My dad breeds and raises chickens and well as ducks, pheasants and peacocks! You can feed chicks Chick Starter which you can get at your local feed store. When they are older you can slowly get them off the chick starter and onto corn. Lots of times you can get granite and put a bit in there food. The granite helps digestion. If you don't let them outside where they can eat rocks then you should feed them some granite mixed in with their corn. Sometimes chickens will get eye infections which is highly contagious and hard to get rid of. If you see one with crusted eyes, keep them by themselves. Then you can buy anti-biotic feed (or drops to put in their water) and mix it in with their food.
It's really best to keep chickens outside. Our chickens stay in our barn and during the day we let them out and they stay on our property- don't worry, they won't wander off! Not as long as you feed them. You can always build a chicken coop where it has an inside part and an outside if you don't feel safe with them loose.
I'm sorry I kinda typed more then I thought I would. I love to learn this stuff from my dad. If you have any questions at all, please PM me!
I see you got silkie chicks. There are many breeds so if you plan to ever get anymore, I can suggest some breeds for you.
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