Frazzemrat1
Free Ranging
- At what age can you start offering chicks treats and how do you go about it?
I waited until they were about 2 weeks old before one day deciding to grab some parakeet grit and living meal worms... Once they figured out the worms were food, they went mad for them!
- What treats do you give your flock?
At this point, live or dried meal worms, spinach, I've given them a little bit of alfalfa hay to test out, leftover fresh corn I cut off the cob. Once they move outside, they'll get daily kitchen scraps.
- How much, and how often do you feed treats?
Well, the kitchen scraps will be daily, I figure meal worms every once in a while, scratch occasionally. The grass clippings when we mow...
- What treats should NOT be given to chickens, or given in moderation?
I know that they shouldn't get my onions and garlic scraps, avocado, sweets, chocolate, coffee grounds... I think I hit the major ones...
- What are your flock's favourite treats?
So far, the meal worms... especially the living ones. And any bug they run across when they have outside time...
I waited until they were about 2 weeks old before one day deciding to grab some parakeet grit and living meal worms... Once they figured out the worms were food, they went mad for them!
- What treats do you give your flock?
At this point, live or dried meal worms, spinach, I've given them a little bit of alfalfa hay to test out, leftover fresh corn I cut off the cob. Once they move outside, they'll get daily kitchen scraps.
- How much, and how often do you feed treats?
Well, the kitchen scraps will be daily, I figure meal worms every once in a while, scratch occasionally. The grass clippings when we mow...
- What treats should NOT be given to chickens, or given in moderation?
I know that they shouldn't get my onions and garlic scraps, avocado, sweets, chocolate, coffee grounds... I think I hit the major ones...
- What are your flock's favourite treats?
So far, the meal worms... especially the living ones. And any bug they run across when they have outside time...