When should you feed your baby chicks?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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!

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

As soon as possible.