Percentage of chick vs layer feed?

[MinnPeeps]

I have a few 13 to 15 week old girls. I introduce some 7 month old young ladies. I need to feed both of them. What percentage of chick vs layer feed should I start with. I know too much calcium can be dangerous to young chick. I don't want my young ladies to suffer with not having enough calcium. Any advice will help. Thanks.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Better to feed strictly chick feed and supplement calcium on the side, until the younger ones are at/near POL.

 

[MinnPeeps]

That sounds great. I just looked into my layer feed, found lots of bugs. I'll trash it. Thanks for you quick reply. Have a great night.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hi, great question! I have a mixed flock, 21 birds with only 7 layers at the moment. Some are too old to lay (and will soon be culled to the freezer), others are molting, and there's one rooster. In order not to have to worry about that calcium question, we feed everybody an all-flock formula (no calcium) and provide oyster shell (OS) separately in a side feeder. The layers help themselves to the OS as needed, the others ignore it. No worries.

 

[mossyoakpro]

That sounds great. I just looked into my layer feed, found lots of bugs. I'll trash it. Thanks for you quick reply. Have a great night.

I had the same problem....I took my bug riddled feed and gave it to the local wild turkey population. They love it!!

 

[igorsMistress]

I would suggest the chick feed for all with oyster shell left out for the layers.