Organic chick starter

[ctfd85157]

I just bought a bag of organic 20% chick starter. The bag says to only use until they are 21 days old, mine are 5 weeks (I did not see the small print before I bought the bag) but I have seen on here that 20% is good to feed until they are laying age. What are your thoughts, will it be okay, or should I exchange it for something else?

 

[HighStreetCoop]

They'll be fine with it. You can always mix it with grower if you want to start transitioning them over.

 

[ctfd85157]

That is what I was hoping to hear. Thank you very much

 

[RJSorensen]

I seldom transform from one feed to the other without an overlapping period in which I would mix the old with the new. I don't normally transition until six weeks of age anyway. It is hard to judge how much your chicks will consume and how long something will last. I never throw any feed away, I always have been able to mix it in. Patience is something I do not have, at least not much of it. But chickens has taught me to use some of it, patience, and let time expend any feed that is found to be around, at the time a new type is recommended. So a little every day will over time use it up, and mix it in without putting a spanner in the works.

The rules are, after all just guidelines and not the end of anything. Common sense, time and patience work hand in hand in bird keeping. Best to you and your birds,

RJ