How young should you start them on grit? And any suggestions on what type? I have them on manna pro medicated feed, but I hadn't started them with any grit yet. I had read that for the first month or so they wouldn't need it, but to add oyster shells (or any form of grit) around 2 months or once...
I have two Silkies, 5 weeks old tomorrow. They have just been switched off of paper towels about a week ago, and now they are scratching (which I expected) but now they are taking a liking to the pine shavings. There are only 2 in this brooder with a water and food dish, plenty big enough for...
Thank you so much for your replies!
On top of the Save-A-chick, everyone was also fed egg whites for the first couple of days, especially upon arrival. Knowing that eggs contain selenium makes me feel a bit more at ease. I hope the symptoms weren't trauma related, but I know it's a big...
Thank you! It was definitely rough. I know to expect some things to happen, but I was not expecting that. It all happened so quickly and I felt so helpless. I do have poultry nutri-drench in my arsenal. I tried to give the little one a drop yesterday, but it was unable to take it due to how...
We just got in a batch of newly hatched silkies August 9th. Now one of them has wry neck. He/she had been absolutely fine for the first two days and fine for most of the day today. We just went down to check on them in the brooder and this little one was laying there, neck bent backwards with...