Hi! New here, but thoroughly stalked many BYC posts to help me learn and research and educate myself before starting on my chicken journey. I have my first batch of chicks, almost one week old, but here... I'll let them introduce themselves: My name is Rose, (as in the Golden Girls). I am an EE pullet. I am Ethel, a Barred Rock pullet. My name is Lucy, I am a Buff Orpington pullet. They're all adorable! Congrats! Hi, I am Lacey, a Silver Laced Wyandotte pullet. And last, but not least by any means, I am Goldie, and I am a little bit of a mystery, but likely a Golden Laced Cochin Bantam, and hopefully a pullet, but time will tell. I am loving them! They are all sweeties. And most have grown in their first flight feathers already, and some glimpses of their tail feathers also. I have 2 more chicks coming later this Spring to complete my starting flock for a total of 7. Happy to be starting our chicken journey. :yiipchick
Where can I post for do's and dont's when it comes to 4 week old chicks? I have a quick question as to what they can eat. I want to try and give them a egg bagel. Is that okay? Of course I'm going to give them a small price uncooked. Plus I don't know what thread to post it under
I'm sure there's probably a thread somewhere for that. Try searching the forums. But, this article is pretty good: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens Make sure if you're feeding anything that would require "chewing" that you provide them with some grit of some type or another. I personally just went and bought chick grit. If you have particularly rocky soil in your yard, you might be able to get away with just giving some dirt to play in from the yard, and let them find their own more natural source of grit... I don't see enough tiny rocks in mine (nope, instead I have boulders in my yard - so not looking forward to digging posts this spring). Bread products in general should be given in moderation. The less processed the treat the better - for any animal (including us! LOL). I've tried grapes (cut up of course), lettuce (romaine), baby spinach, cabbage, yogurt, and tomatoes so far. They go CRAZY over the tomatoes, and could care less for the rest at this point. By crazy, I mean... grab the tomato bit and RUN like wild in circles while all the other chicks chase you around - meanwhile I'm sitting here with a piece for everyone shaking my head going, "really? there's more! everyone can have their own!" ha ha ha!
I bought this little guy from a Buchheit's where the workers knew absolutely nothing about chickens or anything, really. And they had like 50 little chicks in cages that were way too small for how many there were in each cage, and they were all freezing. And they let little kids grab them and stuff with no supervision so of course, dropping them.
Anyway, he was in a cage of assorted chicks labelled "pan fry".
Anyone have a guess on his breed?
I'm sure there's probably a thread somewhere for that. Try searching the forums. But, this article is pretty good: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens Make sure if you're feeding anything that would require "chewing" that you provide them with some grit of some type or another. I personally just went and bought chick grit. If you have particularly rocky soil in your yard, you might be able to get away with just giving some dirt to play in from the yard, and let them find their own more natural source of grit... I don't see enough tiny rocks in mine (nope, instead I have boulders in my yard - so not looking forward to digging posts this spring). Bread products in general should be given in moderation. The less processed the treat the better - for any animal (including us! LOL). I've tried grapes (cut up of course), lettuce (romaine), baby spinach, cabbage, yogurt, and tomatoes so far. They go CRAZY over the tomatoes, and could care less for the rest at this point. By crazy, I mean... grab the tomato bit and RUN like wild in circles while all the other chicks chase you around - meanwhile I'm sitting here with a piece for everyone shaking my head going, "really? there's more! everyone can have their own!" ha ha ha
I am Ethel, a Barred Rock pullet.
