2 week old chicks - Broccoli and corn??

[mollycat79]

Can 2 week old chicks eat cooked cooled Broccoli? or even stick some raw Broccoli in the side of the cage for them to peck at?

what about cooked and cooled or raw corn cobs?

Are there any other vegetables that the 2 week old chicks can eat for variety?

 

[sumi]

Yes, they can eat that, but make sure if you feed them treats you provide grit as well, to help them digest it. If you can't find chick grit you can sprinkle some coarse sand over their food. Here's some more safe treats for chickens and at the bottom of the chart things you should never feed:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2593-Treats_Chart

 

[stevetone]

Variety? They are two weeks old...just being alive is variety enough for them

Seriously though, commercial starter feed has all of the nutrients that a rapidly growing chick needs to be healthy. They'll do excellent on a 100% diet of that alone.

It's only us humans that think they are bored with their food choices.

 

[my sunwolf]

Variety? They are two weeks old...just being alive is variety enough for them

Seriously though, commercial starter feed has all of the nutrients that a rapidly growing chick needs to be healthy. They'll do excellent on a 100% diet of that alone.

It's only us humans that think they are bored with their food choices.

Have to call you out on this one! Every time I throw a clump of grass w/dirt attached into the brooder, the chicks go NUTS, no matter how many days in a row I do it (every day until it's warm enough for them to be out on pasture). I think new things is exciting for chicks like it is for chickens. Do they need treats? Not at all. Do they love them? Definitely.

 

[stevetone]

Boredom is different than "loving" a food. But I get your point.

 

[my sunwolf]

The real problem I guess it that when I didn't put the grass clod in there, they would get bored and pick, so it did turn out to be fun as well as useful.