First treat ????

[Marymeow1]

So we started the babies on chick grit today so tomorrow we will give them there first treat. If they were your girls what would you give them ?

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Chopped up cooked yolks.......they love it!

 

[BuffOrps32]

Scrambled eggs

 

[Spartan22]

First how old are they? I normally give my new chicks some greens or meal worms but not until after the first week or so. I just want them to be we’ll accustomed to their environment & feeds have routines so I can eliminate any unnecessary factors that could lead to pasty butts or any bad stuffs, I have never lost a single chick for 5 yrs.

 

[The chicken wizard]

Mealworms no question! My three 3 week old chicks go bonkers for mealworms, just like how my sister acts when she sees candy!

 

[Marymeow1]

First how old are they?

They are a little over 2 weeks.

 

[DobieLover]

Crushed meal worms and a plug of soil from your yard.

 

[Marymeow1]

Thanks for some ideas everyone. I guess we will try them all over the next few days.

 

[chickens really]

Hello..You can give them anything you want in small quantities a couple times a week. A Broody Hen takes her Chicks off the nest and feeds them. She sure isn't telling them to spit certain things out...
I give Cucumber, apple, broccoli etc..

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Our chicklets are 6 wk old tomorrow. They have access to baby-chick grit in a bowl all the time, they just help themselves. I have been giving them freeze-dried meal worms for about a week now, which they love, some of them now having become hand-tame as a result and one has been asking me to pick her up for the last two days - this has been her idea, not mine! These are all the EEs, btw; the 3 BLs still keep their distance. In the last two days they've also had cut up ripe banana with raw oats (people oatmeal) and also chopped leaf lettuce and chopped tomato. They are still at the food-exploring stage, willing to try new things because they know I bring goodies, but not yet at the "hooray, pizza and ice cream!" stage. I sprinkle everything liberally with crumbled mealworms so they'll try it, which makes them willing. Maybe I should try that with my fussy-eater grandson, lol! Next week I plan to make extra spaghetti so I can film what I expect to be a chicken rodeo! We use the veggie spaghetti, not white pasta.