Okay - when do I start giving them grit? They're eating chick starter now and are about 12 days old...
im not sure when they should get grit but mine are 9 wks old & i give them fine sand to help break up the food. im thinking ( & tell me if im wrong ) i should give them grit from 15 weeks onwards.
As soon as you give something that they need grit to grind up. Mine are hen raised outdoors so need some sort of grit from the beginning, though I trust they get what they need at that size from the sand in the soil. I can buy "chick" and "chicken" grit, the former being smaller and for younger chicks. If yours are in a house brooder and get only chick feed and a few soft treats, they don't need it now, as there is a bit of grit in chick feed.
I am raising mine outside; since about 45 minutes after I got home with them (hatchery), they have been outside in their brooder. I have been giving them "chick grit" since the second day I have jade them (4~5 days old at that point. They eat grass, weeds, bugs, worms, you name it ;-)
