What can I feed baby chicks until I can get out to get some Chick Starter?

[lindz8504]

My aunt has some week old baby chicks, and can't get any chick starter until Friday. What can she feed them in the meantime?
These are her first chicks, and she is afraid of doing something wrong!

 

[WickeeChickee]

Where did she get the chicks and what have they been eating for the week she wasn't with them? Can she not get some starter from the person/store where she got the chicks? Obviously they've been eating SOMETHING for the past week!

 

[lindz8504]

Actually, I picked them up last night at TSC. She picked them up from me last night and I sent some food with her. She was going to go to the feed store in her town this morning and get some but they are out until Friday. So, we are trying to figure out what to do until then.

 

[Klutch]

Hard boiled eggs, just the yolk. That's what they live on in the egg. I had starter for my newly hatched chicks,but I had to help a couple hatch out. I gave everybody eggs and I can't tell whose who.

 

[cheeka]

yes, egg yolks, and if tiny bits of grit can be offered, pretty much all tiny things can be eaten, my broody has her little ones eating all kinds of stuff she digs up after the first couple of days have passed.

 

[Percheron chick]

You can pick up a small bag of meatbird or all flock feed. Feed them that until the starter comes in. feed them starter until the bag is gone than feed the first bag of food.

 

[Mommysongbird]

Do you have any layer mash?

I never give my chicks chick starter anymore. I just give the layer mash. I started doing this after my hens raised their first brood. I never gave those chicks anything but the layer mash that their mama's were eating. Did the same with all of our ducks.

 

[KuroKitsune]

layer isn't good for chicks...way to much calcium can damage organs and also posssibly kill them as their little bodies cant handle the extra calcium. i wouldnt do it.

 

[flickerloo]

I was actually advised to feed chick scratch for the first few days to avoid pasty butt.

 

[Farmer Viola]

cornmeal, oatmeal (crush it up in your hand smaller if they're real little), greens like lettuce, turnip or mustard greens or watercress, eggs are good for protien, whole wheat bread...