Crushing food for Serama chicks?? NEED INFO

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

I read on a site that you should crush baby Serama's crumble? Does anyone else do this for their Serama's? I don't want to kill my poor baby by feeding it food that is to big for him!

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Any Serama owners???? I have a baby eating crumbles and I need to know if I should be crushing it up for him. Thanks much!

 

[LuannKeller]

I do run my baby food through the blender when they are very young. The larger Serama born to C size birds or larger do fine with regular chick start crumbles, but the ones born to A size birds are so small that the food is too big - so I grind it down to a smaller crumble, but I don't make it dust.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Thank you! I was worried about her/him. Mine was born from C size but it looks so little! Have any idea the weight of a C size chick or the weight they would do ok without grinding it up?

 

[tiki244]

I watched mine and they look like they were having trouble picking it up in their beaks so I smushed their food for them till they got older,,,,,,,,,if I didnt think they were eating enough I would fix scrambled egg and give them a little to give them a boost

 

[LuannKeller]

When you put some rolled oats (oatmeal) and crushed corn in with starter and grind it for a few seconds in the coffee grinder they LOVE it. The only problem is as they get older they also love to dust bath in it...when they have their wing feathers I stop crusing it for them. If you ave an extra tiny baby that seems to have little interest in eating, mix some crushed food (including oatmeal) in a bottle cap with warm water. They love it and you can give that a few times a day until they are stronger. I learned this from watching my best broody girls - they make soup and the kids love it (I hate it because I'm left changing waters constantly!)