I go once a month to the feed store. DH feeds his dogs, and he does a raw diet. I don't even want to know what he spends
2) 50# gamebird starter @ 14 per bag= $28.00
1) 50# nutrena layer pellets @ 9 per bag= $9.00
1) 25# BOSS @ $11.99 per bag= $12.00
2) bales of alfalfa @ 7 per bag= $14.00
*So about $60.00? This honestly lasts me longer than a month, as I usually have feed left over. I'd say it's closer to $40.00 per month. I've had the same bag of BOSS for a while now, I just toss out a handful every once in a while.
One bag of oyster shell has lasted me for nearly a year. All of my birds (except my BC Marans and lavender guineas) free range and that cuts down a LOT on my feed bill. My marans and guineas get the alfalfa.
We also live at a feedyard where my DH works and I am about 300 yards from one of the feed mills. At 6:00pm when everyone goes home I trot out there with a broom, scoop, & bucket and pick up the piles of corn and rations that spill over the top of the feed trucks. That saves a TON! I try to get ration 1, which is 28% protien and packed with minerals. Since they free-range they don't eat a lot of anything that I put out, but there is always a variety of feeds available to them.
I have some fat and shiny chickens
I am spending about 65 a month for 25 chickens, 2 dogs and 2 cats. Most of that is for the birds. I should be able to start selling eggs soon and I am hoping to make about $120 a month so I will have extra to cover the other stuff like meds, cat litter, etc, etc, etc.
I go through a 50lb bag of layer pellets a week ($40) and a bag of horse feed every 2 weeks ($30) and dog food ($20).
Soo right now it's under $100 a month, but now that the pasture is drying up and winter coming, I have hay bales to account for so it will be more in the $150-200 range!
2 - 50lb bags of layer pellets - $9.75 each = $19.50
2 - 50lb bags of layer crumble- $9.75 each = $19.50
2 - 50lb bags of starter/grower - $15.00 each = $30.00
6 - 50lb bags of chopped corn - $9.00 each = $54.00
1 - 50lb bag of rice bran - $7.00 each = $7.00
2 - 50lb bags of goat pellets -$13.00 each = $26.00
2 - 50lb bag of rabbit pellets - $18.00 each = $36.00
4 - bales of hay - $6.00 each = $24.00
4 bags of dry cat food - $12.00 each = $48.00
288 cans of wet cat food - 72 (4packs) $1.56 per each 4 pack - $112.32