Newborn keets, medicated or non-medicated feed?

[Mrs. BJ Hensley Jr.]

I have new keets that just hatched yestrday. Should I give them medicated or non-medicated starter?

 

[ColbyNTX]

I feed mine the Purina medicated chick starter. Most of the time I change them to the Purina gamebird startena after a week or two to get them the higher protien they need. My feed store doesn't carry this in the medicated and thats why I start with the chick starter. They will do fine on either but I like the medicated for all my birds.

 

[MuranoFarms]

I mix the medicated chick starter with non medicated gamebird starter. If my feed store carried medicated gamebird starter I would use it.

 

[Mrs. BJ Hensley Jr.]

whats the diff. between non-medicated game starter and non-medicated chick starter?

 

[robin416]

Protein levels. Game feed is 26% and up, which is what keets should be started on.

I don't seem to have a problem with cocci so I never use medicated feed for anything. I do keep corrid to go in to the waterers just in case but have yet needed to use it.

 

[HyLinda]

Why give medicine to a bird that isn't sick?

 

[robin416]

In this case medicated means a feed that includes amprollium. Amprollium to help protect the young birds from an over load of cocci.

 

[ColbyNTX]

How are the keets doing and what are you feeding?

 

[mama2many]

Non medicated game bird starter. I have used that with all my babies and they are fine. In a pinch I will mix it or if I'm doing a mixed flock. Wishing you well-they are a delight.