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An Jan did a big research project for me and said they could not find it. I am not familiar with the other two. I am hoping to find someone who is already ordering these products who can just confirm who can get it.

And to expand the scope of this question, is there any California supplier of any size poultry grit for the Cherry Stone or Gran-I-Grit brands?

Just as a reference, I am copying an image from another thread here showing the sizing of chick grit #1 versus grower grit #2

What I have read is that if the chicks are foraging, they do not need supplemental grit. But if you start to give them treats, that is when you need to mix grit in with the treats so they get what they need to digest those treats along with the treats.

Thank you for that photo. It looks like this is a 1/8" granite. I could buy 1/8" granite by the ton from a local rocker. It is the slightly smaller stone that is 1/16" to 3/32" that is extremely hard to find. At a rocker, you will find crushed granite products that are 1/8" screened...

The problem is this just does not scale well to hundreds of pounds of material.

No, I am making cactus and succulent soils, and many of these use small stones as one of the ingredients.

So I actually have a horticultural application for the chicken grit, and I need hundreds of pounds of it. The five-pound bags would never work on price. The 25 lb bag at $8/bag is about where I need to be. But I need this to be real chick grit #1 (1/16" to 3/32" only, as crushed granite)...

If you are referring to the Manna Pro grit at Tractor Supply, that is larger grit for adults. "Chick Grit" is 1/16" to 3/32" so quite tiny. See this image.

What is the cheapest mail-order source for chick grit that anyone has located? I found a 25-pound bag from McMurray Hatchery online, but with shipping to California, I am paying nearly $60. I need to find a manufacturer that is closer to California.

No one makes poultry grit for chicks near the Bay Area of California? The only Poultry Grit #1 suppliers I am finding are in the midwest. This product would also go by the name "chick grit" or "chick grit #1".

It looks to be a 1/8" or larger particle, clearly designed for an adult bird. Grit #1 might be advertised as a grit for chicks?

Does anyone here have a supplier in the South San Francisco Bay Area for cherry stone or poultry grit #1 (1/16 inch particle size)? This might seem strange, but is there a manufacturer in California who makes this out of a nice looking desert granite? I actually have a horticultural...

Mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) are widely studied in the animal industry as a way to reduce the number of endotoxins in the gut and blood. Studies in animals show stunning reductions in inflammation. For example: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09712119.2013.823863 Has anyone...

Can you post a clear photo of the two golden laced side by side?