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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: nic99 on April 23, 2013, 04:41:16 pm

Title: Pig feed share
Post by: nic99 on April 23, 2013, 04:41:16 pm: I was totally outraged by the price of pig feed today - £11.10 for a 20kg sack of Dodson & Horrell pellets at my local feed store. Having run out of feed and nowhere else to buy it from, I am being forced to pay it.
I am looking into getting a bulk load delivered from east coast viners which works out substantially cheaper. I have been quoted £341, which works out at £6.82 per 20kg. The price difference is just incredible! However, I won't be able to use up 1 tonne of food within the 3 months use by date.
Is there anybody local to me in North Fife (or even not so local, even factoring in petrol costs, it will still likely work out cheaper) who would like to share a tonne of food with me?
Or alternatively has anybody recently had a delivery and would be willing to sell me some at cost?
Title: Re: Pig feed share
Post by: Button End Beasts on April 24, 2013, 04:46:32 pm: Hi
If you have any other animals you might want to consider a mixed 1 tonne of food? We do this with Heygates and get pig food, sheep food and chicken food. We dont have many pigs (4 at mo.) and dont worry about a 3 month shelf life, we probably order every 5 months or less frequently and pigs have been fine.
Title: Re: Pig feed share
Post by: ScotsGirl on April 24, 2013, 07:50:43 pm: Looking at Heygates site they don't say they deliver their bagged feeds direct. Says only bulk loose feed min 4 tonnes.
Title: Re: Pig feed share
Post by: Daisys Mum on April 24, 2013, 10:41:49 pm: I am sure East coast viners would mix the pallet for you I get a mix of weaner, grower and finisher in my tonne
Title: Re: Pig feed share
Post by: Button End Beasts on April 25, 2013, 01:55:18 pm: Heygates do mix bags of food. We just recived a mixed, 1 tonne order of chicken, lamb, beet, and pig food last week!
Title: Re: Pig feed share
Post by: nic99 on April 25, 2013, 02:46:57 pm: Thanks for the advice, heygates won't deliver to me, but I am currently in discussions with marriages about getting a mixed tonne of pig and poultry feed. Don't think east coast viners would mix theirs, as their poultry feed is milled at a seperate location.
Title: Re: Pig feed share
Post by: Castlehill Farm on April 25, 2013, 09:17:59 pm: ECV will give you poultry feed along with your other feed order like dry dog food, sow rolls and/or weaner pellets in a ton or more order.
They hold poultry feed along with other animal feed at their main depo.
Title: Re: Pig feed share
Post by: ScotsGirl on April 26, 2013, 08:35:17 am: I don't think they would want to ship all the way to Wiltshire though. Will have to look for something closer.