chicapee
Songster
I'm thinking, if it's attracting flies, it's not fully fermented but merely wet feed....I've never seen a fly on any of my FF in the past 3 yrs. You did well by throwing that away. If the FF is so soupy that a chick can "dip" her beak in it, it's way too soupy for even adult birds to want to eat it readily...that's like drinking food instead of eating food. I'd suggest making it thicker, dryer.
Your chickens are never too young to remove the dry food for two days....many have done it and it was a complete success in regards to feeding FF. Contrary to what folks may believe, chickens are just not that fragile and just like any other creature, they will get hungry enough to eat whatever food is available eventually...they won't just sit there and starve, wasting away.
Some have had success by sprinkling some dry feed on top of the FF. Feeding FF works for millions of chickens out there all over the world and I can't imagine your chicks are any different.
I will try the sprinkling dry food on the top today. Thanks