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JulieJo1216

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Can I feed my 9 week old chicks live meal worms? My wyandotte that's 2 years loves them.
 
They should be old enough of course I wouldn't want to be around when that happens -
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Welcome to Backyard chickens. sometimes grown chickens will catch and eat snakes and mice, I don't want to witness that either. Blah
 
Do chickens prefer to have there scraps on the ground of the run or in a bowl. The scrapes when I put on the ground get dirty then it gets moldy. I know its probable a silly question but iv Only been a chicken keeper since this last august.
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JulieJo1216 said:
The scrapes when I put on the ground get dirty then it gets moldy
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If your scraps are getting moldy you are giving way too much, scraps should never last long enough to even think about getting moldy... When I give my chickens scraps 75% of the scraps are gone within about 15 minutes, and then they proceed to clean up all the rest of scraps within the next few hours at their leisure... Anything left over and found the next day is removed as they are likely not going to eat it...

As for feeding them on the ground or in a boil, I use a large cookie sheet or plastic bus pan, but within about 5 minutes (for my chickens and guineas) it's almost all on the ground anyway from their pecking and tossing it everywhere in their made feeding frenzy... In the end I don't think it matters much for chickens... On the other hand my peas actually have some manners and don't go into a toss it everywhere frenzy and thus almost all their food remains on the cookie sheet or in the bus pan until they are done...
 
Welcome to BYC! Glad you decided to join our flock. X2 on MeepBeep. If your table scraps are getting moldy, you are giving them way too many. Treats such as table scraps should make up less than 10 % of your chickens' total diet or they will become fat and unhealthy. Commercial feeds are specially formulated to meet a chicken's nutritional needs which treats will not do. Feeding your chickens too many treats is the equivalent of us eating potato chips and candy bars. Also reducing their table scraps to less than 10 % of their diet will solve your mold problem. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
 
Hello there and welcome to BYC!
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X2 on the mold. Only put out what the birds will consume in 10 or 15 mins. What ever they leave needs to be cleaned up. I like to put things in bowls. I use sand and everything gets all dirty. So what ever works for you in your situation. But never leave food out to go moldy. Moldy food can kill your birds.

Enjoy your flock and welcome to ours!
 
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Glad you joined us!

Yes, your chicks can have a few mealworms right now, as long as you also provide them with small grit. Otherwise, they may have trouble digesting the tough mealworm skins.
 

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