My young chicks wont touch anything other than feed as well but as they grow up they try different things... i just think of it as fussy young children not willing to try other things
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Beak them to the watermelon if you have never given it to them they are like kids the reluctantance to try new things is real lolI'm a backyard chicken newbie. I have two hens around 7 and 10 weeks old. I have them on the grower feed. I've read that chickens love watermelon on hot days, so I put a slice of watermelon in there, and they didn't even touch it. I also read that they like tomatoes and I threw some in there as well. The hens also completely ignored those.
Any thoughts?
Chickens dislike change and generally are reluctant to try new foods. Give them time, and offer small pieces of watermelon or tomato.
I’d be delighted if our flock would eat their damn feed instead of everything else they find or my parents throw to them.
Yours might like more variety when they are older perhaps but their feed should cover what they need so I say leave them to it.