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post #1 of 5
4/6/12 at 11:26am
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Hi,  I have 3 month old chicks that will not eat anything but corn on cob and crickets.  I have tried to introduce lots of other things such as; worms, yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, scramble eggs, beans, peas, raw broccoli, cailfower, sunflower seeds and much more.  But they turn their nose up.  Crickets are getting expensive.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tammy

 

 

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post #2 of 5
4/6/12 at 12:03pm

Just one.  Give them grower or flock raiser feed and water.  Nothing else.  It won't take them long to get hungry and eat.  Don't give in.

 

You can reintroduce treats after a bit, but I'd keep it to 10% or less of their total daily intake.

Judy
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Judy
Happiness is when you can look at your chickens and smile....
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Flockwatching my little bunch of mutts, a favorite pastime.

BYC Troubleshooting article -- click here

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4/6/12 at 6:10pm
I agree, they are just like spoiled kids. I use to mix some scratch grains in with my hens layer feed but all they were eating was the scratch grains nothing else. Not any more. Now they get a cup of scratch tossed into the outside pen in the morning and that's it. They are now eating their layer feed. Good luck to you.

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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4/6/12 at 8:07pm
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Thanks, I will be strong.  I can't afford these crickets.

 

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post #5 of 5
4/6/12 at 8:21pm
Hello and Welcome, from Sugarloaf Mountain, Clermont, Florida. It's called tough love, you can do it. You need to join the Florida thread lots of great people on it to help you out. Where are you and what all do you have?


Maye
Ride the Glide....LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST NOW!!!!!!  Home of 5 RMHorses, 2 ACD, 8 cats, 4 Welsummer hens,1 Welli Roo,1 EE Buff Orp. X Roo, 5 Skiddie hens,BLRW Roo,2 Dominique,6 Ameraucana hens+2 Roo,1 FBCM Roo, 4 mutt goats, and best of all Don who puts up with us ALL and is Mr. Fix It. RIP my BRIDGET girl.... Foundation Rocky Mountian Horse --1 of 33 that started a new breed.....
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Ride the Glide....LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST NOW!!!!!!  Home of 5 RMHorses, 2 ACD, 8 cats, 4 Welsummer hens,1 Welli Roo,1 EE Buff Orp. X Roo, 5 Skiddie hens,BLRW Roo,2 Dominique,6 Ameraucana hens+2 Roo,1 FBCM Roo, 4 mutt goats, and best of all Don who puts up with us ALL and is Mr. Fix It. RIP my BRIDGET girl.... Foundation Rocky Mountian Horse --1 of 33 that started a new breed.....
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