When can I start adding adult food or scratch to my 5 week old chicks food?
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I think that is too soon to add adult food to their diet. The research I have done says that 18 weeks is a good age. The diet is formulated for development and I believe to develop a healthy chick that will grow slowly into a healthy egg layer she needs to be on formulated chick feed until the recommended age. This is just my opinion. Besides the price of the feed is the same.
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A lot depends on what you are calling "regular feed" if your local sources are telling you to put them on Layer Feed after 4 weeks the I think I would find some more reliable sources.
Chris
When can I start adding adult food or scratch to my 5 week old chicks food?