New to chickens

[ME Clarke]

Hi, I'm Marie, new chicken owner. I have 4 RIR I'm looking forward to learning and enjoying this with my grandkids.
Is it OK to give my 4 week old chicks some raw sweet potatoes?
Thank you

 

[Raisin_The_Chicken]

hello and welcome!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Hi, I'm Marie, new chicken owner. I have 4 RIR I'm looking forward to learning and enjoying this with my grandkids.
Is it OK to give my 4 week old chicks some raw sweet potatoes?
Thank you

I would recommend boiling the potatoes. if the chicks are provided grit stones, they should be able to eat the potatoes.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, Marie and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Jenbirdee]

 

[DobieLover]

Hello Marie, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I would stick with a good quality chick starter at this stage of life. If you really want to give them a treat, dig up a clump of sod and put that into the brooder with them to scratch to smithereens after they get over their terror of it.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, Marie, and welcome to BYC!

I doubt they'd eat those, but for first treats, we go with scrambled eggs. They go nuts over those.

 

[N F C]

Hi Marie, here's a good article about giving treats to your flock: Table Scraps & Leftovers for Chickens

Personally, I'd wait until the chicks are older to treat them...at this stage of their life they need to eat their nutritionally sound feed and not fill up on "snacks".

 

[sourland]

Hello, Marie, and welcome to BYC.