Three week old chick Advice needed please💜

[Shellybob]

I prefer a chick crumble for at least the first few weeks simply because it's easy to digest - if you wet a crumb, it dissolves into mush in seconds. The crumble I use is Payback Hatch to Hen which is an all flock type feed, not strictly a starter, but still appropriate for chicks and the crumb is fine enough that chicks can easily eat it.

Your chicks are at the age (3-4 weeks) that I would start to offer Scratch & Peck starter, fermented, so not sure I'd bother switching at this point especially if they like eating it but yes definitely provide chick grit to help with digestion. You might want to look into fermenting, or consider serving it moist/wet, as chickens are notorious for picking out favorite bits from whole grain mash feeds such as Scratch & Peck which means 1) food waste and 2) they may not be eating the entire contents of the feed, which can lead to poor nutritional intake, especially if they're skipping the powdery fines at the bottom of the bowl which contains vitamins, minerals, protein.

Thank you so very much. My gut tells me this is the case with her. I added the grit and will definately be taking this advice!