So far my mixed flock of 5 chicks is growing like crazy. They soon will move to the outdoors, and hopefully live in a safe enclosure.
They are currently finishing the last of the medicated starter into which I mixed the unmedicated new feed over the last 3 feedings. It is probably not necessary, but I am all for slow transitions.
I have moved to give the chicks mush in the evening 'about the consistency of oatmeal'. First when the temps had dropped like a rock and they were little, I prepared it with warm water, now, that we are rivaling the surface of the sun it's made with cool water.
When the feeders with the dry feed run low I take the top off, and sprinkle grit over it. Naturally, they jump in, dust bathe and scratch the feed out.
So they have been getting grit, so I have started to give them greens in the morning. Kohlrabi leaves, Swiss Chard, and this morning I tried baby carrots and sugar snap peas I chopped up.
Am I preparing them ok for life as a chicken?
They are currently finishing the last of the medicated starter into which I mixed the unmedicated new feed over the last 3 feedings. It is probably not necessary, but I am all for slow transitions.
I have moved to give the chicks mush in the evening 'about the consistency of oatmeal'. First when the temps had dropped like a rock and they were little, I prepared it with warm water, now, that we are rivaling the surface of the sun it's made with cool water.
When the feeders with the dry feed run low I take the top off, and sprinkle grit over it. Naturally, they jump in, dust bathe and scratch the feed out.
So they have been getting grit, so I have started to give them greens in the morning. Kohlrabi leaves, Swiss Chard, and this morning I tried baby carrots and sugar snap peas I chopped up.
Am I preparing them ok for life as a chicken?
