Grit???????

[madi99]

ok so tonight/ tomorrow morning is my chicks 4 week birthday!! and i really want to start giving them treats like scrambled eggs and/ or yogurt. My question is: do i need grit and if so how much should be available to them? do they need grit if they get yogurt? should i sprinkle it in their feed or should i have a separate dish filled with chick grit? Thanks in advance!!

 

[HEChicken]

I just sprinkle a handful of grit on the ground for my older birds, or on the floor of the brooder for the younger ones. They will eat it if they know they need it - otherwise they won't touch it, so don't be concerned if they don't seem interested. For cooked egg and yogurt they really don't need it but hey, it can't hurt to offer it can it?

 

[madi99]

thanks! i heard on this site that you only REALLY need grit for foods the "need to be chewed" which yogurt and eggs really don't i guess...

 

[madi99]

are there any other treats i can give them without having to give them grit?

 

[leadwolf1]

Anything that is water soluble is fine to give without grit. That limits your possibilties...with a little grit, you options are limitless

 

[madi99]

theyve moved on to food thats more like crumbles... i'm not sure if it has grit though... but without grit what can i give them other than their regular feed?

 

[leadwolf1]

Yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs..I can't think of anything else.

 

[madi99]

Yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs..I can't think of anything else.

not a problem thats perfect thanks! i'm gonna have grit sometime within the next week... maybe even tomorrow if i have time to go get it!

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

ok so tonight/ tomorrow morning is my chicks 4 week birthday!! and i really want to start giving them treats like scrambled eggs and/ or yogurt. My question is: do i need grit and if so how much should be available to them? do they need grit if they get yogurt? should i sprinkle it in their feed or should i have a separate dish filled with chick grit? Thanks in advance!!

if you take your chicks outside during the day then they will find grit. You wont have to buy it or feed it. They will find it on their own. Otherwise give it in a separate dish.

 

[madi99]

scrambled eggs? or cooked some other way? sorry about all of the questions.. you can obviously tell im new at this