I just got 5 chicks. They are 5 days old today and up until yesterday were in a different home using different starter than I have.I've had them for about 16 hours and it seems they haven't figured out the whole feeder system thing. This am I put some starter in my hand and offered it to them that way and after just climbing around on my hand for 5 min 2 of them sort of pecked at the food, but not much. A bit of the food fell on the floor of the coop and a they all seemed to go after that. So, I finally just dumped the palm full of food on the floor and moved the feeder right next to the pile. Should I be doing anything different? Wishing I had taken a cup or two of feed from Becky to get them started on the new feeder. Am I just being a worry wart? I guess when they get hungry enough they will start pecking at stuff till they figure it out. Thoughts?
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Should I "tease" them with some crumbled egg yolk in my hand and then put some egg in the feeder?
