And in the USA, 'medicated feed' should mean the chick starter including amprolium, which is NOT an antibiotic, rather a thiamin blocker, which at the low levels fed inhibits the growth of coccidia, an intestinal parasite that can kill chicks if it's present in high enough levels in their environment.
Some properties have problems with this, and others don't. How do you know? Sick and dying chicks, never good.
And farm store staff may or may not know much of anything about chickens!
About table scraps; in moderation, great, leaving out high salt or sugary stuff, for example.
Here, with forty or so birds, at least, table scraps are about non-existent! We eat the stuff, and cooking extra for the birds is not going to happen.
Mary
Some properties have problems with this, and others don't. How do you know? Sick and dying chicks, never good.
And farm store staff may or may not know much of anything about chickens!
About table scraps; in moderation, great, leaving out high salt or sugary stuff, for example.
Here, with forty or so birds, at least, table scraps are about non-existent! We eat the stuff, and cooking extra for the birds is not going to happen.
Mary