can baby chicks eat chick crum ???

[Daniel_2kaii9]

hey, today my first baby chicken hatched

can i feed baby chicks and ducklings chick crum from about day 2 ?

and would i have to crush it up into like powder ?

thanks

~Daniel~

 

[Nostalchic]

I have ground my chick crumbles a little finer - with a quick whirl in a food processor - for the first few days, not as fine as a powder, but I don't really think it was necessary; they seem to pick up the larger pieces and eat them without any problem. If you are feeding them grit, though, you will want something smaller than the regular poultry grit - you can give them coarse sand or parakeet grit (comes in a little box at pet stores).