Grit

[Northern.Ontario]

Put your grit in a separate feeder

 

[Criticalicious]

That's the thing I'm afraid of..... they gobbling down too much grit and causes some sort of stomach issue which is why I just throw some on the ground spread around everyone once a week or so. Sometimes I sprinkle it onto their feed too.

I understand your line of thought, but it is unlikely to happen. They know how much they need. Baby chicks' gizzards are empty. In order to work properly, the gizzard needs to have plenty of grit. If your birds are gobbling down the grit when you offer it, then they don't have enough. That's a worse situation than having too much.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

You guys think I can use adult grit for chicks if I crushed them? I plan to put a hammer to them and crushed them to about half the size, anyone tried it before?

 

[aart]

You guys think I can use adult grit for chicks if I crushed them? I plan to put a hammer to them and crushed them to about half the size, anyone tried it before?

Did you see this?

I 'made' my own chick grit by sifting a 5# bag of regular grit from the feed mill thru a colander with 1/8" holes in it...yeah, tedious, but now I have a stash of chick grit.

I sprinkle some on a chunk of sod in the brooder the first week,
then out with cracked grain chick starter in their run.

http://www.jupefeeds-sa.com/documents/GraniteGrit.pdf.

 

[snow5164]

You guys think I can use adult grit for chicks if I crushed them? I plan to put a hammer to them and crushed them to about half the size, anyone tried it before?

Wear safety goggles and make us a video please , I bet you’ll last 3 minutes
It will be tedious work


I sift mine also as I need it

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

We use gravel as a base in my shed. By next spring the chickens will have eaten about 6 inches down and the top layer becomes dust great for taking dust baths. I don't buy grit, I buy dump truck loads of gravel. Never offer chicks grit, just sod clumps and a shallow dish of construction sand to mess around with.