Chicks and fresh greens

[Cbear25]

How soon should I start giving my chick greens like fresh herb leftovers and grass? My chickens free range most of the year (they have a covered run for winter) and I’d like her to have fresh things to scratch in. Currently she’s eating medicated chick feed and electrolyte water. I don’t want to rush things. I just got her today.

 

[triplepurpose]

Chicks can eat green food as soon as they have an appetite for it. Make sure you do the research to make sure you only offer things that are safe/palatable (Many “herbs” are useless/dangerous as fodder and “grasses” vary greatly, many being too tough for young chicks to actually eat and a few being poisonous.) lettuce, chard, and tender kale leaves are good examples.

also noted: you appear to be referring to only a single chick? One should never attempt to keep a chicken of any age alone, as it is basically inhumane—they are extremely gregarious animals and require the company of other chickens to be content, healthy, and well-adjusted.

 

[Cbear25]

Listen I’ve already had the line chick talk. I can only have one more chicken and also please hop down off your high horse.

 

[Tom Kowalsky]

Try planting some seeds in a dish- they love to eat the sprouts