Chick refuses to eat starter feed.

[Quail_Guy]

My 1 week old chicks that has been weak refuses to eat chick feed. I've fed it egg yolk and she absolutely loved it but when I attempted to feed it chick feed she tasted it and didn't want anymore chick feed. I watered it down so that it would match the consistency of the egg yolk and she didn't like it. How do I make her eat the chick feed?

 

[Perris]

I would not try to make her eat something she obviously does not want to eat.

I would offer her a variety of real food such as milk-soaked bread, thinly spread peanut butter sandwich (finely chopped), banana, plain natural yogurt, tinned sardines, and keep experimenting till you have a selection of foods from the different food groups (meat, fish, green veg, root veg, nuts, seeds etc.) that she will eat and thrives on.

 

[Ingrid_Grace]

you could try mixing egg yolk and the soaked starter together and feeding her that and then slowly decreasing the amount of yolk until it's all feed.