Feed foulup HELP PLEASE

[PirateGirl]

Yes yes, but... if she plants it, she can have that all the time

Depending on the part of the world the OP lives in

 

[jvls1942]

feed up the scratch until you get the regular feed. they won't starve in that little time.
OP said she was short on funds. canned cat food is not cheap.
I don't recall how many chickens they have
If it is just a couple, then ad some oatmeal .
.......jiminwisc......

 

[Lilalienangel]

Thanks so much. Those are some good ideas. My husband is sweet. He bought me 2 bags. I'll be seeing if I can trade a bag for starter. The open bag I'll supplement worth mackerel for now. I bet my chickens are going to like this mistake. I'll probably start some greens with the scratch. Thank you all very much.

 

[Kayla's Lunch]

What about adding Fertrell Nutri Balancer?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GSH6C2J/?tag=backy-20

 

[Lilalienangel]

So I went to go return it and realized I won't have enough for starter after. So, I am thinking along the lines of adding things like dried peas and such to mix in and make my own starter mix and make it last longer. Fourtunatly I have access to most of the things I need bulk. Fish meal is a bit harder but I can get it. Does anyone have further recommendations of things to mix in that will help?? Thank you

 

[Lilalienangel]

I live in Idaho. I am wondering if I can start the greens in my garage and have a jungle for them by sping.

 

[Kiki]

My chickens needed food and since I was low on funds my husband offered to buy me food on his Amazon account. Well I got it today and he accidentally bought scratch! They ran out completly last night so I need food and don't have time to return it. My chicks are 9 weeks old and 9% protein I know won't cut it. What can I add to round out out?? If it helps I do ferment my seed. I have access to alot of oat meal. This is what I ended up getting.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006VGI3WE/?tag=backy-20

Just order a complete balanced chick food...it can't possibly take too long to arrive.

Feed this candy until the correct balanced feed arrives.
Be sure that grit is being offered or you are going to end up with more problems.

 

[Ebony Rose]

So I went to go return it and realized I won't have enough for starter after. So, I am thinking along the lines of adding things like dried peas and such to mix in and make my own starter mix and make it last longer. Fourtunatly I have access to most of the things I need bulk. Fish meal is a bit harder but I can get it. Does anyone have further recommendations of things to mix in that will help?? Thank you

Just order a complete balanced chick food...it can't possibly take too long to arrive.

Feed this candy until the correct balanced feed arrives.
Be sure that grit is being offered or you are going to end up with more problems.

If ordering the correct food is simply out of the question; you need to realize that by adding all of these things that are not chick starter, that your chicks will absolutely need grit to grind and digest these other food products.
You mention the possibility of adding dried peas, those are good, but only if they're small enough for the chicks to eat AND they outright taste better if cooked. Please do NOT served DRIED beans with that, as cooking beans neutralizes a natural toxin in them. If you have corn meal (or perhaps an old box of cornbread mix) that might make for a nice addition. In a previous post, you suggested using oatmeal to stretch the feed that you have... be advised that doing so will significantly reduce the overall protein since oatmeal only has about 5% protein.

 

[Lilalienangel]

I didn't know about the bean pea thing. Lentils don't fall in the bean category do they?? These aren't tiny babies they are almost 10 weeks so a little grinding should do the trick. They are eating the scratch chunks no problem. I was thinking along the lines of fish meal, hard red wheat, lentils, oat grout, kelp so on.. If I could round it out better I think I could make it last a long time. Homemade starter feed is possible; just s serious pain. I can't help but wonder how chicks who just follow around their mother and ready what she eats live. No one ever have special feed on the farms I grew up around. Never fear. These babies are spoiled so they have had grit from birth and they have my backyard now. Plus I still have chick grit that can be offered.

 

[Ginmary]

Some scrambled eggs would be a nice protein boost. They LOVE them.