Eating food off the ground?

[Jodi Greiner]

i have my chicks outside in a chicken tractor, and earlier today the knocked over their food onto the wet ground. Would that still be safe for them to eat? How quickly does that food mold?

 

[kaythlin]

Do you feed them crumble if so it's fine my chicks throw it in the mud all the time it's totally safe

If it is crumble it's fine it won't mold easily just clean it up like in 3 days if they don't like it

 

[junebuggena]

It will be fine. Takes at least a few days for it to start to go bad.

 

[Jodi Greiner]

Do you feed them crumble if so it's fine my chicks throw it in the mud all the time it's totally safe

If it is crumble it's fine it won't mold easily just clean it up like in 3 days if they don't like it

What is the difference between chick starter and crumble?

 

[Mary's Backyard Chickens]

It'll be perfectly safe.

 

[Jodi Greiner]

It will be fine. Takes at least a few days for it to start to go bad.

Thank you.

 

[Jodi Greiner]

What is the difference between chick starter and crumble?

Thank you.

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome! As everyone said, it's fine.
Chick starter is the type of feed, different than layer, for example.
Crumble is the consistency of the feed. Mash is very fine, pellets are pressed and much larger, and crumble is crushed pellets, so in between the other two. Mary

 

[Jodi Greiner]

Welcome! As everyone said, it's fine.
Chick starter is the type of feed, different than layer, for example.
Crumble is the consistency of the feed. Mash is very fine, pellets are pressed and much larger, and crumble is crushed pellets, so in between the other two. Mary

Thank you Mary