Can you over feed chicks?

[djwingo]

i have 5 chicks 1 is a layer hen another is a dyed easter chick and 3 are german spitzhaubners just got 2 today they are in a tub w/ a heat lamp inside they are abt 2 and 3 weeks old and eating a TON!!!!

just today they have went through 2 full feeders already its a small round on with holes in top ok let me rephrase that just since i brought the 2 newest home at 2 this afternoon AM I FEEDING THEM TOO MUCH??

 

[chickiepooh]

I don't think you can feed them too much. They are growing! I know that you have to limit the feed on broilers because they grow so fast.

 

[allen wranch]

Unless they are broilers, baby chicks (and adults) need access to feed 24/7.

 

[BigR]

We keep fresh feed and water with ours around the clock.
When they were a few days old I'd get up and check on them sometimes 2 or 3 o'clock am and they would be awake playing around eating etc...

If they eat too much they just take a nap and then do it all over again.

 

[djwingo]

good to know because in 10 hrs they have went through 3 bowls {well the feeder full} of feed omg lil piggys

 

[keljonma]

Are you sure they're actually eating it and not just billing it out of the feeders?

If they are eating it... I read this recently:
A leghorn type chicken can eat 1/4 pound of feed per day.

 

[djwingo]

hmmm now only if i knew what a leghorn type is lol i have a dyed easter chick nc was just told she was a layer hen and one from the assorted pullets group nc again and 3 germen spitzhaubners but almost all of the food is eaten not much spilled