Chick grit

[mazdacrzy]

This issue probably has already been discussed, but help a new guy out. From my first hatching ever I got 2 cute little golden comets, they are a little over a week old now and I was wondering at what age do you introduce grit into their diets. Thanks, Nicola

 

[Teach97]

when you are giving them whole or cracked grains anything that is not a mash or crumble feed

 

[sandspoultry]

we don't until they go outside with the rest of the flock. I used to put house bird grit in with the chick starter, one day we ran out and there wasn't any difference so we quit using it. Some times the start n grow we get from southern states is ground kind of course for just hatched so we run that thru a blender to grind it up finer for the first couple weeks.

Steve in NC

 

[hinkjc]

Most packaged chicken feed already has grit in it. Start n Grow is one of those feeds which includes grit. You don't need to add additional grit unless you're giving a lot of treats or other feeds that don't have grit in it.

 

[mazdacrzy]

Thanks for your replies. I was wanting to start feeding them some treats after week two or three. Right now all they are eating is the starter/grower feed from tsc.