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Hi Jacki,
The two babies are doing very well. I named them "Powder" and "Puff" I have them in my kitchen in a big tote with a heat lamp. They like to perch on the round thermometer I placed on the bottom to read the temp easily. Now they sit on it and I can't see the numbers! HA! How old were they on Sunday when I got them? I'm keeping the temp at 95 as if they were new hatches, is that right? Does humidity matter very much at this stage? I guess you can tell I'm new at this. HA! I have never raised chicks this small before. My silkies came to me at about 3 months old, so I missed all the beginning stuff. But I'm learning. Some people prefer medicated chick starter, others say not to use the medicated one. What is your opinion/experience in this?
Do you use the chick starter from the Mill you gave me directions to? What is it called?
Thanks so much for two precious babies.
I use medicated Starter/Grower I feed it to the birds until I get my first egg then I switch over to Layer. If I have any Starter/Grower or Grower left over when I get my first egg, I mix in the leftover feed with the Layer feed. I have never had any problems. The amprollium in the Starter helps in the chicks development in their resistance to cocci. It is sulfa based. There is only a problem eating the eggs layed by the birds that have had the medicated feed when they start to lay if you have any alergies to Sulfa.
