Feeding baby peachicks...

[Smittenroade]

I have found it's really annoying getting peachicks to eat their crumbles! I'm feeding them lettuce/cabbage and my chickens eggs...any tricks to help them understand that crumbles are good to eat? lol I'll figure it out eventually...

 

[jimmythechicken]

if you have any chicks to put in with them that works real good we do it for the first 2 to 3 days.also try to sprinkle in on the bottom of the brooder they seem to perfer to eat of the ground

 

[Smittenroade]

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Yea, thats what I've been doing, sprinkling it on the ground....lol the only time I don't have baby chicks

I just spent about 10 min out there feeding them crumbles out of my hand and tapping with my finger on the ground. Ah well, they'll get it eventually.

 

[xlboergoats]

If you come by the house, stop by and get a few baby chicks. We always have chicks.

Ernie Haire
Arp, Texas

 

[Smittenroade]

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hah thanks for the offer Ernie! What kind do you got? Maybe another time, don't have the time to drive down to Tyler.

 

[xlboergoats]

We raise French Marans. We have Black Coppers, Blue/Blue Coppers, Splash, Cuckoos, and a few Whites. They come here knowing how to eat. I am really glad that I had seen on BYC that peachicks needed a little help in that department. Mine would have probably starved to death because I would have expected them to eat without help. Mine are all doing fine, but I did have to teach them to eat starter.

I thought that you might be passing through the neighborhood in the next day or two.

Ernie

 

[ranit]

Maybe they're just liking the "treats" better than the regular meal - you know, just like kids. I like to feed mine crumbles only until they are a little older, that way I know they are getting the right nutrients.

 

[MinxFox]

Some people say if you get the crumbles a little wet then they like it better. My peachick likes them dry and pecking at the food should work, I also put some of the food in my hand and the peachick pecks at that. Don't feed them too much egg or they will get runny poo.

 

[SuperPeacockman]

I put my finger in their waterer and then their food so the food sticks to my finger. Then i move my finger a little. I find this helps, it also tames them.

 

[Smittenroade]

Is it even safe to put baby chicks in there with them for a couple weeks to show them how to eat? I went up to my local chicken breeder, grabbed 2 chicks and threw them in the brooder with them....I hope they will be alright. I'll seperate them right after they show them how to eat.