Quick grit question! SOS

[Rethia]

I had ordered chick grit from Amazon and got delivered poultry grit. I opened the bag and realized it was poultry grit when I saw the size of the pieces. I closed the bag and put it to the side and my 3yo opened the bag and fed some to my week old chicks. I think only a small handful, but I don't know which chicks ate it and which didn't and I really need to know what to do! Can I give them a little coconut oil to help lubricate passing the grit? Is there anything I can do? It never occurred to me to put it up and away because I was going to give it to a friend with adult chickens tomorrow.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I'd keep an eye on them but not do anything to try and force them to pass it. With chicks that young they most likely didn't intake any overly large pieces (I bet there's some in the bedding of the brooder).

 

[21hens-incharge]

Pictures of the grit and the bag please.

 

[Rethia]

She said she fed a handful, which is about a teaspoon, but I'm not sure that they'd have eaten any of this since it's bigger.

 

[21hens-incharge]

That is indeed the larger adult grit.
Chickens are hatched with some decent instincts. As @rosemarythyme posted it's likely they didn't eat much if any.

I would follow rosemarythymes advice above.

 

[Rethia]

That is indeed the larger adult grit.
Chickens are hatched with some decent instincts. As @rosemarythyme posted it's likely they didn't eat much if any.

I would follow rosemarythymes advice above.

Ever since the grit issue, I've been watching them to see them poop and one of them just produced this. I've never seen them poop foamy before. Is it normal? I checked the poo chart, and I'm not sure. And searching turned up that the chick might have cocci?

On a scale of 1 to paranoid... I incubated these eleven babies and I love them and I want them all to thrive. I know that's not 100% realistic, but that's where I am.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Ever since the grit issue, I've been watching them to see them poop and one of them just produced this. I've never seen them poop foamy before. Is it normal? I checked the poo chart, and I'm not sure. And searching turned up that the chick might have cocci?

Are these chicks being brooded indoors on dry bedding? It's very unlikely a chick in that setting would show coccidiosis overload, the environment isn't conducive to it and more importantly, a week old chick hasn't been alive long enough to incubate enough coccidia to cause issues.

I'm mainly cautioning against paranoia because well meaning keepers have done things like massage a chick's crop, thinking they can somehow get them to throw up whatever they ate, but that often can cause more harm than simply letting any grit they did eat, eventually pass through the system.

 

[Rethia]

Are these chicks being brooded indoors on dry bedding? It's very unlikely a chick in that setting would show coccidiosis overload, the environment isn't conducive to it and more importantly, a week old chick hasn't been alive long enough to incubate enough coccidia to cause issues.

I'm mainly cautioning against paranoia because well meaning keepers have done things like massage a chick's crop, thinking they can somehow get them to throw up whatever they ate, but that often can cause more harm than simply letting any grit they did eat, eventually pass through the system.

Yes and yes. Mostly, I'm just monitoring to make sure they were all pooping ok and was surprised to see this come out of one of them.