[cluckingmad]

I buy organic layers pellets.  Got a bit of a shock yesterday when I went to buy my 20kg bag - £10.25 :shock: Price seems to go up 40p a bag every time I visit.  Can't buy in bulk either - i've only got 6!  I expect to pay more being organic but seems a bit steep to me.  Anyone else buy organic layers - how much are yours ?

I've checked out online sites for a supply - cheapest being £7.50 but had the postage of £10!

[Mitsy]

I ordered mine with a coop and loads of other bits to save on postage but paid more than you  :oops:

http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=93&osCsid=647f1f5e726b6ea4764567d5e6c3c3c4

[psipower]

According to my local farm supplies, the small holder range (about £6/20kg) is 70% 'organic' while the 'organic' stuff they sell is about '80%' organic.

May just be sales pitch if they get a better margin, or may be useful knowledge!

Anyway, smallholder range is GM free amongst other things, so I use that.

Living in Shropshire is there not a local farmer that will do you sacks of barley and wheat? Check out muntjac's 'just the basics' sticky thread for experience's comment on feed!

[adw]

sounds about the same price we paid    the cheapy stuff was half the price - literally. so they get the pellets, organic corn and anything else we can think of. came home last night to be told that mummy had taken some of the rice off my plate for the chooks by my 5 yr old :roll:  

[cluckingmad]

Thanks everyone - I'll check out Munty's basics psipower and look up local farmers!
adw is nothing sacred?!

[si-mate]

I have never heard that the smallholder range has any organic content. It's more likely that they mean that they are made in the same way using similar ingredients with the only difference being that the ingredients are organic.
Organic cereals are relatively easy to source but organic proteins are very difficult to find and as such are much more expensive than their conventionally grown counterparts. If you use the Organic Feed Company feeds then they are all 100% organic - others probably are only 80%.