Scratch and Peck Feeds Organic Chicken & Duck Food - Starter Mash - 10-Lbs - 20.5% Protein, Premium Whole Grains, Essential Oils, Vitamins, Minerals

I’ve been using Scratch and Peck’s starter mash for about a month now, and It has truly been a life saver! I previously purchased other chick starter feed and sadly loss chicks from vitamin deficiency and others were not in great shape I switched to this feed and they all bounced back! What I like: ✅ Feed Quality: truly has everything a baby chick needs to survive and be healthy. I especially love that it is organic, non GMO, and is corn/ soy free! Chicks love it! ✅ Packaging: It arrived well-packaged, no damage and the bag is resealable. The only thing I would change but is easily added separately would be bugs. Chicks/ chickens do consume a large amount of insects and chicks specifically need high protein. I wish there was ground cricket or something added. I know a lot of people say it’s a “treat” but outside they will eat all the bugs they find. Use case: I feed dry but hear it is a really good product to ferment, and so far, no issues with performance or quality. I will use this product for future chicks. I’ll update this review if anything changes over time, but for now – I definitely recommend it if you need a reliable chick starter.

Bought the Layer Mash the 3rd time and quality wasn’t as good. There were “earthy rubbish” which looked like twigs and were quite sharp. I had to be careful and tried to take the twigs out. A little hesitant to try again. It was also more powdery than the starter and grower varieties. I was delighted to see how delighted the chicks including their mother enjoyed this scratch feed. Bought them other chick starter before and they’d just ignore it. This is quality feed without as much powdery breakdown that other chick starters contain. I’m eager to see what happens tomorrow. Since they all ate without hesitation for the first feeding, this product got my five stars. I only wish the cost wasn’t expensive for my budget.

The mash seemed like it would be fun for my ducklings they would only humor eating it if their other food wasn’t available. The foot did make the odor of their waste very pungent. I’m glad we tried it but it wasn’t for us.

Chickens loved it!

Our chicks and ducklings appear to love uh the starter and in comparison to a friend using a different feed she lost over half her fowl and we have lost none. I like to think it’s due to the quality feed we are giving them. Our chick even started life with wry neck and with this starter and the electrolytes he was completely better in 12 hrs.