- Apr 20, 2014
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I will be getting baby chicks at the end of this month and they will be introduced to the flock after they are fully feathered,I will have them in the same pen with a wire fence separating chicks from existing older flock(they are 6 months old), that will only be temporary,so what I have read is I can either feed my whole flock the starter feed that the babies will be eating or the all flock with a side of oyster shells...?...is that correct? will the babies still get all the nutrition from the all flock as they would the starter and then the grower? also I never thought about my roos eating the layer feed both the hens and roos have eaten the same thing from day one and everyone seems healthy and happy,my flock I have now are only 6 months old.and that is how long I have been raising chickens,really nervous about this winter will they be cold we mainly just have cold air not so much snow, ice sometimes,i am in hot springs Arkansas,also my hens have been laying since they were 4 months old and I have 1 that lays a double yolker almost every week..is that a good thing?