Best foods for chicks besides the basic starter feed

[staceyj]

Hello all!
I'm wondering what's some of you all best natural foods you use to feed your precious fluffy butt babies? LOL! I've heard cutting up fresh herbs and putting that mixed in their starter feed is a good idea. Anybody love the book Fresh Eggs Daily? Just wanting opinions from y'all.

 

[staceyj]

Priceless.

Ahhh, but she does in fact SHOW them what TO eat.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Everything in moderation....
Even Pizza

 

[MissChick@dee]

Yes I read this at the site you mention.
Yes, the science is correct as far as I've been able to find out.
BUT, I've read some complete nonsense on that site and I decided to investigate a little about how the site was funded and who might have vested interests in the products it promotes and who some of the 'scientists' get quoted on that site work for.
I don't visit that site anymore and I'm still feeding the chickens here some oats.
One really does have to be extremely careful about what advice you take from the Internet.
Unfortunately there are some people who will read this and no longer feed their poultry any oats not bothering to investigate further.

MODERATION LOL. Sorry was I yelling?

 

[Animals45]

I think you should just stay with Chick feed for them.

 

[FlyWheel]

Chick feed for the first couple of weeks until I'm sure they didn't come with anything (and to give them some time for their systems to develop) Then I add little clumps of grass from my yard where they will be staying, being sure to include some of the roots and dirt. This provides them with the local pro-biotics that they will be living with as well as exposing them to any other "flora" they will have to deal with on a day to day basis.

Chick grit as well, of course, so they can properly digest it.

 

[TLCMidMichigan]

I would make the Greek salad for myself, less the dried mealworms!

 

[Hoytman]

I love it when people start adding rules to nature. LOL!

I'm a newbie you might say only having chickens for the first time in my life and they are 7+ months old.

Sure, we fed medicated chick feed to our birds … because we wanted to be successful our first go around. However, I have no doubt mama hen knows more about raising her babies than any one person or any group of people … that is if they're a broody bird to begin with. I have no doubt mama hen would have any difficulty raising her chicks in a free range environment, especially during spring and summer time, all on a natural diet where no feed is supplemented. I don't do this, but I'm sure there are plenty of people that rarely give their birds anything except for in the winter time, and I wouldn't be afraid to try it once I gain more chicken raising experience. If I thought I could raise them on zero feed dollars I'd be all over it. We currently feed Purina feed to our birds. Come spring time I plan on letting them gather their own food free ranging while I'm also growing plenty for them in our garden.

 

[chickens really]

I love it when people start adding rules to nature. LOL!

I'm a newbie you might say only having chickens for the first time in my life and they are 7+ months old.

Sure, we fed medicated chick feed to our birds … because we wanted to be successful our first go around. However, I have no doubt mama hen knows more about raising her babies than any one person or any group of people … that is if they're a broody bird to begin with. I have no doubt mama hen would have any difficulty raising her chicks in a free range environment, especially during spring and summer time, all on a natural diet where no feed is supplemented. I don't do this, but I'm sure there are plenty of people that rarely give their birds anything except for in the winter time, and I wouldn't be afraid to try it once I gain more chicken raising experience. If I thought I could raise them on zero feed dollars I'd be all over it. We currently feed Purina feed to our birds. Come spring time I plan on letting them gather their own food free ranging while I'm also growing plenty for them in our garden.

I still provide a bowl of chick feed under a tree while Momma free ranges and she always brings them in to eat and drink under the tree..

 

[FlyWheel]

I love it when people start adding rules to nature. LOL!

I'm a newbie you might say only having chickens for the first time in my life and they are 7+ months old.

Sure, we fed medicated chick feed to our birds … because we wanted to be successful our first go around. However, I have no doubt mama hen knows more about raising her babies than any one person or any group of people … that is if they're a broody bird to begin with. I have no doubt mama hen would have any difficulty raising her chicks in a free range environment, especially during spring and summer time, all on a natural diet where no feed is supplemented. I don't do this, but I'm sure there are plenty of people that rarely give their birds anything except for in the winter time, and I wouldn't be afraid to try it once I gain more chicken raising experience. If I thought I could raise them on zero feed dollars I'd be all over it. We currently feed Purina feed to our birds. Come spring time I plan on letting them gather their own food free ranging while I'm also growing plenty for them in our garden.

Alas , free ranging was not an option in my case unless I was eager to give the dogs some brief sport. So penned and Purina-d they were, and no broody hen to care for them other than myself.

Otherwise yeah, I would have loved to let a surrogate momma hen teach them the ways of the world.