where to buy chicken food??

[lynda66]

ok i've searched all over looking for chicken feed, there are a few places that will post it, but the postage is dear .... so where on earth can i go along and buy chicken food from? i can borrow my neighbours car to pick it up, but i can't think of anywhere that would sell it ....... i've never had anything that i can't feed from normal shops before lol

and i'll need bedding too, any ideas?? maybe somewhere with cheap delivery, or the type of place to get it from, so i can search for somewhere near

thanks

Lynda xx

[CountryFayre]

Any pet shop should be able to order it in for you or look in the yellow pages for agricultural merchants / animal feed supplies

[di]

Our hardware store sells feed&we've just started getting a huge bale of straw for £2.50 from a local(ish)farmshop.deffo wouldn't get straw from a petshop~extortionate prices!check with any local farmers.
p.s Have you converted the mini?

[terrier]

Try the poultry forums, see who is in your area who keeps chooks and ask them. There's got to be a suppliers close to you. Just avoid anything with PETFOOD in the name unless you want to pay double.

[vicky]

Horse feed suppliers often sell chicken food, they will certainly have the bedding. A local farmer might sell you some of his? Or find someone else who has chickens nearby and ask them.

[MaureenHall]

I did a google search for "Smallholder Layers Pellets" and got a list of local suppliers that way. My supplier is about 4 miles from me, and as Vicky says, horse feed suppliers (which mine is) sell chook food too. Bedding, poultry spice, louse powder are also stocked there. Hope this helps

[lainey lou]

re the bedding, i've been shredding up my old newspapers for my girls bedding.

[Chillimad]

Down here "SCATS" sell chicken feed, bedding etc,, think they are quite nationwide ?Main Map

[MaureenHall]

Like Lainey Lou I also shred newspapers and junk mail, bank statements etc for nest bedding, they think it's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO comfy and warm It composts well too

[mattfee15]

central wall growers (CWG) sell 25kg layers pellets for £9.00 up at towcester.

[privatehire]

"farmgate layers pellet"....find there web site and they will tell you is selling close to you.

[steelsy]

i get all the shredded paper from work for my guinea pigs and chucks.

[Birdie Wife]

I get mine from Pets At Home or failing that, my local agricultural merchant - if you have a vet near you they should know, especially if they do farm animals too. bedding - use either wood shavings (also from pet shop) or shredded paper from the office.