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I buy a brand called Brooders Best Chick Starter. You can still feed chicks the hen scratch but only as a treat. They need the extra to grow anyways. But the feed guy will know what you need for chicks and if they suggest hen scratch just tell him they are chicks not hens, at least not yet...

I feed my chicks, chickstarter I get at the store. It has 22% protein in it and I feed it till they are clucking really good. Or till they lay their first egg. I generally never feed 3 way hen scratch unless I have run out of the other feed. Hen scratch only has 8% protein and I only feed it to...

I do not put my chicks in with the grown hens till they are at least 5 months old. Then when I do I send in enough that the others don't know who to pick on and they just kind of leave them all alone or they all find one each to pick on. Chickens need 18% protein in their diet, so feeding them...