Vitamins for chickens?

[Daniel1974]

Im wondering if anyone can give me any info on vitamins for my BYC? Im gonna run to TSC tomorrow and need the best vitamins for my Baby's. And i know you all know whats best for my birds so please help me out

 

[Folly's place]

A good balanced diet, with a mill date within one month, is all you need. Adding stuff to water can lead to poor drinking, not a good thing, and unnecessary.
Making a balanced ration at home is difficult and expensive, and again, unnecessary, if there's good stuff at your local feed stores.
Mary

 

[Chris2018]

As someone already said if your feeding a good compleat feed then there is no real reason to suplament.

Now if your mixing your feed then your going to need a vitamin/mineral pre-mix.

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

For my chicks I give them Poly-vi-Sol with no iron. You can get it at Safeway, and other drugstores.

 

[Chemguy]

I do this, too. The vitamins mentioned are in the pediatric vitamin section in the supermarket or drugstore. Some folk put up to 1 tsp (5 mL) per quart, but I supplement my flock's feed with plenty of greens and table scraps, so I only put in 1 tsp per gallon, every other time I fill up the 1 gallon waterer. My flock is fully grown.

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

(Listen to the chemist up there) I do that also, my waterer is 3 gallons, so I just suck up the supplement to the *1* line, and squirt it in. It works well, I actually think it saved my JG from Marek's,(he couldn't stand up) I fed him his baby food and used a dropper with the Poly-vi-sol in it, and one miracle day he started walking.

I do this, too. The vitamins mentioned are in the pediatric vitamin section in the supermarket or drugstore. Some folk put up to 1 tsp (5 mL) per quart, but I supplement my flock's feed with plenty of greens and table scraps, so I only put in 1 tsp per gallon, every other time I fill up the 1 gallon waterer. My flock is fully grown.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

If you're feeding a good brand of chick starter you don't need any vitamins fed through their water. If you're really concerned then a little finely chopped fresh green feed once a day that they can clean up in ten minutes or so will suffice. But water soluble vitamins are not necessary if your chick starter is fresh.

 

[Lisa Harmon]

I'm planning to start making my own feed (whole ingredients that I mix together myself) and was wondering if I should add a vitamin supplement for them. The recipe I got have a wide variety of nutritious wheat, nuts, and grains, but I'm new to chickens and don't want to lessen the egg production. Was looking at Avia Charge. What ya'll think?
http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/avia-charge-8-ounce/Poultry-Vitamins-Supplements

 

[horsefeathers09]

I'm hearing that Silkies need vitamin supplements, if so, is ploy- vi- sol a good choice for them too?

 

[jmbwholesale]

I'm hearing that Silkies need vitamin supplements, if so, is ploy- vi- sol a good choice for them too?

I've used polyvisol for my silkies. No problems.