What do baby chicken eat?

Answer 1

Baby chickens are taught by the mother hen to scratch about in the soil for food, just as adults do. They will eat a variety of grass and plant shoots, grains, worms, beetles and crawling insects, as well as diced vegetables as lettuce. Preferred grains include wheat, oats, barley and rice. They enjoy cereals just as people do. Commercially prepared baby chick feed/ chicken MASH is also available from any pet produce store.

Answer 2

Chicks are given something called chick starter or fine crumble. Crumble is ground chicken feed, mixed with liquid vitamins and minerals. This mash is then dried and ground again making a fine/medium grain food. This produce is easy for small beaks to eat and tiny chicks to swallow and digest.

After a few weeks on starter the chicks can be fed a similar product call grower which is just a little larger and contains more fat and protein. Both of these products are available with or without added medication.

Answer 3

A trip to the nearest feed store is needed. Check your Yellow Pages for Feed Stores or Farm and Ranch Stores. Some pet stores have things for chicks, also. Phone them first to find out. You will need to buy

* Chick Starter Feed -- start with about 5 pounds, and write the store's name on the bag so you can get the same kind again. Starter feed has anti-biotics which are necessary to prevent disease * Grit for chicks -- get the right size of grit for chicks; bone or oyster shell does not substitute for grit. If they don't have grit (small rocks and gravel) they won't be able to 'chew' their food

* A waterer -- * A feeder -- To shop for these things online, you can find stores like the McMurray Hatchery.

If you don't have chick starter feed yet, you can feed them for a day or two on instant oatmeal, flaked infant cereal, or other whole-grain cereals. You can put whole grains (rice, wheat, barley, old-fashioned oats, anything) into the blender and blend them slightly. Do not blend completely to a powder --- the feed should have some "grits" in it.

Leave the feed (and water) with them all the time --- they will stop eating when they have had enough.