Hello everyone this is my first post around here
I've started incubating eggs 13 days ago and I'm almost ready to receive my new lil chicks but I have one problem which is chicken feed, can you raise chicks without chick starter? here we can't shop online for it and I couldn't find any good quality feed (chick starter) in the local stores, all the feed on the market over here I would say is pretty bad/low quality, when my chicken hatched 11 chicks they wouldn't even eat the feed I bought for them, i tried buying different brands but same thing they just wouldn't eat it that's how I assumed the feed is bad, I've been feeding them crushed grains (soy beans, wheat, corn, white corn, oatmeal) I just crush it to tiny pieces and give it to the chicks also I give them fruits as snacks and then they're 10 days old I started letting them free range too, it seems to be working well but I'm wondering if there's anything else I could feed them, a simple recipe to keep them healthy maybe?
I've started incubating eggs 13 days ago and I'm almost ready to receive my new lil chicks but I have one problem which is chicken feed, can you raise chicks without chick starter? here we can't shop online for it and I couldn't find any good quality feed (chick starter) in the local stores, all the feed on the market over here I would say is pretty bad/low quality, when my chicken hatched 11 chicks they wouldn't even eat the feed I bought for them, i tried buying different brands but same thing they just wouldn't eat it that's how I assumed the feed is bad, I've been feeding them crushed grains (soy beans, wheat, corn, white corn, oatmeal) I just crush it to tiny pieces and give it to the chicks also I give them fruits as snacks and then they're 10 days old I started letting them free range too, it seems to be working well but I'm wondering if there's anything else I could feed them, a simple recipe to keep them healthy maybe?