feeding milk replacer to chicks?

[mtngrl812]

Has anyone heard of feeding milk replacer to chicks as a supplement? I worked for an old fella at a feed store in TX and he would occasionally go around and give the chicks some milk replacer and said it helped with them growing. Has anyone else done this?

 

[gritsar]

Never heard of it.

 

[OHGrandma]

It used to be that all the milk replacers were similar, made from milk and not medicated. Feeding that wouldn't be any different than giving chicks fresh milk, soured milk, cottage cheese, or yogurt. I haven't researched the medication in most calf milk replacers now, so I don't know if they would be harmful to chicks. I certainly would not give the replacer to the chicks until I researched that.

 

[BarefootMom]

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you can buy unmedicated milk replacer. it is cheaper than the medicated. I don't think the medicated would hurt the chicks though because my chickens used to always drink the leftover milk after feeding the bottle calves. they loved it!