearby? Oh and in winter when they are not laying I feed Purina Flock Raiser because too much calcium is bad for non laying birds and of course roos and even though I love Nutrena, I think the Purina version of the flock raiser/all flock type feed is a better formula than Nutrena. Higher protein and slightly less calcium and some other stuff I just like better. But when they start laying again, I feed either Nutrena NatureWise Hearty Hen Layer Pellets or I feed Poulin Grain Egg Production Plus. Or sometimes I mix it up from bag to bag. They don’t seem to mind.
