Grit for chicks???

[chickenfever]

What kind of grit do I feed my chicks? They are 2 weeks old and I want to start to feed them some treats, but I can only find chicken grit which says not to give to them until 10 weeks old. Is there such a thing as chick grit?

 

[BJ]

Yes, you can get Chick Grit at Tractor Supply.

 

[coffeelady3]

I went to the pet store and got some grit that is sold for small birds. It seemed to work fine.

 

[pkeeler]

I fed mine parakeet grit.

 

[pkeeler]

I should have added to check the label and avoid any products with oyster shell.

 

[chickenfever]

Thanks, I had checked one pet store for grit and the woman had no idea what grit even was. I will check around to other pet stores.

 

[spottedtail]

At feed stores grit is sold in #1, #2 and #3 sizes.
#1 is smallest and suitable for small chicks.

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[chickenfever]

Our local feed store has limited stock, they only had one kind of chicken grit, for older chickens. The only parakeet grit I found has oyster shell in it. What is the reason they shouldn't have this?

 

[pkeeler]

Too much calcium makes them have growing problems. This is why people avoid feeding layer pellets to chicks. The grit I got was basically coarse sand. Some people just find a clean source and take their bucket. Good luck, I found mine in a store where they said they didn't have it.

 

[Wildsky]

Mine never got grit.

At the time I started feeding treats, I gave them the treats in their outside run/tractor and they were fine.

I took them out in the morning once it warmed up - the scratched and did their thing, they got a couple of treats.... then came in at around 5-6pm to spend the night inside.