Duck/Chicken Feed Skyrocketing

[TheDan]

Thought y'all might find this interesting... I graphed out how much the basic feed I give my ducks has gone up since 2020. Layer feed is up a whopping 79%! Scratch grains up 42%.

 

[Brains]

All I can really say is what the duck.

 

[baboon]

Eating duck eggs have there price. Go price a frozen duck at the store.

 

[TheDan]

Eating duck eggs have there price.

What I have graphed there is the same as chicken feed.

 

[Mills]

 

[FireInTheWire]

My pig feed has been creeping up too...

 

[Army 1911]

So that's why Daffy looks a little thin.

 

[TxStetson]

Since January of 2021, Llama & Alpaca feed is up 100%, Sweet feed is up 67%, and square bales of horse quality coastal hay is up 200%. If this keeps up, I may be checking for alpaca recipes before long.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

Thought y'all might find this interesting... I graphed out how much the basic feed I give my ducks has gone up since 2020. Layer feed is up a whopping 79%! Scratch grains up 42%.

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With diesel up over 200% in the spring, fertilizer, and other needed chemicals for agriculture, I do not thing 42% is where it will stop. I am stocking up on dried dog and cat food (18 month supply), rice, and beans because those prices have not peaked yet.

 

[Vaquero]

And a drought didn't help.

 

[TheDan]

And a drought didn't help.

Several weeks back I overheard feed store employees talking about how feed of all types has been flying off the shelves. They attributed it to the hot dry weather we've had; nothing is growing.

I let my ducks forage for several hours a day, and only supplement them with commercial feed. They've been eating more feed than usual this year. Not as much stuff to forage through this hot dry summer.

 

[candcallen]

My pig feed has been creeping up too...

There are always demonscats and rinos.....

Just sayin.

 

[kbaxter60]

Yep. We found a chicken feed we liked in 2019. It ran $13 and change for a 50 lb. bag. It's now pushing $21 for that same bag, with most of the increase this last year.

 

[FireInTheWire]

There are always demonscats and rinos.....

Just sayin.

 

[no2gates]

If this keeps up, the movie Soylent Green won't be fiction, it will have been a prediction.
Remember the year it was supposed to take place???

 

[gll]

If this keeps up, the movie Soylent Green won't be fiction, it will have been a prediction.
Remember the year it was supposed to take place???

Timely...

 

[m5215]

All types of human feed is getting expensive!

 

[kbaxter60]

All types of human feed is getting expensive!

Almost universally true now, although we have been pleasantly surprised at some deals on beef lately. From what I've read it's temporary as herds are being culled nationwide .

 

[popsgarland]

What I have graphed there is the same as chicken feed.

We buy chicken scratch once a month for the birds my wife feeds. It's almost $17.00 for a 50# bag. Started out at less than $6.00 almost 14 years ago.

 

[TheDan]

If this keeps up, the movie Soylent Green won't be fiction, it will have been a prediction.
Remember the year it was supposed to take place???

The ducks love meat of any kind. Just have to chop it up small enough for them to swallow.