Feed

Chick Starter is food in pellet form but smashed into smaller pieces called crumble. It typically comes in 16% protein with other vitamins and nutrients to help the chicks grow. You can feed this to layer birds for up to 16 weeks. Most birds bred for meat are fed chick starter their whole lives. Chick starter can come medicated or non-medicated. If your chicks were already vaccinated for diseases such as Mareks you do NOT want medicated feed, this will reverse the vaccine. If your chicks were not vaccinated, medicated feed is a great way to protect against diseases while they are young. We have raised healthy chicks vaccinated, on medicated feed, non-vaccinated, and non-medicated feed, the choice is yours!