The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Dundonald hens on September 11, 2010, 09:56:10 pm
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I have found some where that delivers pallets of farmgate layers pellets cheap if anyone is in or near Ayrshire in scotland.
We are paying I think £8.20 a bag and if I take a pallet i think they are going to be £6 if anyone is intrested ?
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sounds good...how many bags on a pallet? how well do they keep?
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were are paying 6.60 why on earth are you paying 8.20. if your going to buy by the pallet or by the ton then you have about 2 months to use it. you must be close to the mill or a mill it maybe worth contacting them direct.
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i'm paying £8.20 also. i guess dundonaldhens will be going to the same place as me for supplies. tbh, a bag lasts around 4 weeks, so its not ott for me.
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Where are you paying £6.60 for a single bag ???
The place i found is direct from Farmgate and you need to take 50 bags which is a tonne to get them at £6.
Just though i may be able to find a few people that would take some I was happy to buy the pallet just so we get some cheap as we use 2 or 3 bags a month.
I am actualy getting 30 bags of layers pellets and the rest turkey growers and pig food
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East of Scotland farmers in Coupar Angus is very reasonable.
They give you a discount if you buy 10 bags, but even one bag is very reasonable.
I just got 10 bags for £50.60, not sure if the price rises have affected them yet. Got those bags about 3 weeks ago and the use by date is December. I split them with a friend so it's worth the drive.
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Where are you paying £6.60 for a single bag ???
The place i found is direct from Farmgate and you need to take 50 bags which is a tonne to get them at £6.
Just though i may be able to find a few people that would take some I was happy to buy the pallet just so we get some cheap as we use 2 or 3 bags a month.
I am actualy getting 30 bags of layers pellets and the rest turkey growers and pig food
both our ag merchants we buy 6 bags a week so one gives us the ton weight price which is harbro if not we wouldbe paying 7 pound ish the other local suppliers sells it at 7 also. this includes the additional expense of shipping it up here.
so it may be worth shopping around. the only trouble with buying so much is if you don't get the others to pay up. also check shipping costs.
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i need to find a cheaper source of feed atm as im paying £3.20 for 1 20kg bag mixed corn and £6.50 for 1 20kg bag of layers pellets but then its abit cheaper for meal so im going over to that for winter
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wish i could get mixed corn for £3.20 :o
..i pay £7.88 for 20kg's........we get layers for £5.50 so not bad though.cheapest ive seen corn round here was melton mowbray at £5 a bag at the livestock sales! :chook:
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Well we are paying less than £5.00 for 25kg of layers pellets about £4.80 last time i checked :chook:
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can you give names for these great prices. our mixed corn is more than the layers.
lets name the good suppliers and warn of the rip off merchants.
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mole valley farmers own brand is where we get ours from last month i payed 9.50 for 25 kg of mixed corn and 23kg of layers pellets, Pretty good i think. This is their own brand and very good stuff!!
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Jacob those 2 bags are £12.40 on there web site ???????????
If i was to order from them 6 bags it would be £45 for delivery anyone know anywhere cheap around about ayrshire in scotland ?
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i pay £7.70 for layers pellets in moray
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i get mine from a farm shop so if your in wiltshire give me a shout il let you know
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oh dear dundonald thats not good news for me lol i havent bought for about 6 weeks so perhaps i am in for a shock next time i go there!! Not looking forward to that!! :-\ :-[ :'( however i do know that their delivery is ridiculous as it is done by weight so obviously feed is very expensive to have delivered hence why i always pick it up!!!
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anyone know anywhere cheap around about ayrshire in scotland ?
not really, i go to Gibbs, which is just up the road from me, i guess Sommerville's is closer to you, their prices are roughly the same i think. for me that price is ok, but i guess if you have a large flock it's worth looking around for somewhere cheaper.
there used to be a place in kilmarnock that was very reasonable for horse feedstuff, but i think they closed down.
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Where can I get these cheap layers pellets near Clackmannan? I go to Pets Direct in Alloa or Pet Needs n Feeds in Tilly - £8.99 and £8.25 respectively, but Tilly will deliver for £1 Can't really store more than 2 bags at a time.
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depending what you buy but going to anything with a name that has pet in it is going to stick pounds onto the bill. we are debating wetherits worth keeping so many chuck as we are just about breaking even on summer production. paying those pricewe would be very much in the red.
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Hi everyone,
If anybody lives close to these areas their pellets, mash corn and cut maize is very reasonable, http://www.tarffvalley.co.uk/index.php also http://www.carrs-billington.com/location_network/index.html also http://www.blendbetter.co.uk/Default.aspx, as you can see very busy at work today ;D :wave: