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What is the difference between organic and medicated chick feed?
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∙ 15y ago
Organic feed can have no additives and should be made from ingredients that have not been grown with artificial fertilizers or any sort of pesticide. Medicated feed has had certain preventative medication added to the feed to keep the chicks or hens healthy. This medication is usually a general all purpose broad spectrum antibiotic. Not all un-medicated feed is truly "organic" and if this is important to you, you must make inquiries as to the source of the ingredients. True organic feed will be certified as organic, not just labeled "organic"
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What do ginnie chickens eat?
They can eat medicated chick starter feed. That's what the feed store recommended, and my ginnies are growing and seem to be very healthy.
What food should i give when chicken has chicks?
There is a product sold at all store where chicken feed is available. It is called "CHICK STARTER" it is made by all companies and it is available in Medicated and Non-medicated forms. This product has all the nutrition a chick needs to grow strong and healthy. It is also ground much finer than regular feed, suitable for tiny beaks. The mother should be offered laying mash or regular chicken feed but she will eat the chick starter also, the extra nutrition she gets will help her after brooding .
Best food for newly baby ducks?
Chick starter feed. Just make ABSOLUTELY sure it's not medicated. If it is, the feed will kill them, so just double check the back before feeding! The feed is very fine, and light yellow. I get my Chick Starter Feed at the nearest Southern States or Lacy's.
What do you do for a chick that looks like it is starving for air Lost one chick already?
I assume these chicks are in a brooder, but even if they are with momma hen in the barn. The best advise I can offer is to feed them medicated chick starter and add Penicillin G Potassium and Streptomycin Sulfate to their water. Stress and Chronic Respiratory Disease are the usual suspects in chick mortality. Go to your local feed store or even a pet store and ask for water soluble tonic. Poly-tonine A , Super booster , are just two of the products available. The faster you do this the more chance your sick chicks have for survival but it is not a miracle cure. Try to start them out on day one with at least the vitamin/med. water.
How messy are ducks for pets?
Incredibly messy. We just raised a Mallard duckling from a couple days old to 3 weeks. In that time it tripled in size. They eat a ton of food (non-medicated chick starter), and literally defecate about every 2 minutes. Very social, cute and intelligent....but they are messy.
What is the difference between a fertilized chick egg and a non fertilized chick egg?
Absolutely nothing if you are not incubating the fertilized ones. There is no visible difference, no nutritional difference and no taste difference.
What is the difference between a chick and chicken?
ok a chick is a chicken but it is not fully developed it is the young of the chicken that's why they call it the chick but there is no further explanation about it
Can hens lay eating eggs after having a chick?
unfortunately, there is no difference between chick eggs and eating eggs, outside and inside. Enjoy eating dead hens!
What is difference between gram and chick pea?
Chick pea is slightly bigger in size from gram. Secondly gram is brown in colour while chickpea is in peach colour.
What does a baby chicken eat?
Newly hatched chicks do best if given a product available as Chick starter. This is produced by many name brand companies and can be purchased as medicated or un-medicated food. The grain size is small for little mouths and it has all the extra vitamins a growing chick need to build a strong body and good feathers. The medicine in the medicated feed is a preventative medicine that strengthens the immune system and protects against Marek's disease which is highly contagious.
What do ginnie chickens eat?
They can eat medicated chick starter feed. That's what the feed store recommended, and my ginnies are growing and seem to be very healthy.
What is the difference between blastula of frog and chick?
The chick egg has much more yolk than the frog egg. A blastopore in frog egg and a premitive groove in chick egg both have the same basic function which is to mark the origin of gastrulation
What does a hen eats?
From the time the new chicks leave the shell they should be given a chick starter food. This is available either in medicated or un-medicated form. The chick starter is small pre-ground and simply digestible. At about 2 months a small amount of chick grower can be added and increased each day until the birds are off the chick starter and eating only the grower. Full grown hens eat crushed/milled grains mixed with animal-based proteins and other minerals (particular emphasis on calcium and phosphorus for egg production).
Does medicated chick feed affect humans if they eat the eggs?
no the medication will stay in the hen but the egg will not at all be affected by the medication therefore it will not affect people either
What food should i give when chicken has chicks?
There is a product sold at all store where chicken feed is available. It is called "CHICK STARTER" it is made by all companies and it is available in Medicated and Non-medicated forms. This product has all the nutrition a chick needs to grow strong and healthy. It is also ground much finer than regular feed, suitable for tiny beaks. The mother should be offered laying mash or regular chicken feed but she will eat the chick starter also, the extra nutrition she gets will help her after brooding .
How can you tell a breakfast egg and a chick egg apart?
There is no difference.
What do you feed a newly born chicken?
We fed our dried oatmeal for no more than a week and than started them on Medicated Chick Starter. Our chickens are thirteen weeks old now and are large and healthy!
