1 week old chicks and mealworms.

[Wheeler Farms Chickens]

I have chicks that are 9 days old. Should I cut up the meal worms to feed to them or let them take them whole?

 

[ninabeast]

I was told to cut them up and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I offered them whole (at about the same age) and they knew precisely what to do.

 

[7&8]

I watched a mother hen give three day old bantam chicks 2.5" red worms...and they hoovered them! Chicks seem to be pretty smart about not eating what they can't handle. What about hard boiled egg yolk for a protein source for your chicks? I crumble it up a bit with a fork or between my fingers - and stand back!