So my little piggie chicks have eaten through two tiny crocks of food. All day long they eat, drink, sleep, and poo. They're not even 2 days old yet, and they seem to be so much stronger than my hatchery girls were when I brought them home. Now that I know how much chicks really will eat and drink on the day they hatch, I feel bad for chicks that get mailed. Those little tikes must be absolutely starving by the time they arrive to their destination. I was of the misunderstanding that chicks didn't eat for the first 3 days because they had consumed their yolk in the shell - and that is why they mailed them at a day old.
I remember it took so long to teach my other girls how to eat. They didn't take to eating or drinking naturally like these 4 chicks did.
I remember it took so long to teach my other girls how to eat. They didn't take to eating or drinking naturally like these 4 chicks did.