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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: earlybird on June 08, 2013, 08:34:26 pm

Title: feeding meat bird chicks
Post by: earlybird on June 08, 2013, 08:34:26 pm

 :wave:i have just got my first meat bird cockerals just wondering if i feed the growers pellets at ad lib or if theres an accepted daily ammount, thanks carol :chook:

Title: Re: feeding meat bird chicks
Post by: graham-j on June 08, 2013, 09:44:30 pm

Hi,chick crumb first up to 3 or 4 weeks old the growers pellets.I feed mine ab lib,just keep a bit of and eye on them,if they look like they are getting a bit wobbly eg going off there legs either cut them back a bit by taking the feeder away for the middle part of the day or switch them to wheat.

Graham.