Food for a 14 week chick

[Glad72]

My dad was given a chick from someone, didn’t get much details about that. But he doesn’t live close to a feed store. He doesn’t have food for the chick. I ordered him food but it won’t get there for another week! He lives in PA and I live in CA. Can anyone PLEASE tell me what he can feed it in the meantime? I read somewhere to give them eggs, is that true? Please help!
Thank you all in advance.

I have 5 happy girls of my own here
GlAdys

 

[chickenchicklady]

Does he have a Walmart nearby? They sell chicken feed!

 

[NatJ]

When you don't have the "right" food, it's often best to offer small amounts of several things, and let the chicken select for itself. It probably knows as much about chicken nutrition as any of us do

The most basic needs are calories, protein, and vitamins/minerals.
Also offer water and grit (small stones or large sand, for the gizzard to grind food with).
Do not deliberately add salt to its food, because most people food has more than enough.

Protein:
Cooked egg, cooked meat, cooked fish
cheese, yogurt
bugs and worms: either let it forage outdoors, or dig/catch bugs for itself
nuts and seeds (sunflower seeds, etc)

General calories:
Bread crusts (whole wheat would be better than white bread)
Popcorn (air popped, no butter or salt)
Rice (brown better than white, cooked might be better than raw)
Rolled Oats (raw or cooked)
Cornmeal or cracked corn or grits (cooked or raw)
Cold cereal (any of the whole-grain kinds, not the mostly-sugar kinds)
Suet, meat fat, butter, etc.
Potatoes

Vitamins and minerals:
Any vegetables or fruits (peels, seeds, pits, leaves, stems, etc--generally all fine)
Fresh grass, dandelion leaves, etc--let it spend time outdoors picking its own grass (and eating bugs.)

I would suggest offering things from each of those general categories, preferrably small amounts of several things from each category. Notice what the chick seems to really like, and try to offer it regularly (at least until the chicken food arrives.) Do not try to force the chick to eat any specific thing.

Of course, most of these foods actually contain some amount of calories, protein, and some vitamins and minerals--I just grouped them according to what they are likely to have most of.

I would mostly offer leftover food, and scraps of what the person is eating, rather than cooking specially for the chicken. Making a sandwich? Offer some breadcrust, a corner of cheese, a scrap of lunchmeat, a flake of tuna, a bit of lettuce leaf, etc. Eating eggs? Offer the chick a tidbit. Any meat left on a bone? Offer it for the chick to peck at. Peeling a carrot? The chick can have the peels. Apple? Give the core to the chick. And so forth.

You said the chick is already 14 weeks old? More than 3 months? At that age, if it's only for a week, the chick should be fine eating bits of this and that.

 

[Glad72]

Does he have a Walmart nearby? They sell chicken feed!

He went and they didn’t! Two different ones also! That’s where I ordered the food from but it’s at a Walmart an hour away from him. At least I know the food will definitely be there by Thursday of next week.