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Can they have a touch of grit???
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Well Top-Knot, I am on my 5th set of new chicks. I am keeping the rooster and 4 hen chicks, my daughter in-law is taking 11 + the surprise.https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/chickcare.html GRIT: Starting the 3rd day sprinkle baby grit on the feed daily as if you were salting your food. Avoid putting too much at any one time as the bird may fill up on it instead of the feed
I brood as close to naturally as possible....a hen takes her brood out to forage for grit and natural food items in the first week. I introduce the same experiences at the same time. The increased activity promotes good gut motility, coupled with a natural day/night cycle and more natural heating I see almost no pasting (maybe 1 chick a year out of several batches raised) and incredible vigor.When can you start feeding them food, not just pellets?
Same here, I introduce the new chicks to the coop and older hens on week 2.I brood as close to naturally as possible....a hen takes her brood out to forage for grit and natural food items in the first week. I introduce the same experiences at the same time. The increased activity promotes good gut motility, coupled with a natural day/night cycle and more natural heating I see almost no pasting (maybe 1 chick a year out of several batches raised) and incredible vigor.