how much do you pay for a bag of feed???

[mistee]

prices here have just gotten crazy... I dont know what I am going to do,,,lol.. I know I am downsizing my chickens to just a few... A bag of goat feed is $17,, alfalfa pellets is almost $20 bag of minerals is now $16.. When i first started i pg $5 a bag for feed

 

[ksalvagno]

That is about what I am paying. I never saw $5 for a bag of feed.

 

[KellyHM]

Purina Goat Chow is $15.50 here. The feedstore has Lucas Goat for $13.50, but I'm not familiar with it and don't know how good it is.

 

[mossyStone]

when i frist started out with chickens i wa paying 5.99 a bag, yesterday i bought chicken feed on sale for 13.99 ..... i was excited about that

I don't buy much goat feed, i mix my own with whole graines ....
I do buy alfalfa pettets i think they are under 10 bucks a bag... i'd have to check...

 

[20kidsonhill]

$10.45 for a 50lb bag of 16% medicated, pelleted goat feed.


I think the last bag of minerals(25lb) was near $15

40lb of beet pulp $10.46

 

[4hmama]

$67 today for 3 bags of laying mash and 2 bags of sweet goat feed. Grrrrr!

 

[mistee]

lol,, is it just crazy,,lol... $5 dollars a bag was about 17 years ago but just since Nov goat feed has gone up $5 and that isnt even the good,, good stuff. Guess just feeling a bit frustrated.. Went to an auction last week and there were soooo many awesome horses and other farm animals being sold for nothing because people cant afford them anymore.. There were people in tears cause they loved their animals but money is tight and prices keep going up... Hay now is sooo expensive... I got my 2 older horses that I would never sell unless I had no choice but when they pass I wont be getting anymore..

 

[ThornyRidge]

I work apparently to only feed and care for my animals! May need to acquire a second job soon since I have a cat that I am now treating for CRF and his treatments add up! anyway my goat minerals are holding steady at $16/25#bag, my goat feed is around $12 per bag .. thankfully I don't grain that much.. my biggest expense is hay.. I only feed no less than 2nd cut.. usually 3rd and I shell out around $4 a bale.. I don't pasture my goats so I go through about 4-5 bales per week.. add in a bag of BOSS, animal crackers, and around $20/month in chicken feed.. I look at a nice chunk of my paycheck! this is not even counting my indoor critters (3 cats and a dog!)..

 

[mossyStone]

i wish i could pay 4 bucks a bale, here i just put in 21 bales of 3rd cut alfalfa 235.00 150.00 for 15 bales of orchard blue grass mix ... 50.00 for 15 bales of oat straw for bedding

18.00/25lb minerals

i mix my own grain now but that also adds up to about 100.00 for 3 mos of grain...( only on the milk stand)

but our eggs, milk, butter, cream ect.. and meat make up for the price, i at least know what my animals are eating... and how they are cared for.....

 

[The Old Ram-Australia]

Hi,just a thought on this subject ,when we had the goats I used to get a' feed mill' to run us off a ton at a time of 25% rolled barley,25% crushed oats 25%sorgham,15%lupins and 10% cracked corn..They used to bag it for us in 25 kg bags......................We were feeding 'milking 'dairy goats at the time,along with some hay,pasture and of course the mineral mix...................Maybe if you ask around 2/3 of you can get together and share,this way you cut out the feed stores margin.................T.O.R.................