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Rob Monroe
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- Dec 22, 2017
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No wonder they seem stunted. Corn and scratch grains lack the nutrition that growing chicks need. Only give starter from now on. They need a lot of protein to grow and develop their feathers. Poor nutrition means it will take much longer than usual to be able to sex these chicks. They are significantly delayed.I was feeding the chick food but my wife never dealing with chickens put the wrong food in one day and they ate around all the chick food for the cracked corn grain scratch mix so I still put the chick food in but they just eat around it and for heat source I have heat pads lined in floor does keep them pretty toasty what gets me is the lady told me the date and I knew looking it didn't add up but I really wanna get my sexing each chick down pretty good that's why I spread out my flock to bring in americauna chicks to
x2. And DON'T feed layer until they ARE laying. It will also stunt their growth.No wonder they seem stunted. Corn and scratch grains lack the nutrition that growing chicks need. Only give starter from now on. They need a lot of protein to grow and develop their feathers. Poor nutrition means it will take much longer than usual to be able to sex these chicks. They are significantly delayed.