At 11 weeks they do not need oyster shell. The calcium can be bad for them. Give it to them once they start to lay.
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At 11 weeks they do not need oyster shell. The calcium can be bad for them. Give it to them once they start to lay.My chickens are 11 wks old. They get very occasional black oil SF seeds, along with their grower chicken feed, all the bugs and weeds they can eat when they're outdoors, plenty of grit, veggie and fruit kitchen scraps and oyster shell.
Regarding grit. My feather flock started getting grit as soon as I brought them home (age 3 days). Without an ample amount of grit they will get an impacted crop Bad news!
I bought these at the dollar store and drilled holes in all but 1I give to my girls and boys all the time. I can always tell when the wild birds eat them because they leave the shells behind. I have a couple of 8 week old chick that are now eating with the hens and roos, so they now have access to them as I include it in the mix of their food. They are all free range, I pull weeds and toss them to the chickens because area they free range they have demolished all the greens if there were ever any. I want to plant some thing hardy that will cover the dirt quickly but that will also handle the scratching of chickens and be beneficial for them too if they were to eat it. I tried fodder over the winter a few times and it worked out nicely, but I just don't have trays to anymore. I had bout a seed starting kit, the kind that comes with the jiffy pellets, and poked holes in the bottom of the trays, but the trays didn't hold up very long and figured it would be too expensive having to by the trays all the time. If I could find something sturdier, then I would do it again, but I don't want them too big either. Any ideas?
Glad to see this thread my 15 babies are 8 weeks old.. I just started giving them meal worms and grass . I was wondering when to start giving them scratch and other things. Do you give the babies house scraps this young.
hi, my chicks are approx. 3 months old and still on chic starter. They go out in their run and eat green weeds. Do I need to start giving them grit and if so do I purchase it at the feed store and how much do I give them? thanks for your help.
Right, awesomechick, they can be switched to grower and definitely time to start adult grit.I'm not really sure about the advice I'm about to give you, but I believe that twelve or thirteen week old chicks can be switched to grower feeesome,
Silly question, but does BOSS have nutritional value?