Author Topic: feeding meat bird chicks  (Read 2095 times)

earlybird

  • Joined Jun 2012
feeding meat bird chicks
« 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:

graham-j

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Canterbury Kent
Re: feeding meat bird chicks
« Reply #1 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.
Graham.

 

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