Ray’s Feed Store

Fast friendly, courteous to your needs and questions. Will continue to go here for my chickens needs.

I have been purchasing parrot food and dog food from Ray’s for 10 years and their prices and quality are better than anything at the big box pet stores. Recently I discovered you can purchase vaccines at Ray’s, which can shave about $ 40 off your vet bill (if not more, depending on where you go). While you cannot get rabies vaccine here (legally that must be done at a vet’s office or at the county), you can get the bordetella & 9 in 1 for less than $ 20. Granted, you have to administer them yourself and it is definitely not for the squeamish, but if you want to save a little cash this is the place to go. Their customer service via phone or in person is excellent. Will continue shopping here!

I go to Ray’s for my cat and fish pond food. Great prices, very helpful if you ask and they’ll let you browse if you want. Wish they were open longer hours.

Not bad, tiny, but not bad. They have packed the place full of necessary items so I can understand that they are packed. However, I needed help and looked lost for a minute and was not offered service until I asked for help, but perhaps most people know what they’re coming in for. It has a TON of things, thus I might be back for more Vet-​Wrap or whatever, but based on the service I might go to another feed store.

There just aren’t enough old school feed stores like this one anymore. I go there to buy straw, primarily, but they have all kinds of other fun stuff and it’s a great place to run into some of the locals who have lived here a lot longer than I have. Yesterday, a guy came in after me and bought a ridiculous amount of rabbit pellets. That’s the sort of thing I need in my day sometimes.

I needed some supplements for my Basenji and called all over town looking for it. NO ONE had it-​no one except for Ray’s! It was only $ 13.00 super helpful, super friendly, can’t wait to come back and browse. Going to buy my shots here too instead of paying outrageous prices at the vet. Can’t say enough good things about these guys.

08/​07/​2011
Went shopping this evening for a cat food re-​stock. I found out we’ve been feeding poor Petey third-​tier cat food for years. Checking the ingredients between Friskies canned and foods costing twice as much, I found some Friskies ingredients were composed at least as well as second tier food. I also found our Ray’s dry food prices are much better than comparable dry foods and almost equal in the wet food department.
If I get a chance to shop at Ray’s, I’m there. Its a great small, local business, competing hard with the Big Dogs of the pet food world. And you’ll never find a saddle and bridle, 80 pound alfalfa bale or bag of cubes at one of the big box pet stores.
7÷23÷2011
A cat we’re looking after was looking pretty rough. Literally. Dull coat, dandruff, matted fur. Advice pointed to better diet. I did my webby research, got some good cat food ratings and looked where the mid-​price high-​quality foods were sold. Link after link sent me to Ray’s.
I went, several recommended brands were there, most brands for dogs. The money in my wallet squealed painfully as I pulled it out to pay more money for cat food than I imagined it could cost.
Welcome to the world of pets as children, right?
Three weeks later Petey’s eating ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ old and new food. He’s brushing out pretty nicely, his dandruff seems less and I think his coat’s starting to shine more than it has for years. I need another month to be sure.
Ray’s had the good stuff.

I went here for chicken supplies for my backyard flock. They have everything you need for chickens! Big selection, too, and good prices. Of course, they have tons of stuff for other farrm animals, too. And, nice staff.

Getting ready to board to my pup this week I had to get her bordetella shots up to date. Being the cheap do-​it-​yourselfer that I am, I called around and found Ray’s. They sell the shots and you can administer them yourself, saving you about $ 40 bucks at the vet.
The lady that assisted me was super friendly and explained the procedure of how to administer the injection. I paid under $ 8 and left educated.
The store sells all sorts of animal products, from horse feed to cat toys. If you are in the south side hood and in need of any sort of pet supplies be sure to check them out.