Can my chicks have yogurt?....

[roostersandhens]

i have 10 indoor chicks being raised by moma hen they love there chick food i was just wondering if they can eat anything else. they have no rocks in there gizard and i wanted to know if they can eat yogurt. if you know please reply. also i was wondering if you know of any treats they can eat at this time. do you know if they sell chick TREATS anywhere?
thanks,
roostersandhens

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Plain yogurt should be just fine. I usually gave my chicks some around the one week mark. I would sprinkle it with crumbles to get them interested.

 

[roostersandhens]

Plain yogurt should be just fine. I usually gave my chicks some around the one week mark. I would sprinkle it with crumbles to get them interested.

ok thanks i would like to here more apinions though befor i take the risk though but i might by just hearing your opinion thanks sooo much for posting you helped alot.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Mine are 1 week old and showed no interest in the yogurt today. I just posted a video in the "Look who arrived today" thread.

 

[hotrodflash]

I gave mine yogurt mixed with starter and water to help with a little bit of pasty butt. I gave them the mix over a three day period and no more pasty butt. Mine were two days old when I started them on the yogurt. They loved it, the only drawback is that it formed little cement shoes on their toes and I had to soak their feet to get it off. But better a little cement shoe than pasty butt and death.

 

[MaddBaggins]

I've been using apple cider vinegar in their water for pasty butt. So far so good.

 

[hotrodflash]

ACV works as well. Different method, same result.

 

[MaddBaggins]

ACV works as well. Different method, same result.

After the first day, I had 2 with pasty butt. Forum member sumi recommended the acv and I haven't had any pasty butts since. This site has been invaluable so far.

 

[Shelz]

I fed my little chicks Plain yogurt with their starter crumbles sprinkled all over the top, and they LOVED it. The would just gobble it right up.

 

[katsdar]

The feed store I go to sells baby blocks for chicks it is a treat block made just for them and it is recommended that you add chick grit to their diet at 2 weeks of age. Oh and the only thing that I have ever been told not to feed chickens is citrus, mine love watermelon and they get all kinds salad makings, I don't feed them onions as it can change the taste of the egg so I have been told. but they eat oatmeal, mine will eat it uncooked, grits cooked, and they do like their yogurt too.