What Are You Paying for Feed?

[Tiss]

I just ran out to TSC for a 50lb bag of layer pellets. It was $14.49! That's up $.50 from last week and up $2 from this time last year. What are the rest of you paying. I'm thinking I may need to scope out some of the local feed stores even though they are further away.

 

[Cattitude]

Depends on the brand. In the big town nearest me, Orscheln's has the best price on feed. Store brand was 11.99 last time I bought feed.

 

[runsw/scissors]

I'm paying about $12 for a 50lb bag. I buy Nutrena btw.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I was feeding my birds gamebird feed, the last time I went to get some it was $18.00 for 50lbs. So they ended up with laying pellets, which were like $14.75 for 50lbs. Rediculous

 

[Fred's Hens]

If you can find an old fashioned, sometimes Mennonite or Amish run, local feed mill/store, you'll find some substantial savings, in many cases.
The cost of buying feed at TSC includes too much trucking costs, (think high fuel prices) wholesale then retail price bumps too.

At a mill 30 miles from me, I can buy layer mash for $9.50 a 50#. No way a trucked in feed can compete with that. That's high enough, frankly.
Cannot go there everyday, so when we go, we get a few hundred pounds.

 

[rfwombat]

I'm paying $36 for a 50# bag of organic feed. But I eat my birds and their eggs and non-GMO food is important to me so I'm willing to pay it.

 

[AngelaClassAct]

I bought Poulin Layer Mash on 8/15 and it was $16.80 for a 50# bag. I was trying out mash to see how they liked it and see if there was any difference, and there was none, except for price. On the same day I bought Poulin Layer Crumbles for $14.62 for a 50# bag. The feed prices at my local hardware store have ranged from $12.98 ot $14.99. I just placed another order and have to pick it up, so it will be interesting to see what the prices are now.

 

[moodlymoo]

I paid 14.99 for a 40lb bag of the layena plus. It was the cheapest I could find but I also had 3.00 off coupons. I need some good ideas for better feed

 

[PlayaChicken]

$18.95 50# bag

 

[southerndesert]

$14.50 pellets, Central AZ.....