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Homesteading Chicken Coop Build, Chickens, Pond, Garden & Projects

Discussion in 'Hobbies and Interests' started by Well Seasoned, Mar 25, 2018.

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    Curious…Just went to the store for chicken feed. How much are you all paying for your feed? $ and lbs of bag…

    $34 for the 50 lb bag
    $26 for the 40 lb bag

    this is for the 16% protein mix
     
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    :eek:

    I don't know what our local feed store is now but Murdoch's is $22 for 50# on pellets 20% protein.
     
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    That emoji was my expression... I bought 3 bags back in December when my barrel was real low, so I figured I'd top off the barrel... (I went back on the search and found that back in July when the initial price was $20 dollars for this bag...) I've been buying from this guy for ever... Dog food and got my chicken start from him. Good guy and like to patronize him... But I wasn't the only one that had that expression...While we were BS'n ... Two others walked in one wanted pellets and the other one wanted scratch...
     
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    I wonder what the price jump is from? So the scratch went way up too?
     
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    Don't know about scratch... Since I throw out a cup full periodically don't buy all that often. But the guy that came in for it... walked out....
     
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    Ok, so had to see what my last batch came out to. I have a custom mix that's corn and soy free, 1305 lbs this batch on 1-10-2023 (the amount of alfalfa meal and linseed meal and grains that used can vary) came out to $31 a hundred minus the charge to grind. I have no complaints especially when a woman I was talking to was paying more than that for 50#. The hens keep laying and the meat birds grow like they should. I'm happy with it.
     
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    Holy mackerals! You're in the heart of farm country and can't get reasonable priced product. That's crazy!
     
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    Bug how many chickens do you have?
     
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    What are ((they)) gonna manipulate next? Fencing so we can't free range? Clown world
     
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    Um, somewhere between 25 and 30, thinking closer to 25. The co-op is a 40 mile round trip so bulk is the best way to avoid extra trips. This batch of feed should last into May or so.
     
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    Last March-April I paid somewhere between $18-$19 for my meat chickens. Haven't priced out feed yet this year but we have 125 meat birds coming the third week of March.
     
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    Whoops, turns out an icy snowdrift pulled the heated waterer out of the extension cord socket. The water inside was frozen solid. Could have been over a day. Idk, either they were eating snow or drinking from mud puddles, thankfully. Nobody rushed the waterer when I lifted the lid. I'll have to keep a better eye on it because I eyed it yesterday and saw it was over 1/2 full from the outside, might have been frozen sold then :confused:
     
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    Edit, it was more likely the mud storms from the draining lake that weighted down the snow drift on the cord.
     
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    Starting to pick up my egg production finally.... Longer days and better weather I think is helping...
     
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    Increasing here as well! Getting 3-5 eggs a day and that should dbl soon! Nice variety too!

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    Oh, I'm thinking of getting a stamp for 1 egg per dozen that says "Laid in America! "

    When I am not freeze drying them (I do this during the summer when production is high) I sell what I don't use at work.
     
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    Laid or Layed :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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