Tips For Feeding Your New Baby Chicks
Normally, chicks will eat approximately two pounds of starter feed within their first weeks of life
. It is very important to determine how much feed your chicks are eating.You need to keep a record of how much feed and what type and price of the feed you buy starting on the day you bring your chick's home. You want to keep a personal log of how much feed is given and how much. Write down the number and ages of the chicks you have.
Maintaining healthy chicks is not an easy task; in fact, it requires a lot of work. Keep food available for your chicks at all times. Limit the amount of feed in the feeders so that you avoid wasting feed. Keep the lip of the feeder pans in a hanging tube at the level of the bird's backs.
Remember to clean the feeders as necessary.
Keep a close watch on your chick's weight and how much they are eating. If you notice a decrease in the amount of food which they are eating, this might be a sign of a disease, stress, molting or simply poor management.
If you cannot figure out the reason they are not eating as much as they normally do, you need to consult a poultry specialist who can help you in discovering the problem.
You will discover that your local feed supply store will become your best friend while raising your chicks. You will need to purchase a growing ration which contains everything your chicks need to grow and be healthy.
When your chicks reach approximately five to fifteen weeks old, you want the growing ration to contain seventeen percent of protein.
Supplement the mash with grain. This will greatly reduce the cost of the feed especially near the end of the rearing phase. Pullets can receive grain as soon as they start eating. You can also utilize grain sorghum, oats, millet, corn, wheat or barley. You can even combine some of these for supplementation.
You must understand that range does not provide everything your chicks will need in order to be healthy. Pullets which get the green feed of the range need other nutrients of a growing ration. Pellets and mash typically are fed with hoppers and grain is fed in another hopper.
Lastly, the freshness of home-blended feeds have the advantage of avoiding unknown additives and chemicals and this certainly impacts unmatched health to the farmer and their friends and family.
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