Mr Rhode Island Red Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 My four chicks are 6 or 7 weeks old today (29 may 2011) and I was wondering when I should be changing them to growers pellets. Thanks millions Mr Rhode Island Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I'd change them over now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I agree, about now would be perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thanks Eglutyne and Redwing for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 It's best to do it gradually, starting with a mix of chick crimb and growers pellets and gradually increasing the proportion of growers. A week is a good rule of thumb for the changeover, but I'm often guided by how much (or little) chick crumb I have left. It can also depend on what the littlie like. This year, as soon as we started adding growers, the littlees would eat them first and ignore their chick crumb, so we did the change over only 3 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostock422 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 try 6.5 weeks then you can't go wrong , but personally i start them on at 6 weeks, unless i have a little bit of chick crumbs left, then I let them eat the rest before going on growers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
