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I did not know that and I have had chickens for about five years. Thank you so very much for explaining it to me. So I'm still a little confused on what I should do with the flock I have now. Should I feed everyone chicken starter and put out the Oystershell or should I separate the babies and...

So how do I keep the babies from eating the oyster?

So then I should separate the babies back over to their own side until they get older?

I have my run sectioned off where I can close the door and keep chickens on either side. Or I can open it up and they have the whole run. [/IMG]

Yes currently the hens have access to the starter. I can close the gate again and keep everyone separate and then worry about reintroducing everyone later. Or I can keep everyone out and change the feed. Will it hurt the babies to eat the layer food? Or do I just put out oysters? I'm very...

No I have layer feed for my hens and chick starter for the babies. I have not seen the babies eating layer feed but they maybe. It's hanging on a change kind of high for them.

So I had baby chicks that hatched about seven weeks ago. I decided this time I would let the mama integrate the babies into the flock so I put everyone in together about a week ago. She is done a great job and everyone is getting along, but the problem is my hens are eating the chick starter...