Newly hatched chicks do not need food or water for as much as 48 hours after hatch. Once the little guys are active, dry and fluffy, they can be introduced to a shallow water source and a fine grain crumble chick starter. Large hatcheries ship chicks without food or water as the birds have enough stored nutrients to survive as long as three days or more without ill effects.
I feed mine chick crumbs ( you can get them from most farm stores). I read in a book that they should have constant access to food and a shallow bowl of water, but mine eat the food as soon as I give it to them, so I tend to just feed them a big meal around 3 times a day. I have had many chicks and they have all grown up healthy on this!
They can live off the yolk for three days but they will also drink water before that. Dip their beak in the waterer and they will get the idea.
First off go buy a large toaster. After that get a lighter and some laffy taffy and eat it you don't starve. Finally feed the chick.
As soon as possible.
You should go to your local feed store and ask for feed for chicks. After you get the food and feed it to your chicks, it helps to add a little water to it to make thhe food mushy, it will be easier for the chicks to eat it that way.
no
Chicks hatch and know instinctively what to eat. Brood hens do not teach or feed the chicks.
Yes
No do not feed chicks anything but starter chick food! It has everthing that a chick needs to get a good start in life.
you must feed them a llot so you can eat them.....
No, mother hens do not feed their chicks. The mother hen calls her chicks and encourages them to peck food up off the ground in the same way that she does.
Baby chicks can eat bread but it must be torn into small pieces
until der nice and fat or until you start to see running rosted chickens
they like love and clean chicken feed and clean water
Baby chicks eat baby amounts. They play in the food so there will be a lot of wastage. One cup of food daily should be plenty for six little chicks until they reach about four weeks old and then try to feed them about 2 ounces per day (half cup each per day)
Chickens will eat 1 cup of dry feed every day. They each get 1/2 cup in the morning and 1/2 in the evening.