crickets for baby chicks

[Firecracker]

My friend and I just got a shipment of chicks. She commented that she fed them crickets and they love them. Is this okay? Are they too young, just a few days old?

 

[obe10]

there a little young for that now but maybe in a week or 2 they could have some.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

They will be fine. My broody takes her babies out bug hunting at 2 - 3 days old and I have personally seen them tear into big ol cricketts, worms, grasshoppers, and termites...they love it

 

[amarook]

My babies LOVED crickets!!! And Meal worms!

 

[RAWR]

when my chickens were babies, they loved any kind of small bug xD

 

[cmom]

Mine loved all kinds of bugs. It's like candy to them.

 

[Firecracker]

Well, we tried it, and BOY what a show. It was so funny. One would grab the cricket and run, and another would steal it!! They did not rest until the crickets were torn to shreads.

 

[Labeedoor]

Nothing like a fresh a cricket or June bug for a chicken race.

 

[elmo]

Great photo! Looks like a chicken board of directors meeting. I think they're going to vote to eat that bug, what do you think?

 

[Critter Crazed]

I let my chickens go outside at one week old and they ate all kind of bugs! I would wait until they are a little bit older than a day old to feed them treats. But that's just my opinion. I only raised chicks once.

Hen raised chicks will eat anything the hen gives them so I'd imagine it would be okay for them to eat a few crickets! But I would wait a little bit still.