Chick Crumb Complete Young Poultry feed, 5 kg

I had my first brood of ducklings and decided to buy this product as it said it was suitable for chicks and ducklings. The problem initially was that it didn't list Niacin, which is a vital vitamin for ducklings. I contacted the company who responded saying that it does contain 52mg/Kg of Niacin (which is the required amount for ducks) BUT that it was not required to list the Niacin content as the amount is below the Statutory requirements. I wrote again to Fancy Feeds to ask them to reconsider the position and remove any uncertainty by listing the Niacin content explicitly. They responded again and have amended their website (see image) and will amend new packaging labels to show 52mg / Kg. Great to see this company responding to customers in such a productive way, so I amended my review to 5/5 and would recommend their product to duck as well as poultry owners.

Perfect for my chicks from day old, no issues at all, good value for money on amount, always arrives well packaged, no broken bags. Will continue to buy.

This chick crumb is pretty standard in terms of ingredients and nutritional content for chicken chicks. It has good sized crumbles without too much dust and is nice and fresh. It is non medicated which is a personal choice if you want to feed without an anticoccidiostat. As someone who has lost chicks to coccidiosis in the past, I prefer medicated feed as buying the cocci medicine separately is costly. The only thing I would say is this is not really ideal for quail chicks. At 19% protein this is a bit low for quail or other game chicks. Specialised quail chick feed is usually 24 or 25% protein. I got this to feed to slightly older quail chicks, for when they are aged 4-7 weeks, as a stop over between the expensive 24% protein feed for the first few weeks of fast feather growth and then the adult layer feed.

Good product thankyou fast dispatch

Suitable for my hand-reared chicks hatched from incubator. Also delivery service was good - item was left in a waterproof bag.

Standard chick crumbs that the chicks liked and they grew well. I came back for another 5kg bag but found the price had hiked from £6.59 to £10.99 so I bought different elsewhere.

All ok duck like it

My ducklings love this food: supplemented with 1tbsp of brewers yeast per cup of feed, the ducklings go wild for it. A standard sized bag of crumbs, I’m half way through and have been using it for two and a half weeks. Ducks/chicks should only be on it 3-4 weeks so one bag is enough to buy. It’s non medicated.