[locpic]

Looking for some input. At what age do you switch chicks from starter to growers or developer rations?

 

[idigbeets]

Broilers - Starter for 2 weeks, grower/broiler ration until 8 weeks when I eat them.
Layers - Starter for 2-3 weeks, grower until they are 15 weeks, then 50/50 with layer ration until 16 weeks, then layer ration 17-18 weeks on as they will need that calcium for egg laying at 20 weeks or so.

 

[ladycat]

I generally give them starter until they're fully feathered, then switch to grower.

 

[mzgarden]

Starter to grower - about 2 weeks

 

[Dixie Bee Acres]

Starter/grower on broilers until they go to Kamp Kenmore. Layers until they are fully feathered and ready to leave the brooding box.

 

[crazyfarm]

When they escape the brooder. I'm so scientific!!

 

[aart]

What's the main difference between Starter and Grower?

 

[idigbeets]

the protein percentage and a few amino acids.. depends on who makes the feed. On my farm, just the protein amount is changed.

 

[fishhead]

The chicken feed we have available is starter/grower so I can't switch.

 

[Sanza]

Week 3 is when I start mixing the grower in with the starter and by the end of the week it is switched over completely to grower. I feed grower for week 4 and then I start to mix the grower with wheat and oats.

 

[big rockpile]

The chicken feed we have available is starter/grower so I can't switch.

Same here.

big rockpile

 

[Poultryguy]

According to breeders management manuals like Isapoutry, they recommend changing diet when about 80% of the birds have attained a target body weight.