My chicks are roughly 3wks old and have just finished their bag of Manna Pro Medicated Chick Starter. Yesterday I added in some of their new food Nutrena Nature Wise Chick Starter Grower 18% crumbles. The sales person who helped me pick out the new food told me that I would not need to feed them grit at all. I asked about giving treats and them eating grass and he still said that grit was not needed. He said that he raises chickens (for quite awhile) and gives his the same food. I have no issues with the feed but I don't understand what makes this food so wonderful that grit isn't needed.
This past Sunday I dug up a small piece of soil and let the chicks have it, although weirdly enough they didn't seem to care for it. I have gave them some hard boiled egg and tonight (between the 6 of them) had about a tsp of shredded cheese (they went crazy for it). I know I should not be giving them treats if they aren't getting grit so I'm hoping what the sales person told me is true.
I'm sure you see a lot about this topic and I apologize, but even though I've read a few things on this site about it and talked to people I'm still very confused on whether I need to give my chicks grit or not. I do know what grit does and why it's important though.
Thank you for any help you can provide,
Katie
This past Sunday I dug up a small piece of soil and let the chicks have it, although weirdly enough they didn't seem to care for it. I have gave them some hard boiled egg and tonight (between the 6 of them) had about a tsp of shredded cheese (they went crazy for it). I know I should not be giving them treats if they aren't getting grit so I'm hoping what the sales person told me is true.
I'm sure you see a lot about this topic and I apologize, but even though I've read a few things on this site about it and talked to people I'm still very confused on whether I need to give my chicks grit or not. I do know what grit does and why it's important though.
Thank you for any help you can provide,
Katie