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Rabbit FarmTN

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I just got my Americaunas and Leghorn chicks this weekend! Has anyone heard of giving your new chicks sugar water other than chick electrolytes for the first few days? Thanks!
 
I Know some people give sugar water instead of electrolytes. To my knowledge they both work, the electrolytes has more nutrients in my opinion.
 
Hi and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us and congrats on your new chicks. This is a recipe for making your own electrolytes, copy and pasted from BYC:

Making electrolytes
Electrolyte formula:7g sodium chloride (NaCl, common salt)5g sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)3g potassium chloride (commonly called "Muriate of Potash". Salt substitutes contain mostly potassium chloride)40g glucose (a common source is corn syrup)2 liters water.


This link may be useful to you at the moment - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/raising-your-baby-chicks

More generally, you'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread#post_3239224


All the best
CT
 
G’Day from down under Rabbit FarmTN
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Welcome!

As you have already received some good advice and links, I will just wish you all the best.

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun. Unlike non chicken loving friends, family and colleagues, BYC’ers never tire of stories or pictures that feature our feathered and non feathered friends
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