MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

You need to do the best you can with what you have available. Sometimes the "best" solution just isn't available to you. The chicks and Mary will do fine on those feeds.

Thanks Bob.

I found this one which is unmedicated. You might have to scroll down.

 

[Ribh]

The opposite of my experience but you have moved many more than I have.

My hens have quit when I've moved them. This time I moved the hens in the box & had no issues. Weird.

 

[MaryJanet]

Yikes! I'm always learning how little I know. My girls are mostly sitting on booted bantam eggs. I was working on 21 days to hatch, which fitted in nicely to a weekend. Now I'll need to keep an eye out from Thursday on...

You are looking so much more professional than I am, MJ. I only got eggs because the rooster girl had them spare & I already had broodies sitting & I have always wanted to give Wrold a chance to raise babies. Seeing as those chicks will be here sooner than expected I'd better get some chick starter in!

With two failed hatches, I'm being excessively detailed.

 

[BY Bob]

Thanks Bob.

I found this one which is unmedicated. You might have to scroll down.

I love that protein count. 23%, that's excellent. That should work fine.

 

[BY Bob]

My hens have quit when I've moved them. This time I moved the hens in the box & had no issues. Weird.

No figuring them sometimes.

 

[BY Bob]

With two failed hatches, I'm being excessively detailed.

It's also your nature.

 

[MaryJanet]

It's also your nature.

True

 

[MaryJanet]

No figuring them sometimes.

I've found it takes a night or two on the roost and then the broodiness passes. Moving from nest to nest has not been a problem so far.

 

[MaryJanet]

I love that protein count. 23%, that's excellent. That should work fine.

Great! And I like buying from Laucke's because they were wiped out in the Pinery fires a few years back.

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks Bob.

I found this one which is unmedicated. You might have to scroll down.

That one certainly isn't short on protein!
That looks like a good feed. I would try that out for the field chicks if it was available here. It doesn't sate the calcium percentage but I'll assume it will be around 1%.
It's easy to get a bit carried away with what to feed chickens. People tend to project their values and food preferences onto the chicken which while understandable, may not prove to be whats best for the chicken.
What's important is:
Low calcium, 1% or less.
Sensibly high protein, 17% is adequate although I try to boost any protein deficient feed with fish and meat to a guestimated value of 18% or more.
What mum will let them eat. Easily overlooked, but some hens try to prevent their chicks from eating supplied feed as soon as they're out of the nest and foraging.
Particle size for obvious reasons. I've found particle size can still be an issue for grown hens.
Feed dry! Do not feed chicks mash unless you are going to have mash available 24/7. Chicks need the maximum nutrition from their feed and will drink what they feel they need. Most mashes are around 50% water and that is 50% less nutrition per feeding opportunity.
Don't worry! As soon as they leave the nest and run and forage, even in a garden assuming it's not just concrete and show grass, all those carefully calculated feeds become largely meaningless regarding precise nutrition.