Grapes for my 1 week olds??

[NattiFan]

Our girlsare just over a week old.......say about 11 days old.......is it too early to introduce them to cut up grapes, and if not, do I need to add some grit? They've been on medicated chick feed since day one...

thanks for the help

 

[speckledhen]

Well, I never feed any low protein stuff to chicks that young, especially something with that much of a choke factor, but yes, if you feed them anything other than say soft scrambled eggs, yogurt or starter, they need grit.

 

[NattiFan]

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Thank you. Maybe ill stay away from the grapes for now and shoot for the other treats that don't require grit. Yogurt, just a plain yogurt?

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, plain yogurt is good. Sprinkle some crumble on it to get them started. And you can scramble or hard boil and chop up eggs for them, too.

 

[NattiFan]

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Thank you...will try the plain yogurt and scrambled eggs. And, we just colored a dozen hard boiled eggs tonight for the easter bunny tomorrow.....I'm sure we will be able to do without a few

Thanks again...I'll hold off on the grapes for now.

 

[speckledhen]

 

[Ariel301]

I feed treats to mine from a few days old onward, because I don't want them to get reliant on a commercial feed...we don't feed our adult birds very much commercial feed, mostly whatever they can find on their own free-ranging, and some food scraps from the kitchen. I want the chicks to know how to forage. So I offer them finely chopped fruits and vegetables, and also a dish of fine gravel from my driveway for grit. Grapes are one of their favorites, as are orange halves and shredded cabbage and a little scratch feed. They get one bowl of that kind of food and one bowl of chick starter whenever I fill their dishes.

 

[BellaLulaFarm]

I had heard you're not supposed to feed chickens grapes or raisins? Can't remember why....

 

[happymorrows]

Mine have been getting tomato and spinach (as well as egg) since about day 3 and are doing fine. No pasty butt or anything. I do sprinkle the tomato with grit and they don't get a lot, just enough for them to chase each other around after. There are 14 of them and I never give them more than maybe 2 or 3 Tbs of treat depending on what it is.