Can’t Find Chick Grit!

[hsk1977]

Hi all! I have new babies that are now 5 days old. (I’m already in love!) We got our first flock in 2020, and this is just the second time I’ve had babies. I feel like a newbie all over again! LOL

I currently have paper towels over the pine shavings in their brooder but would like to add grit before I have them directly on the pine shavings. Unfortunately, I am having the hardest time finding chick grit. All of the stores I’ve checked have been sold out for the last week or so.

I have a bag of poultry grit and threw a little in my blender but am still not sure if I got it small enough. Will they eat pieces that are too big for them? Should I just wait and keep looking? I may have to just order online but it will be Thursday before Amazon would deliver.

 

[LaFleche]

You can use sand, it works for baby chicks.

 

[rosemarythyme]

If you have a sieve sift out whatever you got there and give them the smallest bits. You're looking for pieces approximately this size:

 

[hsk1977]

If you have a sieve sift out whatever you got there and give them the smallest bits. You're looking for pieces approximately this size:
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Thank you! That’s what I will do.

 

[ColoradoChicken89]

Yeah I was also struggling to find the tiny chick grit! Its very strange. But I just got normal grit (think it's just a mix of sizes), and then took a rock hammer too the medium to large pieces lol. Put it through a sieve and tossed the too big pieces back in the bag once I had enough.

I don't need much though as mine though, as they really only get a tiny bit with a single meal worm each, for 7 chicks, and no bedding (other than potty pads that they leave alone)... so it might be tedious if someone needed more.