Things to entertain my chicks!

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Blooie said:
lazy gardener said:
 
Give them a plug of sod from an untreated lawn (about the size of a pie plate).   Put it upside down.  Hopefully there will be some insects and worms in it.  When you start to introduce different foods, be sure they have grit.  This can be the little bits in that sod, or a bit of gravel from your driveway. Put some marks on the side of their brooder with a sharpie, high enough so they have to jump to catch them.  Give them multi height areas to play on.  be sure their brooder is big enough.  By the time my chicks are 2 - 3 weeks old, I want them to have 2 s.f./bird.  
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x1000   Best thing I ever did was follow the sod advice (love ya, LG) and toss one in for my first brooder raised chicks.  Now it's as automatic as filling the feeders!
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I'm not impressed you can get sod in march ... my snow is 8 feet deep in some places..
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Mail me some sod please ....
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ChxLadyCass said:
Quote: Give them the sod, and they will have a healthy alternative to eating newspaper.

snow5164 said:
Quote: I'm not impressed you can get sod in march ... my snow is 8 feet deep in some places..
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Mail me some sod please ....
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Um... mine is frozen solid. But, I should be able to chip through it within the next month. I don't like to start my chicks until the frost is out of the ground. I feel your pain about the lingering snow and cold weather.
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I feel naive asking, but by sod you mean just a chuck of ground with grass on it, correct? I can just cut out a section with a shovel to give them? Sorry for your weather misfortunes! We are always in drought in SE Colorado, so we have DRY ground everywhere.
 
Yes, that is what they mean. Chicks love the grasses roots ,bugs and the grass itself .

I'll be busy buying them produce in the clearance bins til it thaws here... June maybe
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I know the guy who runs the food bank here and he said a lot of time the produce and yogurt goes to waste here. I'm going to see if he would let me pick it up for my girls. My guess is the yogurt will be too sugary though.
 
I have a yogurt maker , I make sugar free stuff for the birds ... it is awful stuff ( I licked the spoon once
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), they eat it up like candy!!

I have given them normal store bought yogurt too ,,, everything in moderation.
 
Don't over think it, it is really simple .this is what I make for each of my coops (I have 3).
After 3 days it's foaming and smelling yeasty, when I pour out the jar on top of their feed, don't rinse it just add hot water and start again .

Feed-2cups
Water (hot speeds it up)-1cup
Apple cider vinegar -1TB

I add oil (1TB)and sprouted lentils just before I feed them.I have just seen the apple cider with mother and I refuse to pay that price . I use regular acv and have healthy happy hens .

Have fun , it's all trial and error but they'll love your every attempt
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My chicks are SOO entertained my scratching! That is all they have done in their waking hours the past day! They have pine shavings with cardboard underneath and they just scratch and peck, scratch and peck. They are so happy with just that even though they have a whole huge playground to explore. Silly girls! I only have 2 and am getting 2 more on Friday, but now I really want 2 New Hampshires. CHICKEN MATH!!!!!
 

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