CPF Chick/Duckling Starter Kits ($13.00)

When your picking up your chicks don't forget the accessories.  Your CPF Chick Starter Kit contains the following and is sufficient to sustain up to a dozen day olds for a week.  What you get:

• 4 grams of Electrolytes Plus (just dissolve a pinch in your 1 quart water jug when you do your daily water change for the first 4 days (About a gram a day) Electrolytes Plus is a water soluble multi-vitamin and electrolyte mixture for chickens that's used as an aid in stimulating appetite during periods of stress, it helps your chicks during their move and settling into their new home.

  

• 1 Quart plastic water jug with screw on base: (Has a narrow drinking slot designed to prevent drowning of quail, pheasant or baby chicks.)  

• 1 kg of medicated starter feed  (I always recommend that beginners start with medicated chick starter, that's what's in the CPF Chick Starter kit.  The medication is a coccidiostat and is found in most medicated chick and turkey starter feeds.  What it prevents is your chicks coming down with coccidiosis.  Both CoOp and ShurGain sell non-medicated feeds if that's what you prefer.  It's often best to wait until you're more experienced and you feel your management is pretty good to try the non-medicated starter.) If you are buying ducklings a 1 kg package of non-medicated duck starter will be included instead of the chick starter.

• 1 Round Metal Chick Feeder: 6" diameter, 7 holes, snap off top.

• Chick or duckling startup guide:  A quick and handy reference to rearing your new birds.