medicated feed and keets ?

[jwcloud]

Why cant they have med chick feed ? is it bad for them just dont know ?

 

[huntseat]

http://www.guineafowl.com/fritsfarm/guineas/

Per this site I feed mine a medicated turkey starter chow that I ordered for my turkeys, they are eating it up!

 

[R2elk]

Why cant they have med chick feed ? is it bad for them just dont know ?

It is okay to feed keets medicated feed as long as the feed has a sufficient protein content. Turkey and game bird starter is typically 26 -30% protein. Chick starter can be found as high as 23% protein but typically has only 18 - 20% protein. I did find one variety of chick starter that only had 16% protein. Feeding keets too low of a protein is bad for their internals development. Getting off to a poor start will follow them throughout their life. You just can't make up later for deficiencies caused in the first 2 to 4 weeks of their life.

Read the Raising Guinea Fowl 101 thread and pay particular attention to the posts made by PeepsCa. She explains about keet nutrition needs in post #78.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/312682/raising-guinea-fowl-101/70#post_6651064

 

[jwcloud]

OK will do thank y'all so much