Grit Recommendations

[kh6234]

2 11 week old 4 17 week old pullets. What brand of grit is good? Adult or chick? I’m figuring adult but wanted to check. Are the Dumor and Manna Pro brands safe?

 

[Hanathehappyhen]

Manna Pro should be fine, but if your chickens have access to dirt and rocks they'll take care of finding their own grit.

 

[nuthatched]

All are safe, all are granite chips. If they have access to dirt, they're likely ok without it.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Brand doesn't matter. All it is in most cases is crushed granite. Any very hard rock should do fine.

This photo shows sizes. At 11 weeks they're probably between grower and layer size, and the 17 week olds should be on layer size. But you can see that each pile has a variety of sizes, so aiming for the largest size with some variance should be fine for the whole group.

 

[AmyRoach]

2 11 week old 4 17 week old pullets. What brand of grit is good? Adult or chick? I’m figuring adult but wanted to check. Are the Dumor and Manna Pro brands safe?

I am unsure of those brands, but you can tell it's Christmas time because I read that as "Gift recommendations" LOL not Grit. I was wondering what people were recommending as Christmas gifts in a chicken group. I am glad to see it is chicken related, but also disappointed

 

[nuthatched]

I am unsure of those brands, but you can tell it's Christmas time because I read that as "Gift recommendations" LOL not Grit. I was wondering what people were recommending as Christmas gifts in a chicken group. I am glad to see it is chicken related, but also disappointed

Chicken grit would be a winning white elephant gift

 

[kh6234]

Thank you! I haven’t got them yet, should have added that to my initial post. Getting them next week and trying to buy everything before i pick them up!

 

[Apis mellifera]

2 11 week old 4 17 week old pullets. What brand of grit is good? Adult or chick? I’m figuring adult but wanted to check. Are the Dumor and Manna Pro brands safe?

Im sure both those brands are fine. I didnt care for Dumor because it looked more like shards of rock. Anytime I processed chickens, the gizzards always have smooth round pebbles. So I use tube sand. You can get 60# tube sand that has lots of small pea size pebbles. They'll dust bath in it as well.

 

[Brooks_]

Either will be fine. They may not even need it with access to the ground in most cases. My environment is void of appropriate rock. It's cheap enough and doesn't spoil. I would offer it even if I had the right soil

 

[kh6234]

Brand doesn't matter. All it is in most cases is crushed granite. Any very hard rock should do fine.

This photo shows sizes. At 11 weeks they're probably between grower and layer size, and the 17 week olds should be on layer size. But you can see that each pile has a variety of sizes, so aiming for the largest size with some variance should be fine for the whole group.

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Thanks! They take what they need right? They won’t eat too much of it?