feeding chicks

  1. L

    What to feed roosters? Also what about dried calendula?

    Her have 5 chicks and 1 mama hen. Chicks are about 7-8 weeks old now. 4hens and 1 rooster. Mama just started laying again this week so we have brought out the small chick feeder for her layer crumbles and kept the large feeder full with starter/grower crumbles. Once the chicks start laying...
  2. Bocktastic Quackles

    Too early to introduce Sprouts?

    I have a chick born on 4/16 and another 3/16 (lost one and had to get a month older one😪 But new girl is getting acquainted to her new home and bunk mate). they are going through organic chick cereal like crazy! I’ve attached the schedule I printed off from the breeder and been using it as a...
  3. CatWhisperer

    Can I feed fermented chick feed to babies?

    I went to TSC yesterday to get some PDZ and flock raiser(which they don’t carry) and ran into chick days. Something I have never succumbed to. They had so many chicks out and 2 boxes that hadn’t even been opened. Walked out with 2 each Brahma and faverolles pullets and 4 assorted straight run...
  4. chickitychickity

    Interesting ways to feed baby chicks.

    My grandma recently gave me two poultry books. One is “Starting Right With Poultry.” It’s by G. T. Klein. The book is from the 1970s. Anyways, one thing that I found interesting is that this book recommended that (back then,) you feed chick scratch for the chick’s first three days and then you...
  5. MarlyMonster

    What to feed quails and Muscovy ducks?

    Hi lovely people! Newbie here! I’ll be hatching some little ones for a personal research experiment and while I’ve gotten pretty far on reading about how to hatch babies, I’m not sure on what to feed them once they hatch! I’m hatching quails and Muscovy ducks, so I’d like to know what people...
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  6. N

    Medicated feed, is it ever too late?

    My chicks are now 3 weeks old and I started them on non-medicated feed. I am now considering switching them to medicated. The medicated vs. non-medicated debate aside, would starting them 3 weeks in offer any benefit? They have not been introduced to the outside area yet, other than some dirt I...
  7. Belbris

    Recommendations on feed to move to after chick starter

    Hi, We have 2 australorp chicks, just over 4 weeks old. We are currently feeding them the Lauke medicated chick starter. The packet says to feed it until 6 weeks, and then "from 6 weeks of age until point of lay feed “Pullet Grower MP” or “Red Hen Pullet”" In my reading I've seen that...
  8. strangeanimal

    what do you do if no chicken-or chickfeed is available thread

    Hi , I had the idea this could help out many if we just shared some info about how we manage to still keep our flock fed well when we either ran out and the shop is too far or they also ran out or you get unexpected new life and it is a holiday when the shops are closed etc . so upon request...
  9. M

    Feeding 4 week old chicks

    Hello! Our opringtons and plymouth rock chicks are a few days over 4 weeks old and have had nothing but chick starter. I got some chick grit, baby cake, and chick stick to start with them. I've read about people starting to feed their chicks table scraps at this age. Is that ok? Because...
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