Hen being housed indoors just hatched 4 chicks yesterday and they are so small they can only eat crumbs. I would just give them chick feed, but mum is eating the same food & I don't want her to get an upset stomach from it. Saw someone saying they just crush regular feed to chick size, so i tried doing that and have failed miraculously - blender turns it into a fine powder, (does the same on lowest setting, just slowly) and chopping it up takes a very long time.
Chicks seem to only eat whenever mum is eating and calls them out to share, so unsure if separate food bowls would do anything. Am I overthinking? should I just let the mum hen eat crumbed chick feed?
Chicks seem to only eat whenever mum is eating and calls them out to share, so unsure if separate food bowls would do anything. Am I overthinking? should I just let the mum hen eat crumbed chick feed?