What to feed babies after you ran out of food

[Brethechickenmom]

[[Posted earlier]]
Hi, I'm wondering what I can feed baby chicks? I'm about to run out of food but this coming Wednesday I'll be able to buy some more. I read oars and rice but I want to get another opinion.

So I posted that I ran out of feed and needed some help in what to feed them till I get some more on Wednesday. I was told oats, rice, and beans. I grounded up some raw beans for ¿Grit? And put some rice and oats in a food processor and blended them. It came out sticky and I'm not sure if they know it's food.
I was also told to use boiled egg yolk but we don't have any eggs and my stores won't have any. I won't be going to get feed till Wednesday because that's when money comes in. I'm new to this, so I'm learning. I already feel horrible about running out of feed. I love these chicks with all of my heart and I want to do good by then.
That was a whole spill but can somebody help me. Tell me if the good is suppose to be sticky and what else I could do.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Nope, they should NOT have uncooked beans. https://missvickie.com/toxins-in-dried-beans/

I'm pretty sure that when I said they could have beans with the rice to make a 'complete protein', that I specifically stated that they should be COOKED. Dunno, might have not been specific enough... so be SURE to cook those beans before fed to your animals.

Dry beans should ONLY be fed to them after they've been thoroughly cooked. Period.
They need sand/grit to digest food. NOT dried, uncooked beans.
If you'd had enough chick feed, you'd not have to worry about the grit issue because the food is already thoroughly ground up and is easily used by your chicks' digestive systems. The need for grit at this age occurred because you wish to feed them items that their little systems aren't truly ready for yet. If they'd had a mother hen out teaching them to forage, they'd be getting the grit naturally, but since these chicks are likely incubator chicks they've not been exposed to the big bad world yet, or the parasites that lurk in everyone's back yard... which is why I suggested sand from the hardware store.

It's truly going to be tough to keep these little ones up-to-snuff on nutrition with the less than handful of items that you have/are willing to offer them.

All of the inconveniences that Covid19 has heaped upon mankind is also heaped upon these baby chicks. I sure hope they survive it.

 

[Brethechickenmom]

Nope, they should NOT have uncooked beans. https://missvickie.com/toxins-in-dried-beans/

I'm pretty sure that when I said they could have beans with the rice to make a 'complete protein', that I specifically stated that they should be COOKED. Dunno, might have not been specific enough... so be SURE to cook those beans before fed to your animals.

Dry beans should ONLY be fed to them after they've been thoroughly cooked. Period.
They need sand/grit to digest food. NOT dried, uncooked beans.
If you'd had enough chick feed, you'd not have to worry about the grit issue because the food is already thoroughly ground up and is easily used by your chicks' digestive systems. The need for grit at this age occurred because you wish to feed them items that their little systems aren't truly ready for yet. If they'd had a mother hen out teaching them to forage, they'd be getting the grit naturally, but since these chicks are likely incubator chicks they've not been exposed to the big bad world yet, or the parasites that lurk in everyone's back yard... which is why I suggested sand from the hardware store.

It's truly going to be tough to keep these little ones up-to-snuff on nutrition with the less than handful of items that you have/are willing to offer them.

All of the inconveniences that Covid19 has heaped upon mankind is also heaped upon these baby chicks. I sure hope they survive it.

I'll offer anything I have to them, I didn't know there would be toxins in beans, I just thought they would be good for Grit. I don't even know what grit is. I'm trying.. I've never had chickens, I'm having to learn as i go

 

[centrarchid]

Grind up some cat food and mix with the high carbohydrate corn and oatmeals in a blender with a little water. Another protein source could be flaked fish or minced shrimp. Make mixture and freeze all but that to be used that day. I would even add a little olive olive oil at a rate of about 2% by weight if you can. A modest amount a dark green vegetables may also help. The little odds and ends of the voodoo mix increases odds you compensate for low vitamin levels of the meals that represent a large part of the diet.

Chicks of that age are at least starting to eat greens if given a chance. Grit is also a good idea.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I don't even know what grit is.

Grit is small pebbles of very hard rock. Here in the USA, Granite is the most popular.

These are available at TSC. Other brands may be available where you are.

Chicks over 7 weeks should have larger Grit available too.

GC