ok if chick 1wk old ate ant?

[BDutch]

Yes, one or two is feed for chickens. Mine sometimes eat ants, but prefer the ant eggs. If there are too many ants they don’t eat them because as a group the ants start to ‘attack’ the ant eater.

 

[Silkielee]

hum.. feed for chickens... I only feed chicks (and mother hen) the Chick Starter, no treats, because I want them to have a good balanced start to life.
I just googled if ants are protein and it seems like they are a pretty good meal! .. maybe not the more potent nipping ones though they probably would attack and hurt chicks. There was one walking towards the coop so I squashed that one! If it hurts me I can't imagine what it would be like for a little chick (or standard chicken) getting nipped!

Black ant... The insect has between 39.79 to 44.64% protein and about 42.07 to 49.77% fat content depending on the body part. The insect is also rich in iron, zinc, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus.

 

[Aapomp831]

It’s fine. We raised chicks on our back porch and watched them chase a moth... someone caught it and ate it. All is well and they are now super healthy and close to POL.

 

[LaFleche]

Ants and their eggs, bugs, flies, mosquitoes, spiders and all kinds of other insects would be the natural diet for a chick and the mother hen shows them which ones to eat and which to avoid.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Ours ate a lot of ants at that age and they’re fine I would just make sure they have grit. Ours also killed a mouse that got in the brooder at 2-3 weeks!

 

[BDutch]

Not only chickens eat ants. they are nutritious for apes and humans too.

 

[featherhead007]

I wish my birds liked ants haha

Me too!

 

[jwehl]

No, it won't hurt the chick. I had a chick snatch mosquitoes out of the air at 3 weeks, & he was fine.

you are breeding him or her to make a mosquito eating super race of chicken, right?

 

[MysteryChicken]

you are breeding him or her to make a mosquito eating super race of chicken, right?

No, why you ask? He was my Goober boy, who's gonna be used for my Project Wheaten Crele Orpingtons.

 

[Peggysaurus]

My chicks did the same thing when they were about 2 weeks old ! She snatched a fly that just dropped dead on the ground. She was completely fine after .