Good treats for baby chicks?

[ChickenNugget22]

How

just for chick food (crumbles) they don't need grit



mine are around 2 weeks old ... i mashed up a hard boiled egg and gave it to them last night, they loved it


i tried to give mine yogurt ... but they didn't like it

much did you mash the hard boiled egg up?

 

[QuirkySue]

I've given my babies (2 weeks old now) homemade blueberry yogurt and hard boiled egg. Both were a hit!

I do have a question about grit - we go down to the river and get buckets of fine, coarse river sand for our laying hens and they eat it up. Can I give the same thing to our chicks?

 

[MelSoCity]

At what age do you give your baby chicks grit? I was told at the feed store it was not necessary until they were much older.

 

[jessicaroo]

Start grit as soon as they start eating things that aren't water soluble, like hay, scratch, spaghetti, grapes etc.
egg yolks and yogurt do not require grit

 

[ChickenNugget22]

I just tried giving mine crushed hard boiled eggs?........ And ....they didn't seem to like it!!? Any more tips about what I can give them? My big chickens loved the same hard boiled eggs but just not the chicks!

 

[yelnad]

I just tried giving mine crushed hard boiled eggs?........ And ....they didn't seem to like it!!? Any more tips about what I can give them? My big chickens loved the same hard boiled eggs but just not the chicks!

I mash it up with a little sugar in it.

 

[jessicaroo]

Mine didn't like it for a while, keep trying

 

[turkey lover]

so how does one feed baby chick yogurt,an smashed strawberrys, im very new to this new baby chick thing and im not sure how to do this

 

[MelSoCity]

I just mash it up with a fork and place it on a flat plastic lid in their coop. They go right for it!

 

[turkey lover]

Oh ok thanks