Hard boiled eggs okay for baby chicks?

[Browniethechicken]

I’m getting baby chicks today. 2 days old. I was told that they love mashed up/minced hard boiled eggs as treats- especially the yolk! Is it okay to give them this during the first few days I have them? I remember my last flock loving them and I fed early on. Okay to feed yolk first day I get them after they settle in or wait a couple of days?

 

[Ridgerunner]

The chicks will not need grit to eat hard boiled eggs. Their system will be able to handle the whites and the yolk. That's one thing you don't have to worry about.

The chicks may or may not be very hungry. They can live off of the yolk for over 72 hours so if they are just 2 days old they still have nutrition available to them from the absorbed yolk before hatch. It will not hurt them at all to eat something. I'd consider it a good thing if they did, just not a necessary thing. An egg, especially the yolk, would be a great food for them. That's what they absorbed and are living off of. The yolk is about 1/3 fat, which would give them great energy. The rest is full of nutrients. It should get them off to a great start.

Once they settle in you want the majority of their food to be the chick feed so they get a better balanced diet. The chick feed contains a more varied mix of nutrients. But to get them off to a good start I can't think of anything better than egg, especially egg yolk.

 

[Browniethechicken]

The chicks will not need grit to eat hard boiled eggs. Their system will be able to handle the whites and the yolk. That's one thing you don't have to worry about.

The chicks may or may not be very hungry. They can live off of the yolk for over 72 hours so if they are just 2 days old they still have nutrition available to them from the absorbed yolk before hatch. It will not hurt them at all to eat something. I'd consider it a good thing if they did, just not a necessary thing. An egg, especially the yolk, would be a great food for them. That's what they absorbed and are living off of. The yolk is about 1/3 fat, which would give them great energy. The rest is full of nutrients. It should get them off to a great start.

Once they settle in you want the majority of their food to be the chick feed so they get a better balanced diet. The chick feed contains a more varied mix of nutrients. But to get them off to a good start I can't think of anything better than egg, especially egg yolk.

This is so reassuring!!!! Thank you for your solid advice!!!! I’m going to boil some
Now!

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Sorry to hi Jack your thread but I gave my 6-week-olds some raw broccoli and cauliflower. They are outside and have course sand and some Pebbles in the ground but the Pebbles are too big for them. Do they still need grit?

 

[Ridgerunner]

They can select what sized grit they need from what is in the ground. They have been doing that for thousands of years based in instinct.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

They can select what sized grit they need from what is in the ground. They have been doing that for thousands of years based in instinct.

Okay thank you

 

[Browniethechicken]

Sorry to hi Jack your thread but I gave my 6-week-olds some raw broccoli and cauliflower. They are outside and have course sand and some Pebbles in the ground but the Pebbles are too big for them. Do they still need grit?

I am so glad you did! That’s a good question. I don’t know the answer but I hope someone does. Likely they’re fine with the dirt. Do they like to eat those veggies? I haven’t tried it yet

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I am so glad you did! That’s a good question. I don’t know the answer but I hope someone does. Likely they’re fine with the dirt. Do they like to eat those veggies? I haven’t tried it yet

Yep, they love them! @Ridgerunner answered already.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I am going to try eggs too, just trying to spice up their diets