Raising Baby Chicks

[jaybob54]

I have 10 baby chicks in my barn that I am raising. I have 4 baby bantams and 6 Baby Aracauna's.
I am just about to feed them crickets and mealworms. Will they eat them?

 

[Tanichca]

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Those things will eat ANYTHING that moves. This includes bugs, dust, and the occasional child.

 

[jaybob54]

THaNX. Should I kill the cricket or will they eat it alive?

 

[Judy]

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They will be VERY disappointed in you if you don't let them chase it. Of course the occasional one might get away....

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

I agree with Dawn, they would be VERY disappointed if they can't play "catch me" with them

It's a lot of fun watching them give chase over the bugs!

 

[chickenbythesea]

how old are you chicks if you don't mind my asking?

 

[Chickens_in_a_nutshell]

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Those things will eat ANYTHING that moves. This includes bugs, dust, and the occasional child.

and yes, they love mealworms.

 

[jaybob54]

I have 10 baby chicks that I am raising. 6 of them are 7 week old aracauna chicks and the other 4 are 3 weeks old and a mix breed of White leghorn rooster and black banty hen.