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I agree completely. If chickens really get sick and/or die from eating small quantities of healthy snacks, chances are they were fragile anyway. I've known too many chickens that lived to be 6+ on a diet of nothing but kitchen scraps to be too worried. Since nearly everyone on this thread/board...

Well said. Chicks being raised by their mothers aren't going to eat perfectly nutritionally balanced, artificially made food. *Humans* do not eat perfectly nutritionally balanced food, for that matter. We should all strive towards healthy eating, but just like how eating a few Cheetos in...

Okay then? I never said anything about feeding any of those foods to my chicks, so I'm not too worried. As an aside, usually forum etiquette dictates that when one person's post is quoted, it means that person is being spoken to directly. But apparently it's "taking it personally" to respond...

If you read my post again, I didn't address or dispute any of the digestive points, because they are accurate. I don't feed my chicks dairy, for instance. I was more targeting some of the comments that tiny quantities of treats should never be fed to chicks. There is never any one right way to...

I couldn't have said it better myself, especially the bold part! Most people (especially on this forum; it's called "backyard" chickens, not "cold but efficient mass produced chickens") who choose to have chickens want them to be happy, active, and entertaining. I have free choice chick feed...

Yes, greens are perfectly fine for chicks to eat. If they were being raised outdoors they'd be nibbling on grass and whatever else they could reach! Lettuce is great to give both chicks and waterfowl (though I think the waterfowl like it more!). I think the key to all of this is moderation...

I have been giving my chicks half of a hard boiled egg a day. Considering that one half an egg is spread across 22 chicks, they each are only getting a tiny bit of the egg and they love to run around with it. They also enjoy getting raw oats as a treat. They like cooked oatmeal, too, but I've...