chickenluver14
In the Brooder
- Jul 6, 2022
- 5
- 12
- 22
So I got these chicks around a week ago, and the supplies we ordered to raise them just came (feeder, waterer, proper chick food, more heat) however, in the meantime, I have been improvising by giving them grown chicken food and crushing it up with a hammer, and they seem to be eating it fine. What I'm concerned about is that the news feed is pretty large, and the chicks seem to try to pick it up in their beaks but mostly end up failing. I thought that they probably just weren't hungry, but when we had the old feed, it looked like they were eating all the time. Now they just sleep underneath the heat lamp, so I thought it was maybe some sort of energy preservation thing, but now now I am concerned. I don't want to crush up this new food because, on the bag, it didn't say anything of the sort, so maybe it's better to let them learn how to eat bigger food. Sorry if this was all over the place, I am just really concerned rn.
INFO:
Chicken age: 7 days old
New chick feed: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V8ZT8BD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
INFO:
Chicken age: 7 days old
New chick feed: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V8ZT8BD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1