Classroom Incubation- Japan

[chiques chicks]

Everything you listed is high protein. I use chick food. Remember, they don't digest food like mammals, if you are giving them raw food, they need some sort of grit. A small handful of dirt can work.

 

[HiyokoInNippon]

Everything you listed is high protein. I use chick food. Remember, they don't digest food like mammals, if you are giving them raw food, they need some sort of grit. A small handful of dirt can work.

Yup, that is why I chose only soft things that need no chewing so they won't need grit for the first day or so. In an effort not to count my chickens before they hatch, I'm not ordering the feed until at least one has hatched. The food should get here 2-3 days after.

 

[chiques chicks]

They can survive the first couple days without food. They absorb the yolk sack for nutrition. That is why they can ship day olds without food or water.

 

[HiyokoInNippon]

I know ^^ I just love feeding things/people. Plus, it never hurts to give them a head start.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

The chicks won't want to eat much for the first day or two after hatching. Their first meal is actually the egg yolk that was absorbed in the final days of incubation.

The best meal is chick start as it is carefully formulated for the proper balance of protein (18%) vitamins and minerals.

What you are offering is good for snacks, but their main diet should be a good quality chick starter.

LofMc


ETA: I see others have responded already...didn't flip to the last page until it posted. I wouldn't worry about any snacks, just offer water the first couple of days. You can order a small bag of chick food since you don't know how many may hatch. Whatever hatches will eat the food, it may just get eaten more quickly or less quickly depending upon how many hatch. You can make that decision closer to day 17, the last day you candle.

 

[Free Feather]

I give hatched chicks scrambled egg when they are two days old. Raw and cooked eggs is something I give chicks a couple times a week because they love it so much, same with adults.

 

[HiyokoInNippon]

The chicks won't want to eat much for the first day or two after hatching. Their first meal is actually the egg yolk that was absorbed in the final days of incubation.

The best meal is chick start as it is carefully formulated for the proper balance of protein (18%) vitamins and minerals.

What you are offering is good for snacks, but their main diet should be a good quality chick starter.

LofMc


ETA: I see others have responded already...didn't flip to the last page until it posted.  I wouldn't worry about any snacks, just offer water the first couple of days. You can order a small bag of chick food since you don't know how many may hatch. Whatever hatches will eat the food, it may just get eaten more quickly or less quickly depending upon how many hatch. You can make that decision closer to day 17, the last day you candle.

It only comes in one size, 10 kilos or so. My resources are a lot bit slim here. I will be ordering the food as soon as I see a pip though. Worse comes to worse and I throw it to the birds *shrug*. I am going to wait for at least one external pip though. And, shipping here is FAST.

I give hatched chicks scrambled egg when they are two days old. Raw and cooked eggs is something I give chicks a couple times a week because they love it so much, same with adults.

Raw eggs? Sounds a bit risky in terms of creating egg eaters.

 

[Free Feather]

It only comes in one size, 10 kilos or so. My resources are a lot bit slim here. I will be ordering the food as soon as I see a pip though. Worse comes to worse and I throw it to the birds *shrug*. I am going to wait for at least one external pip though. And, shipping here is FAST.
Raw eggs? Sounds a bit risky in terms of creating egg eaters.

I have never had a hen eat her own eggs. They wait for me to give one to them.

 

[HiyokoInNippon]

Sweet! I just remember reading a bunch of strongly worded posts about egg eaters so I was surprised to hear you went raw. Good to know!

 

[chiques chicks]

Just curious how your hatch is going.,