Alachua County Feed & Seed Store

Over the decades my family would put our order for baby chicks in for a certain breed and they have always been spot on in calling before all the chicks were gone. They always have hay bales, chicken feed, and well anything you need for your suburban flock of hens.

My girlfriend and I have visited this store thrice. Our first visit was a lackluster experience, but I would not have thought to give a negative review based upon it; the man working the counter was very short with us despite the store not being at all busy.
Today, however, my girlfriend visited the store to buy Ivermectin for our dog. The man sold her a 50mL bottle 1% solution of Ivermectin for IV at a cost of $ 34.99 My girlfriend protested, reminding the man that this is for our dog, and saying that normally we buy something much less expensive, something which is formulated for oral administration; the man played dumb. Everyone, and I mean everyone who works in a feed store would know that she’s looking for Ivermectin paste/​gel which is sold in a large oral syringe. Alachua County Feed & Seed does carry this product: it’s $ 6.99 for 6.08 grams of paste at 1.87% concentration. If you do the arithmetic, you find that the IV formulation costs just over 70 dollars per gram of Ivermectin. The oral formulation works out to 61 dollars per gram. The IV formulation is more expensive per unit.
Moreover, the volume sold in the IV formulation is such that even if you had two very large, say 110lbs dogs, and dosed them monthly at the suggested dose, the medication would expire before you used it up. This is not the case with the oral formulation.
Finally, when I returned from work and my girlfriend explained that she was sold a different form of Ivermectin today, I immediately drove back to the store. I asked the young man if I could exchange the (still sealed, unopened, undamaged, perfectly packaged) IV formulation for the oral formulation. The young man obliged, but was interrupted by the older fellow, who refused. He claims that there is a law forbidding the return or exchange of any medication. I have searched the internet, looking for such a law. Not only have I found no evidence for the existence of such a law, but additionally I’ve found the question «Is it legal to return or exchange OTC medications?», and the answers I’ve seen are uniformly: «Yes». This suggests that the man lied.
When I returned home, I asked my girlfriend «Who helped you at the feed store?» It was the same man who had interrupted my transaction and refused to exchange the medication for me.
It’s a nice looking store; it’s well stocked and conveniently located. This man, however, deceived my girlfriend to try and squeeze a few extra bucks out of her, and then lied about the law to keep me from making things right. We will never visit this store again.

I went here as a recommendation for yard treatment for fleas. Not only was I able to purchase worming medicine for our dogs and cats they recommended the right flea treatment for the yard and our home. And it is SO affordable! They were patient showing me all of the products even though I wasn’t buying everything that day. They also helped me save $$ which is always a big in my book!

If you live in central Gainesville, this is probably the most convenient feed store to go to. Compared to the various feed stores in rural areas around Gainesville, the selection is limited due to the size of the store. That being said, you’ll find most of the basics here. I wouldn’t come here for hunting/​fishing supplies or for clothing.
Even though I do go to some of the other feed stores in the area, I frequently come back because of their operating hours and service. Other such stores open early as well as close a little early, which probably works for farmers but not so much for people working other types of jobs. Alachua County Feed & Seed is open until 6pm throughout the week, so I can usually make it here after work to pick up chicken food when I’m out.
Unlike other feed stores, when I go in to purchase my feed, they quickly have someone grab the feed from the back and carry it to your car for you. It’s little touches like that which turn me into a repeat customer.
With the city currently thinking about loosening the restrictions on ag operations within the city limits, the demand for stores like this will most likely increase.