Small Farm
Chirping
What formula do you prefer/use?
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I heard kaytees is a bad brand of formula as it stunts chicks
That's interesting. I only hand-fed my quaker for a week or so before he was weaned, but the breeder I got him from told me Kaytee would be fine. But looking around I do see some people saying not to use it. Mostly because they say they have issues with it clumping (that didn't happen to me), but I did see one place saying that they had baby birds die and said it was caused by the Kaytee. However they never posted anything to back that up, that's just what they said happened. So I don't know. And there are plenty of ways you can accidentally kill a bird while handfeeding if you prepare the formula improperly that have nothing to do with the formula itself.
And then I've also found several pages, like this one, with breeders that say it is their preferred hand feeding formula.
I've used it with no issues, but there are some people out there saying there are problems with it.
Honestly I would think any of the formula choices would be fine. Kaytee was the first one and has been used for many years, but the newer ones are all used successfully by many people too.
When my mom got her quaker 18 years ago he was near weaned but the breeder told her to handfeed him...well spoon feed him jiffy mix hes still here lol
Kaytee seems to be the most recommended. It's what I used when I handfed my Quaker parrot and is also what I use whenever I need to tube feed a chicken.