At what age can you feed treats to chicks?

[Gwen]

Like I have a litle bit of left over lettuce in a nice head that they could pick at. Can I put that in the brooder for them? They are less than a week old.At

 

[MysticScorpio82]

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only if they have some grit. Grit is basically their teeth, without it you risk your chick's crop getting impacted. I just asked on another thread what I can use for grit since I couldn't find chick grit at my local TSC, and was told Sandbox sand is fine. Just put some in a seprate dish (or sprinkle on their crumble like salt) for a couple days before giving them treats like lettuce.

 

[Gwen]

I don't have any sand. Can I use garden dirt?

 

[Davaroo]

Nooooo... musn't comment in this thread.....