What to Feed 10 Week Old Silkies?

[arialp]

I have three 10 week old silkies. I was wondering when I should change their food from Starter Crumbles. What should I start feeding them? I am going to show them so maybe I should feed them some kind of show bird mix. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

 

[Silvey17]

You should feed them either Grower Feed, All-Flock or All-Purpose. I feed my chickens All-Flock when they were 10 weeks of age. Also, it usually helps tells you the feeding instructions on the backs of most commercial feed packets. I've posted a few links on sites that may help.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/11/feeding-chickens-at-different-ages.html

http://poultrykeeper.com/keeping-chickens-faq/feeding-chickens-what-feed-chickens

 

[arialp]

You should feed them either Grower Feed, All-Flock or All-Purpose. I feed my chickens All-Flock when they were 10 weeks of age. Also, it usually helps tells you the feeding instructions on the backs of most commercial feed packets. I've posted a few links on sites that may help.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/11/feeding-chickens-at-different-ages.html

http://poultrykeeper.com/keeping-chickens-faq/feeding-chickens-what-feed-chickens

Do you think it would be ok to finish out the bag I have now?

 

[pdirt]

You should feed them either Grower Feed, All-Flock or All-Purpose. I feed my chickens All-Flock when they were 10 weeks of age. Also, it usually helps tells you the feeding instructions on the backs of most commercial feed packets. I've posted a few links on sites that may help.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/11/feeding-chickens-at-different-ages.html

http://poultrykeeper.com/keeping-chickens-faq/feeding-chickens-what-feed-chickens

Do you think it would be ok to finish out the bag I have now?

Yes, you can finish the bag. In fact, you could keep feeding the starter feed indefinitely. There is no reason not to. Around 20 weeks, start putting out a dish of crushed oyster shells, so they can eat it for making egg shells. One of the main differences of showbird feed is it is much higher in protein than layer or grower feed. It's closer to the starter feed in protein, depending upon the brand.