What's wrong!!! My chicks don't eat the grogel.

[RW19290]

My chicks just came and I ordered a pack of of grogel, but they don't eat it at all. What do I do to make them eat it. I don't want to throw it away!

 

[gritsar]

Mine wouldn't eat it either. As I removed them from the shipping box I dipped their beaks in the water and sat em down in their feeder. They ate and drank just fine.
I threw the gro-gel away after they marched thru it on the way to their feeder.

 

[columbiacritter]

My ducklings inhaled it, but the chicks wouldn't touch it.

 

[chandasue]

Try sprinkling a little chick starter over it. Mine (36 birds) ate about a quarter of it that way.

 

[RW19290]

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problem is, they all seem scared of the grogel. they back away to the edges of their brooder.

 

[donnaIL]

my chicks inhaled the stuff...it was gone within a couple hours...they send enough for like 100 chicks, i ordered 29 so they really liked it