{"id":12606,"date":"2024-01-24T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/?p=12606"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:08:14","slug":"care-tips-for-baby-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/care-tips-for-baby-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Care for Baby Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn how to raise baby chicks with these simple care tips.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

Bringing home baby chicks is an exciting venture. However, as with any baby, chicks require the proper nurturing and care to grow up healthy and strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of Blain’s Farm & Fleet, you can learn about what your backyard chicks will need for food, water, and shelter. Whether you’re raising chickens for egg laying, FFA, or 4H, here are some simple tips for getting started.<\/p>\n\n\n

Use Chick Starter Feed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

Feed your young chicks starter\/grower chicken feed<\/a> for the first 16 weeks. Sprinkle feed on a piece of cardboard in the area where you have the chicks stationed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue this routine for a few days. Then, put the feed in troughs<\/a> low enough so the chicks can easily locate and reach the feed. Use a two-foot feeder for every 50 chicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first 10 weeks, each chick will eat about one pound of food per week. Chicks should stay on a full feed ration of chick starter\/grower until they are four and a half to five months of age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read through our article on selecting the right chicken feed<\/a> to learn more about feeding your baby chicks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Shop Chick Starter Feed<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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