Feeding chickens in the early days of life: tips for beginners

Properly organized food for the newly born chickens is of the utmost importance. It depends on him whether they will feel normal or will get sick. And of course, how quickly they will grow up and start to carry the eggs.
Freshly born nestlings do not eat for a while (8-10 hours), so you need to arrange a place for them to live before organizing the feeding of chickens. In the first days of life, small pets are especially vulnerable, need warmth and light. Therefore, to grow them you need to pick up a dry warm place. If the chicks are small, then for the device of their house you can use an old trough or an inverted box, a cardboard box from household appliances. The bottom is covered with paper, newspapers or an unnecessary rag, with the expectation of a regular change of bedding. Over the location of the chickens, a lamp should be lit around the clock, but not bright, with a muted light. A red lamp or a lamp shade, made with a plastic bottle of his own, will do.
Feeding daily chickens will require from you zeal and time. The first meal consists of a steeply brewed egg (one for 25-30 pieces), which must be finely chopped or grinded. The next meal is made two hours later and with the same regularity. Feeding of chickens in the first days of life occurs at night. The ration includes millet porridge, cooked on milk, chopped young grass. It is good, if the types of food will alternate.
It is especially necessary to say about drinking. Feeding of chickens in the first days of life is supplemented with milk. You can buy special drinkers for your little pets, and you can make them yourself. You will need a saucer and a half-liter pot. Pour half the milk into the jar and cover with a saucer, turn it over. In the saucer leaks a little milk, from the jar it will quietly flow into the saucer. It is important in these days not to wet the chickens, for them it is deadly dangerous. Unfortunately, today the situation is such that the percentage of mortality of chickens is very high, so it is advised to give them with a drink an antibiotic that will help cope with various infections. As long as they grow up, there will be no trace left of him.

On the third day in the diet of your pets, you can make changes by starting to give a flour mixture, pre-moistened with milk, broth or water. Better, of course, to use broth or curdled milk. Feeding of chickens in the first days of life must necessarily include fresh herbs. If possible, purchase special feed for them, this will greatly simplify your life. Do not regret the cottage cheese, it is very useful for them.

When your pets are six days old, you can add separate feeders with mineral fodders and gravel with sand, and go to water. Some veterinarians advise from the age of 20 to introduce potatoes into the feeding of chickens. In the early days - at a rate of 5 grams per one per day, then increasing the amount. More adult chicks should be trained to raw potatoes.

These simple tips will help novice masters to grow healthy adult chickens that will provide the whole family with eggs.