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    Good treats for baby chicks?

    hey, Mushroomman......do you actually seek and eat wild shrooms? I'm in Gibsonia.....we have lots of North facing wooded slopes, previous owners logged out the big oaks, lots of rotting oak and cherry stumps....they were probably cut about 7 years ago.....I see all kinds of shrooms and would...
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    Good treats for baby chicks?

    I had the same problem when I tried to feed cooked eggs and spinach.....the first time they weren't interested, the second time (at about 12 days old) they thought it was ok. During succeeding times they tore it up in seconds! Now they are 4 weeks old, and I can't give them any eggs or even...
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    Good treats for baby chicks?

    Having to deal with pasty butts on about 25% of my 3-day olds, I wonder if providing some grit to them wouldn't be a bad idea for just a diet of starter crumbles......or maybe it's that the coccidiostat in the medicated starter crumbles is hard on their intestinal microflora. I'm so new to...
  4. 1/2DozenWings

    Good treats for baby chicks?

    Sweet (horse) feed is a favorite, but not the pelleted stuff.
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    Good treats for baby chicks?

    I watched my mare teach her colt what to eat and what not to eat. Animals--even domesticated ones-- rely upon their instincts every day, rather than suppress them, as do humans. Any older bird can/will show them what to eat/avoid even in a passive way. That's what I think. It's common...
  6. 1/2DozenWings

    Good treats for baby chicks?

    ok, no hard-headed mealworms, no styrofoam, everything else in moderation is ok...especially hard boiled eggs (I feel like I'm turning them into cannibals tho). Is grit the same thing as oyster shell? Probably not.....I never gave my first 3 chicks grit, but they are free to wander as far as...
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