DAY OLD CHICKS-NO CHICK STARTER-HELP!

[tonkatuff]

My chicks came early & I only have layer pellets...I am running out to the feed store but is there ANYTHING I can give them until then?

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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If you are going to get feed today (within the next few hours) I wouldn't sweat it, just put some water in there for them and go get feed - they won't perish before ya get back.

meri

 

[geareduplyn]

Oatmeal. Not the instant kind though. Just plain old Quaker Rolled Oats.

 

[ncgnance]

How far is it to the feed store? They should be just fine until you get back, unless the store is 2 days away. Chicks will be fine for 2 or 3 days.

 

[Hens_And_Chicks]

Yep - put the water in their brooder, dip their beaks to accustom them to the water and get them drinking and they will be just fine without food for even another day.

You're good - stop panicking now

 

[buckeye chickens]

a boiled egg mashed up will work .

 

[enola]

scrambled eggs should keep them happy until you get chick starter

 

[geareduplyn]

When I was younger we stared all our chicks on rolled oats and gradually weaned them over to the home ground starter feed mix we used. The oatmeal is a good thing to know in case of an emergency such as tonkatuff has.

 

[tonkatuff]

THANKS EVERYONE! So they were fine by the time I got back but boy were they excited about that chcik feed! These are my 1st "baby babies" as last year i bought them when they were a few weeks old already... so worried I'll lose some... they are a mixed flock and one breed(delawares) is much bossier than the others, pecking & trampling some of the others! They keep it up & they will be 4-sale!