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Dobby,I personally would not give crushed cat biscuits to week old chicks, probably too high in protein for their tiny body's and organ's to cope with. Stick with medicated chick crumble and even crumbled hard boiled egg for the chickies.
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| Author: | Geering [ Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
The youngest I have given them was 6 weeks but if you break them up you could give them some at a younger age |
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| Author: | Dobby [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
If I was to crush the biscuits would they be ok for 1 week old chicks? |
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| Author: | Petite Poulet [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
| Dobby, I personally would not give crushed cat biscuits to week old chicks, probably too high in protein for their tiny body's and organ's to cope with. Stick with medicated chick crumble and even crumbled hard boiled egg for the chickies. |
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| Author: | Dobby [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
Good points thanks the hard boiled eggs are a good idea and probably the same level of protein? |
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| Author: | Petite Poulet [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
Dobby wrote: Good points thanks the hard boiled eggs are a good idea and probably the same level of protein? Sorry, can't help you there, but hard boiled eggs are definitely a more natural source of protein for week old chicks along with their medicated chick crumble. |
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| Author: | heapedeggs [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
No eggs are not even close with the protein Eggs = 13% cooked Eggs = 15% raw Cat biscuits = min 18% up to 30% Go with the biscuits |
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| Author: | Petite Poulet [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
I still wouldn't give crushed cat biscuits to week old chicks, which is what Dobby originally asked. Dobby wrote: If I was to crush the biscuits would they be ok for 1 week old chicks?
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| Author: | heapedeggs [ Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
If you crush the biscuits to the same size as chick starter then they will eat it without any trouble and they will be better off with the boost of vitamins and protein but its an individuals choice |
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| Author: | ~fluff~ [ Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
Would the chick starter be better than the cat biscuits I would think they should only have that for the first 3 or 4 weeks? |
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| Author: | Petite Poulet [ Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cat Biscuits And Protein |
~fluff~ wrote: Would the chick starter be better than the cat biscuits I would think they should only have that for the first 3 or 4 weeks? Yes, chick starter is recommended over cat biscuits for chicks as it is medicated for Coccidiosis. |
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