baby chic feed

[vizslamom]

Hi Everyone,
New to the site and chickens. What I would like to know is what is medicated baby chic food. Went to buy a new bag of food and the lady said Medicated or not.....I said no...hope that's right . Can someone explain
Thanks

 

[amishhippie]

Welcome! I'm not exactly sure what is in medicated feed, if it's just vitamins and minerals or if it has actual antibiotics in it, but I didn't use it. I got seven chicks from tractor supply and three from a hatchery, local, that I later found. All of my chicks grew healthy and fast with regular old chick feed. I personally feel that the proper temperature, adjusted as they grow, clean food and most importantly clean fresh drinking water is much more important than medicated feed. I don't baby my birds I figure they are just that birds, the wild ones don't have it as good as they do and the wild ones seem to survive. Don't know if this helps or not but in my opinion I wouldn't feed medicated feed. Good luck, they'll be fine if you follow your gut.

 

[boskelli1571]

Hi Everyone,
New to the site and chickens. What I would like to know is what is medicated baby chic food. Went to buy a new bag of food and the lady said Medicated or not.....I said no...hope that's right . Can someone explain
Thanks

There is an article on this site entitled 'coccidiosis & medicated feed' by punkinpeep, that explains more elegantly than I can, what's in med. feed. Sue

 

[All Henned Up]

Welcome and enjoy!
Steve.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

The medicated feed has a small amount of an anti-coccidial drug such as amprolium in it to help prevent coccidiosis (doesn't always work though).

I don't feed medicated but do end up having to treat for cocci a lot when rearing chicks. I feed organic.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome to BYC! Medicated Chick feed usually has amprolium in it to help prevent coccidia outbreaks in chicks. Here is an article from the BYC Learning Center on coccidia. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coccidiosis-how-to-treat-it

 

[Teri Metcalf]

Greetings from Texas! Best wishes with your chicks.

 

[amishhippie]

Thanks for the link, I didn't know that about medicated feed, but always knew that fresh clean water was a necessity.

 

[drumstick diva]

no matter how much clean water you give them, you'll still find them drinking from their favorite muddy puddles.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Happy you joined!