hello @wekesa , welcome to BYC 
This is an old thread and many of the people who posted on it haven't been seen on BYC for years, so you may not get a reply from them. I assume if you're reading this thread, you are looking for info on home made feed, chick or other. I wrote an article on that very topic last year, which you might find useful. It is here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...eat-tears-a-calculator-or-deep-pockets.78655/
Chick feed specifically is the 4th section.
Commercial chick feed is not necessarily the best option. I have not used any commercial feed here for over 2 years now, and since then I have lost just 1 chick out of 23 to disease (and that was a purchased hatching egg, not a home bred one). This is last September's clutch to illustrate the health of birds on home made feed (the bird on the left is their broody; there are 3 pullets and 2 cockerels; they were 19 weeks old when this was taken, about a week ago). These grew up on the feeding regime detailed in the article.
This is an old thread and many of the people who posted on it haven't been seen on BYC for years, so you may not get a reply from them. I assume if you're reading this thread, you are looking for info on home made feed, chick or other. I wrote an article on that very topic last year, which you might find useful. It is here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...eat-tears-a-calculator-or-deep-pockets.78655/
Chick feed specifically is the 4th section.
Commercial chick feed is not necessarily the best option. I have not used any commercial feed here for over 2 years now, and since then I have lost just 1 chick out of 23 to disease (and that was a purchased hatching egg, not a home bred one). This is last September's clutch to illustrate the health of birds on home made feed (the bird on the left is their broody; there are 3 pullets and 2 cockerels; they were 19 weeks old when this was taken, about a week ago). These grew up on the feeding regime detailed in the article.
