What is everyone feeding their new chicks

[slabcrappy]

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[JustAChickenLittle&More]

Medicated Crumbles. Always have. Never had a sick flock.

 

[kera!]

JustAChickenLittle&More :

Medicated Crumbles. Always have. Never had a sick flock.

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[jenni22776rn]

Do you provide grit to them as you do to adult feed? After 8 weeks...it is ok to have non medicated correct?

 

[erinchelsea]

Nutrena non-medicated chick crumbles.

 

[Yay Chicks!]

I kept mine on medicated chick start and grow (Purina) until they were ready for Layer feed.

 

[chickened]

I give a small amount of corn or scratch and when I do that I give grit with it, usually about 8 weeks or older.
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[packmomma]

I feed chick feed until about 8 weeks..whenever I finish that bag I do switch to the grower/finisher feed. While on chick feed I do start introducing them to food. I feed straight chick for about a week, then make dirty scrambled eggs for them once or twice the next week for "breakfast". They are eating while I am cleaning and replenishing feeders. I move on to iceberg lettuce again mixed with dirt. Then I move on to cheerios, crackers, cucumbers, apples. Never very much and always skipping days for sure. I dont want them getting diarrhea. I mix everything with dirt until they are old enough to go outside and the weather is pretty good..like 4-6 weeks old. Then I let them eat bugs and stuff in the grass everyday along with worms I find for them and I also introduce more colorful fruits and veggies here and there. I also add a container of dirt in their pen at that stage. Mine are 2-3 weeks and they are flying all over the place all the time, so I dont want dirt flying around along with shavings. They tend to settle down a bit once they are outside consistantly, it tires them out. Everyone has different times they feed different things. I think there is a list on here on what to feed when but maybe I am thinking of the safe foods list. Its really what you want to do for the most part. Momma hens bring their babies out and they pretty much would eat what I would throw at them anyway. I just introduce slowly so it doesnt upset their system. Some feed yogurt along with scrambled eggs the first couple weeks..but I have never gotten any of my chicks to eat it ever. Even my chickens wont eat it. Maybe I"m buying the wrong kind

Hope that helps some.

 

[AlienChick]

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The chick starter is all they need for the 8 weeks.

However, if you want to give them a little treat now and then, they WILL need grit (chick grit NOT parakeet/canary grit).

 

[zekii]

Thank you everyone for your replies to my feed question, very helpful & informative.

We went to Tractor supply today to buy our first bag of feed for our chicks coming this week.
Tractor supply here was pushing the 20% Dumor crumbles - Non-medicated, this is what they feed the chicks they sell.
Even thou we wanted to avoid medicated feed, being new chicken people we decided to go with a medicated feed for our first group of chicks, so we purchased a bag of Purina start and grow medicated. I think this is a crumbles feed but can't tell until we open the bag.