Temporary food for my growing chicks.

[Ihavesomechickens]

I have five 11 week old chicks, four pullets and one rooster, and I just ran out of chick starter for them . We have some flock raiser ordered from TSC, but they don’t normally get around to delivering it for at least a week ( we ordered it yesterday.). Is there anything I can feed them until it gets here? We’ve been giving them some table scraps but I’m worried it won’t be enough. Any advice would be highly appreciated.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Does your TSC not have any chick feed in stock? You can substitute with meatbird crumbles, starter/grower, duck crumbles, or whatever, so long as it doesn't contain more than 1.5% calcium.

If you're worried about going into the store, I know the ones in PA are doing curbside pickup.

I wouldn't feed only table scraps for a week. Human foods are really high in salt, which can cause heart problems in chickens.