chicken grit for 3/4 week old chicks???

[marie24248]

TSC was out of chick grit so I just bought chicken grit.I thought I could just take a hammer to it to make it smaller. Will that be ok?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Is that 3 to 4 weeks old or 3/4 of a week old?

They need to be about 7-9 weeks for adult grit.

If you are only feeding chick starter, they don't necessarily need grit.

Plus, insoluble grit probably would be too hard to break up with a hammer.

 

[marie24248]

Sorry between 3-4 weeks old

 

[ChickenCanoe]

At 4 weeks, you can offer #3 grit but #2 would be better. There are smaller pieces in there already. Sprinkle some on the ground.