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Member Reviews: Resolve Sustainable Solutions - Farmers Helper BabyCake supplement

Jobele

Highly Recommend It!

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Pros: Easy to set up, chicks love it!

Cons: Wish it were cheaper

This is some fantastic stuff!  The great thing is...you just set it up and let the chicks devour it!  You don't loose any feed.  They can't waste any...so you really come out ahead.  It's packed with all kinds of vitamins and minerals and good stuff, so the chicks just love it!  My chicks also didn't get bored or pick on each other, because they were so busy pecking at the baby cake.  I highly recommend it!
orpfancier

BabyCakes

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Pros: Chicks love it!

Cons: None so far

Hung it in the chicks pen, and they were working away on it in minutes.
red hen in the rain

Chicks love the BabyCake once they figured it out!

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Pros: Easy to handle and hang, no odor.

Cons: Chicks didn't catch on right away - see below

I placed the BabyCake into my brooder with 2-week old chicks, hanging with the included hook. It took me a day to figure out they were afraid of it because it moved. I lowered it a little so it was still hanging, but balanced in on a saucer as well. No luck. I then took it out of the brooder and rolled the cake in cornmeal, making a high-contrast yellow crust, something my chicks recognize as "chick-sized scratch grain".This produced immediate results; in pecking at their cornmeal, they discovered the yumminess underneath. Now they will go to the BabyCake all by itself. They still don't like "moving food" yet, so I'm  keeping it suspended yet stationary for now. Do keep it on the...
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