When should I start feeding oyster shell grit?!

[lightchick]

My chickens are only 15 weeks old, but I've read that my sex links could start around 16 weeks! Should I start feeding it now? I have other chickens that shouldn't start eating layer pellets until 20 weeks so I'm going to be feeding chick starter/grower and letting my sex links get calcium from the oyster grit. It's only 2 days until they are 16 weeks so can I offer it now?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

You can feed the oyster shell now. Wait on the layer feed for another two weeks or so. Make sure they always have grit.

 

[tcstoehr]

By all means offer it now in a separate container from their feed.