- 1). Feed baby chicks starter chick feed. Free-feed chicks starter feed until they're 4 weeks old.
- 2). Supplement feed with vegetable greens from the garden or left over from cooking. Use only as a supplement to regular chick starter feed.
- 3). Allow chicks to get their own greens by free-ranging the grass in your yard or garden. Only allow if your grass and plants are pesticide-free.
- 4). Mix chick starter feed with equal portions of chicken grower feed. Feed chicks this mixture of feed until they are 16 weeks old.
- 5). Switch chicks to chicken grower feed. At 16 weeks, chicks can come off chick starter feed and fed grower feed exclusively.
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