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  1. 6-Hens-and-Me

    What do you feed your quail and chicken Chicks?

    Hello everyone! I was curious, what do you all feed your chicks? Quail chicks as well as chicken chicks. I would usually feed my quail chicks 27% protein and I can’t get a hold of my usual chick crumb for the chicken chicks, so I was wondering if 27% would be too much for their kidneys to...
  2. RoosterJuice

    Can I mix medicated and non-medicated chick starter?

    Hello all, I incubated local eggs and bought non-medicated chick starter for the chicks. They hatched 3 days ago and three have died so I started doing more research about the feed. I want to switch to medicated feed but I have this massive bag of non-medicated? Can I mix it? Or should I save...
  3. picklepat

    What to supplement feed with for newly hatched ducklings and poults?

    I'm fairly new to having backyard poultry, only for about a year and a half. I bought my first chicks from TS in September 2020. They told me to feed them chick starter, which I did and all was fine but they did not recommend any other type of supplements, vitamins or electrolytes. When the...
  4. Diveks

    Day old chick don’t like starter any advice?

    Hello, in my previous thread i had an incubating issues where one of my bators had heating issues where it kept dropping in temperature. Well i also lost a lot of eggs from shipping issues and only had one hatch out. Don’t worry this week some more should hatch out from a different batch, im not...
  5. meepANDpeep

    Baby Quail Feed -- Can someone look at what I'm feeding my baby quail and tell me if it's okay?

    I blended my baby quails a feed with the following ingredients into small/fine bits: 1. Manna Pro Organic Starter Crumble Complete Feed - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I41XZP4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This wasn't enough protein, so I created my own formula and...
    • meepANDpeep
    • Thread
    • chick insects protein food quail starter starter birds starter feed
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Quail
  6. C

    Newborn Chicks But No Starter!

    Could really use the help! I was brooding a couple of hens and our first chick hatched today! I went to the feed store to get starter but they won't have any for 2 more days. Looked everywhere and couldn't find any. I know I should've definitely not waited until the chick was born, but here we...
  7. Pictorhens

    Supplying eggs UK

    Hi, Currently I have a few backyard hens which produce lots of eggs, but I’m looking to expand my flock a bit further to maybe start supplying the eggs to local cafes in my area. I understand this is the beginning of straying away from backyard chickens... but I think its a step in the right...
  8. mpoland33

    HEALTHY FEED

    Hello everyone. I live in Frederick County, MD and am looking for some advice. My wife wants organic chickens but knows price wise we likely wont be able to afford that. So our best option is to get as close as possible. We will be getting started pullets I found this Non-GMO feed at a farm...
  9. A

    My duck is suddenly sick!

    For the past week I have had two new ducklings. I am new at this and getting the ducks was very sudden. They have been good and I have not had any cause for concern, until today. I have been feeding them my own duck food because nowhere sold any duckling starter crumbs. So I found a recipe...
    • AnnaDuck22
    • Thread
    • chick crumb duck duck food duckling help sick starter
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Ducks
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