Are my ladies ready to transition to All Flock?

[The Yardbird Life]

Bought these 6 pullets August 1, 2025. The Speckled Sussex were 'Premium pullets', the Gold Lace Wyandotte's were 'Pullets." Sussex was a fair amount and quite noticeably older than the GLW's. I assume a "Premium" just means they were older and maybe more identifyable from a sexing standpoint? Even though they STILL got one wrong.

I don't have a firm grasp on how old these birds were at purchase but as of today, we've had them 49 days or 7 weeks. The photo of the little bitties was at 2 days in our possession for scale.

Anyway, my 40# bag of Nutrena Medicated Starter is near gone and my intention is to make their grown up feed the Nutrena All Flock. Seems it would be appropriate to Integra the 2 together before going straight All Flock so if they are ready for the next step, I'd like to do it soon before I run out of Starter.

Are they ready?

They already have an Oyster Shell calcium mix available though it appears they're don't have the desire yet. It'll be there when they are.

Okay to make the change or is there a good reason to wait it out some more?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Better to start a bit early in my view. switch now they should be fine.

 

[FrostRanger]

You can switch anytime, chick starter and all flock are nearly the same formulation in many brands and they can be used interchangeably

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

I switch my chicks to all-flock at age 7 weeks.

 

[The Yardbird Life]

Cool beans! Thanks for the affirmation! Off to buy some All Flock at TSC.