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Greenerlife

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Leafy Surrey
Pig feed
« on: July 29, 2009, 04:15:53 pm »
I can't find any threads on this but am curious to know from all you people out there...how much are you paying for pig feed?  It seems extortionately expensive where I am, and I'd like to know if I am being ripped off!  I only have two weaners (my first - I've named them, I know you are not supposed to, but I've named them after people I don't particularly like, so I won't have any qualms when they go! LOL) so I am not buying in any great bulk.  I would appreciate an idea of what is a good price.

JulieS

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Devon - EX39 5RF
    • Ford Mill Farm
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2009, 04:48:53 pm »
Our local (Devon) merchants charge £7.50 (inc vat) for a 25kg bag.

How much are you paying?
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Daveravey

  • Joined Jul 2009
  • Fife
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009, 05:01:28 pm »
£7.50 is quite cheap Julie as the Smallholder Pig Starter/Grower Pellets is £9.70 / 20kg + £6.00 delivery on 1 bag going up to 11.99 for 2 from animal feed store.com...... bet they sell a lot online   :o

Rollicker

  • Joined Dec 2008
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 05:23:55 pm »
We pay 9 euros per bag for 25 kilos - that's about 8 quid but if you can buy in bulk you can get it for 7 euros-ish per 25kilos. This is in France by the way!

JulieS

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Devon - EX39 5RF
    • Ford Mill Farm
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009, 09:08:42 pm »
Sounds like I'm getting a bit of a bargain from Mole Valley Farmers then  :)
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BillyBerridge

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Nottinghamshire
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2009, 09:30:10 pm »
I pay £3.96 for 25kg for BOCM growers diet, but then again i have got 50 pigs and have to buy in 3 tone loads! ;-)

oink

  • Joined Feb 2009
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2009, 11:05:22 pm »
Bloody hell BillyBerridge, I think you just blew us all out the water!  :)

£7.20 per 25kg in Northamptonshire

Malc

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • The Edge of Nowhere
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 07:56:37 am »
Very surprised at some of these prices. It's £7 for a 25kilo bag in Orkney, although we have to pay an extra 45p-per-bag to get it transported on the ferry to our island.  We can make a £70-per-tonne saving if we buy it by the tonne. Can't help but feel some English suppliers are taking the mickey.


Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2009, 08:47:12 am »
Here where the pig is probably the most common farmed animal, prices vary from 10.20 euros per sack to 5.06 euros (bulk).  If you know of any other pig keepers locally perhaps form a co-operative and buy by the tonne.

BillyBerridge

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Nottinghamshire
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2009, 10:17:53 am »
Or invest in a silo, buy in bulk loads and bag it your self making a healthy profit from other local pig keepers!


MrRee

  • Joined Jan 2008
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2009, 12:41:04 pm »
I was paying 14 euros for 50kg of growers pellets. Got it from a friend who buys bulk and supplies quite a few other people too,comes in one tonne disposable sacks and I take 50kg sacks to be refilled when necessary. Last year I fed farine d'orge and the weaners turned out so fatty,almost 50/50 meat to fat. This year with pellets they're a lot meatier and leaner,and 30kg heavier at the same age!......Ree
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sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2009, 03:12:55 pm »
I have been feeding Dobson & Horrell pig grower at £9. 10p a bag but ended up buying in bulk from my local feed store down the road and she knocked 30p off per bag. Next year i will buy the lot from her in bulk. I am feeding two pigs.  :pig:

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2009, 05:38:56 pm »
Ree I was considering using farine will rethink now.  Where did you get your pigs from (curious not trying to sell you any).

MrRee

  • Joined Jan 2008
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2009, 06:42:41 pm »
Have pm'd you HM with details. Unfortunately you're too far away,the drive with em in the back of the landy would kill off what remaining sense of smell I have. Won't be getting another two til March next year,two weaners last me a year and this year I have my first lamb as well......Ree
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Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Pig feed
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2009, 07:59:27 am »
Ree could not recommend my escape artist pigs to anyone at present.  I have been considering some lambs from a friend who has too many, then someone mentioned "blue tongue; ear tags and the new micro chip ear tags " and suddenly lamb seemed very expensive.


 

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