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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
