Mine didn't like the whole oats at first either. So I left them in the feeder until they cleaned it up they didn't get any more feed. The next night they LOVED the oats and ate them first. LOL I'm such a mean momma.
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Check out my thread, I have detailed daily ff feed amounts for 18 CX chicks from day 1 to 4 weeks (so far), I know its a different breed and number of chicks, but it'll give you an idea of where to start. I fermented 4C of crumbles in an ice cream tub to start.Read this entire thread (whew!)
I am getting 25 FRs and 5 GLW chicks in a month and would like to start them on FF.
I don't want to ferment too much, or too little; can anyone give an approximate of how much to start?
I plan on starting with crumbles, and possibly switching to grains (I have a mostly full bag of cracked corn I was given) once they are old enough.
Thanks for any advice!
I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in, but I'll go ahead and throw in my 2cents: corn raises the body temp because it's a lot of work to digest. Fermented foods are easier to digest in general (the beneficial bacteria in the ferment pre-digest the food and make all the nutrients more available) so fermented corn should not raise the body temp as much as hard corn kernels.I heard its not good to feed scratch to chickens during the summer sense the corn raises the body temp, does it not do the same when its fermented?