Ran out of chick crumb

[cafafwhisp]

Hello

Please can anyone advise. I've ran out of chick crumb and the shops aren't open for 12 hours

Can I give them ground up porridge oats or grind up some adult layer pellets?

Thanks any advise welcome

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hello

Please can anyone advise. I've ran out of chick crumb and the shops aren't open for 12 hours

Can I give them ground up porridge oats or grind up some adult layer pellets?

Thanks any advise welcome

You can wet the layer pellets and they will turn into a mash without grinding. just give it a couple minutes.

The reduced protein and increased calcium of layer won't harm them used short term.

 

[cafafwhisp]

Thank you,They all just went to bed. I'll sort that for them for first thing and get them their crumb in the morning.

 

[TwoCrows]

You can also feed chopped hard boiled eggs, eggs have all the protein and building blocks of life and can sustain them quite a while until you get some chick starter.

 

[Brooks_]

Scrambled eggs.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I would just use the layer pellets, if the chicks are older than 6 weeks or so you don't even need to crush them, they'll eat them as is.