Chicken owners: How much are you paying for chicken food?

[chickenpatty]

Or is that feed? The prices around here have gone up. Scratch is about $8 for a 50lb bag and layer pellets are $10 for the same size. It seems so high!

[Cheryl in NM]

In NM I'm paying $10 for a 50# bag of scratch and $12 for a 50# bag of lay pellets. :glare: I get the cheapest there is. I cringe when I think how much I'll be paying for Chick Starter when the chickies get here this summer!

[Cadam]

Ethanol is forcing up the cost of corn and all other grain, therefore animal feed and food in general. I am glad the farmers are getting a decent price but I am afraid it will escalate into a world famine. Their are already riots in other countries because the cost of rice is up well over 100% in some places.

[HomeOnTheRanch]

We pay over $13 for 50 lb. of hen scratch (I think it is cracked corn & wheat). That is the cheapest we can get it locally.

[LibraryLover]

I am going to make you all feel better, I think. We buy organic feed...it went up to $23/50 #s. I sell a few dozen a week, so it helps pay for feed.

Better?

[Jill, OK]

...but I've never paid less, lol.

(We've been chicken owners less than a year).

[homewithtrinity]

About the same. But they are free range so they eat more bugs than feed thank God!

[Susan in TN]

...but I've never paid less, lol.

(We've been chicken owners less than a year).

Same here - My chickens are only 8 weeks old and about to start on their second 50# bag. It runs about $10 here. I'm not sure about scratch.