Can I give my 3 week old silkies a hard boiled egg?

[Lucyhughes82]

One of my chicks kept chirping last night and just didn’t seem to happy... I had given them meal worms and let them play in a sand/peat dust bath for grit. She is pooping just fine and her vent is clear. I was just wondering if I could give them an egg today just in case she’s lacking protein. She is also smaller than my other chick but feathering much faster!

 

[chuckachucka]

Eggs are brilliant to give chicks or chickens for extra protein. Boiled and chopped up is fine. I wonder if the little unhappy chick wasn't warm enough?

 

[theoldchick]

If she is on Chick Starter she should not need added protein. However, a tiny bit of cooked egg will not hurt her.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/11/feeding-chickens-at-different-ages/

 

[Lucyhughes82]

You guys are awesome! I’m thinking your right about maybe her not being warm enough because I got her out and held her and she fell asleep! I’m using an ecoglow and not a heat lamp maybe I just need to show he to go under it when she’s acting that way

 

[Lucyhughes82]

If she is on Chick Starter she should not need added protein. However, a tiny bit of cooked egg will not hurt her.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/11/feeding-chickens-at-different-ages/

They are on chick starter but I think I may just give them a little egg just for a treat and you think that’s ok??

 

[nine9d]

From all of my reading, it should be fine to give her the egg.

 

[chicken4prez]

I feed my chicks eggs once in a while for a boost.

 

[theoldchick]

They are on chick starter but I think I may just give them a little egg just for a treat and you think that’s ok??

As a treat would be fine.