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They might overeat the grit a bit but it should level off, same for the shavings.  My last several batches of cbicks I've gone to using just a puppy pad for the first week, I'll sprinkle their crumbles on the pad and have mash in a very shallow dish.  I use the crumble partly for them to eat, and partly as bedding.  Then after a week, I use shavings and the dry feed goes in a dosh and I have them spoiled so I typically continue making them mash until about 4 to 6 weeks, basically until it's a nuisance with how much they eat.

I'll make mash for the younger chicks and the older ones will come beg for it and sometimes it works and I'll give them a treat of it

I think just watch your little one.  If you can get a little more coconut oil into her do so.  You can mix their mash up with some oil too if you want.  I like using mash especially when they are younger because it helps get water into them.