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Alll in ALll at the 6 wek mark i am less than $70 into this project. and now all i am buying is food.
Sounds about right.
still using medicated starter... when should i switch by the way and when should i add grit or oyster shells.
As for the starter, 6-8 weeks or whenever you use it all up. It doesn't hurt 'em. You didn't ask, but in my opinion "brand name" feeds are not really any better than the locally milled stuff. You're just paying for the shipping and advertising.
I started giving mine oyster shell on day 2. I did sieve it through a tea strainer so it was really fine to begin with.
We have a dozen chickens and half-a-dozen ducks. We're picking up 6 chicks and 6 ducks from Ideal in about 3 weeks.