price of feeds

try 30 something for a 50 lb bag.....oh Im in Va.

$28 just this morning in New York for a 15% 50lb performance feed.

First time I've ever bought pigeon feed (just getting my first pigeons some time this week)...I was very surprised. That's double the price of the horse grain I buy! Of course...pigeons eat less...I hope

Wow! I guess I'm lucky to be paying $15.99 for 15% and 17% percent runs for $17.99!

Goldenboy ,

thats not bad for 50# . Here in northern AZ it was about 22 bucks last time I bought . I need more right now ... and I have a feeling it went up . Sometimes they dont even have it in stock for some reason . Is there a grain shortage or something ? Every other time I buy it seems to creep up a dollar.

Thats for seed .... no idea what pellets cost

hambone

Hambone - Yeah I've just realized that I am getting my feed at a good price! I've never really compared it to anyone else price before. I do remember paying $22 for the same feed 3 months ago and was shocked at the price jump but it dropped back down when I bought feed last month. So I'm very happy about that.

$22 here for 50 lbs. Gone up five bucks since last year. But could be worse.

price on feeds are getting sky high all the time aint it?

Well , I stopped and bought a 50 pounder of pigeon food today , I go to one of two places . First was up to 27 bucks+ tax so I went to the other place and bought 50# for 22 bucks again including tax . Hope its not going up and I was just getting their old stock before a price increase

I hate to be a cheapskate but thats the difference of a 6 pack of beer in this heat .

Funny thing when you shake it down the sack looks like its 1/2 full . Makes me envy you pigeon guys in the midwest next to those corn , wheat , and milo fields .

hambone

$26.00/50 lb, and I go thru 1 bag per week
(it was $16.00 last year!)
PLUS, I mix safflower seed in it.

Chicken layer pellet (16% protein) here is $14 for 50 lb. Wild bird seeds $13-14 for 40 lb. Peas is $.78-.89 per lb. Chicken scratch is $10 for 40 lb. I think $16 for 12-14% protein pigeon bag. Prices don't seem to go down.

Msfreebird,
You consume 1 bag per week? How many birds do you have? That is crazy expenditure.

I buy whole corn and wheat straight from a friend that farms, for whatever the current market price is, right after harvest, when it is cheapest.
I store it in gravity beds and load into feed sacks as needed to take home from another friends farm, where it is stored.
I get around 8500 ponds of corn and 3500 pounds of wheat at a time.
Some of the feed goes to other animals.
I also feed 38% protein fish pellets and 24% to 28 % game bird pellets or crumbles.
If you have the ability to store it, grains are much cheaper after harvest.
Keith

RodSD said:

Chicken layer pellet (16% protein) here is $14 for 50 lb. Wild bird seeds $13-14 for 40 lb. Peas is $.78-.89 per lb. Chicken scratch is $10 for 40 lb. I think $16 for 12-14% protein pigeon bag. Prices don't seem to go down.

Msfreebird,
You consume 1 bag per week? How many birds do you have? That is crazy expenditure.

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I have roughly 60 birds. Fed twice a day, and they finish it all!
They do eat less in the summer months, but it is still cold here (40's at night) Our heat hasn't come to stay yet

Msfreebird said:

$26.00/50 lb, and I go thru 1 bag per week
(it was $16.00 last year!)
PLUS, I mix safflower seed in it.

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do you measure your feed?....

spirit wings said:

do you measure your feed?....

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Yes. The loft birds (about 45) get a 1lb coffee can scoop.
The fantails (15) get 2 1/2 cups.
Twice a day. Is that too much? Its gone in about 15 minutes!

Msfreebird said:

Yes. The loft birds (about 45) get a 1lb coffee can scoop.
The fantails (15) get 2 1/2 cups.
Twice a day. Is that too much? Its gone in about 15 minutes!

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sounds about right, maybe a bit over, I have 23 birds and they get 24 ounces in a day which is 3 cups I do beleive....so I think 2 cups sounds right and if they are eating all of it your good....

Feed mine chicken layer in a gravity flow feeder $8.99 per 50 lbs. Then suppliment with whole corn and some sunflower seeds.

for a 50lb bag of kaytee pigeon, i pay about $26 and change,but it lasts me for along time,with only 4 pigeons now.