Grit !!!!

[Iveta]

this is the one i have https://www.google.com/search?q=pou...rome..69i57.4869j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
- its purple little stones inside and my hens don't like it; would still go for my decorative marble stone shavings and crushed shells. So today I crushed oyster shells for the layers myself; the joke about the duck-they would literally just eat mud )

 

[rosemarythyme]

oh ! I am certain the 'poultry grit' I buy here and the one you have given to your 2 day old chick is two different things then .By Size compatibility

Yes, very likely. I have 3 sizes of grit on hand. Chick grit is on left, then grower/pullet middle, large adult on right:

The chicks get grit as soon as I get them home, and by roughly 6-8 weeks (depending on their size) they transition to the middle size. I keep pullet and adult grit available after that.

 

[Iveta]

Yes, very likely. I have 3 sizes of grit on hand. Chick grit is on left, then grower/pullet middle, large adult on right:
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The chicks get grit as soon as I get them home, and by roughly 6-8 weeks (depending on their size) they transition to the middle size. I keep pullet and adult grit available after that.

Totally! now I am convinced

 

[BawkBawk79]

I have 10 week old chicks, how much grit should I give them since I am giving them little treat like meal worms.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I have 10 week old chicks, how much grit should I give them since I am giving them little treat like meal worms.

Just have a dish or cup of it somewhere and they'll take what they need. At 10 weeks they're past chick grit, so pullet/small adult grit would be optimal.

 

[Iveta]

Totally! now I am convinced

I have 10 week old chicks, how much grit should I give them since I am giving them little treat like meal worms.

 

[K0k0shka]

jokes aside I think it's too early at 2 weeks they should be getting some starter food, if the gamebird needs calcium so bad I would crush and grind small oyster shell or marble chip myself. I give that to my hen

Grit is not given for calcium. It's for grinding up tougher foods.

 

[Iveta]

Hi!I have a 10 week old too loves to chase and eat flies(for the sport I suspect), occasionally gets meal warms too; ..
another member posted this photo guide as grit planning: I tried reposting this guideline for you, as I wasn’t sure to whom you are addressing your question:
‘ to the left is the grits that should be given to chicks, as early as few days old or as soon as those chicks reach home, middle for growing chicks/ young pullets and right for young adults to grown adults. ‘

 

[Iveta]

Grit is not given for calcium. It's for grinding up tougher foods.

Really?

 

[K0k0shka]

Really?

Yes. Eggshell or oyster shell for calcium. Grit (rocks) for the gizzard to grind. Because chickens don't have teeth to chew with.