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Important to Know: How and What to Feed Domestic Chickens
08.10.2023 22:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:23
The mixture for feeding one-day-old chicks must be fresh, it is fed every 3 hours.
From the 3rd day, the chickens are fed a more varied mixture of cottage cheese, boiled eggs, crumbly porridge made from corn, oatmeal or wheat (the share of cereals should be 65%).
What to give chickens in the first days
Semolina or corn grits, cottage cheese or low-fat kefir, milk powder, chicken feed, which we can additionally enrich with a multivitamin complex.
It is necessary to offer food in the first days of life every 2-3 hours without interruption at night.
Thus, day-old chicks eat 8-10 times a day.
Eggs must be given in the first 4-5 days.
If the chickens are weak, then this period should be extended until the chicks get stronger.
Is it possible to feed small chickens bread
Boiled potatoes can be introduced into the diet of chickens no earlier than a month after birth.
You should never give bread to chickens.
Fermentation destroys the microflora of birds, so they will have to be treated.
At what age can a hen be separated from chicks
Experienced poultry farmers recommend doing this no earlier than when the chickens are 2 months old.
You can combine them when the younger hens start laying eggs.
If you introduce pullets that have not reached puberty, this may result in the death of the hens if the rooster begins to trample them.
