Scrambled Eggs & Yogurt

[KBChicks]

I thought I saw a post somewhere that when you feed chicks that are just a couple weeks old you don't need to set a bowl of grit out with them. (I wish I could find it but am computer challenged today)

I know that with everything else I feed them...(except their chic crumble) that I'll need to, but it looked like the eggs and yogurt were the exception.

Was I seeing things?

 

[GreenGoddess]

Scrambled eggs and yogurt are easily digestible so they do not need grit to help in the process.. If it makes you feel better and it's nice outside where you are, take them outside for a little while and let them peck around.. They will get natural grit in their gizzard just from pecking the ground..

Goddess

 

[cogorman]

I'm wondering about earth worms. Aren't they preloaded with grit or does it have to be outside of the gut?

 

[GreenGoddess]

I would think so but there are other problems that earthworms can cause like gape worm...


Goddess

 

[KBChicks]

I did just that! It's in the high 70's here today so I took the 10 older (2.5 weeks) chicks out to the garden for an hour or so...they LOVED it!

They didn't go too far away from me and about half of them scratched around giving themselves dust bathes....it was fun to watch.

Hubsters favorite (Dark Knight) was the hardest to catch and put back in the portable brooder. The little poop machine kept running around in circles......THIS one knows how to push my buttons already!

 

[MeerKat]

Hi to all , this is my first post here . I just ordered more chics from Ideal and they will arrive May 14th . This will be our second order from Ideal and our second time caring for peeps . First tiem we were not set up with pen when they got older so we sold our hens who were laying great eggs ' brown leggorns '.

I have read about feeding chickens eggs and I wonder if this is wise ? We never fed our chics or chickens eggs . Some say they will eat their eggs if left but our chickens never did .

Is this kinda like cannibolism ? Not accusing just asking . Like I said we have only raised chickens once and they got oyster shells , so don't know about feeding their siblings .

 

[GreenGoddess]

Quote:
First of all

... Second, feeding eggs to your chick(en)s is fine as long as the eggs are cooked.. They do not associate cooked eggs with the eggs they lay.. In a sense, I guess you could consider it cannibalistic but chickens are just that.. But, eggs are very high in protein and good for them.. Again, cook them first! As for the oyster shells, you only need to do this once they get to laying age.. If you give it to them before, it can build up in their systems and can harm them... A little hint, I have NEVER given my girls Oyster shells.. To me, it is a waste of money.. I give them plenty of layer feed which already has a lot of calcium in it for egg production and then I take all the egg shells from the eggs I've used and once they are dried out, I put them in a coffee grinder and make them almost into a powder and give this to them free choice.. I've been getting eggs since December and I have only gotten two soft shell eggs and those were from the younger girls who had just started laying..

Goddess

 

[MeerKat]

Quote:
First of all

... Second, feeding eggs to your chick(en)s is fine as long as the eggs are cooked.. They do not associate cooked eggs with the eggs they lay.. In a sense, I guess you could consider it cannibalistic but chickens are just that.. But, eggs are very high in protein and good for them.. Again, cook them first! As for the oyster shells, you only need to do this once they get to laying age.. If you give it to them before, it can build up in their systems and can harm them... A little hint, I have NEVER given my girls Oyster shells.. To me, it is a waste of money.. I give them plenty of layer feed which already has a lot of calcium in it for egg production and then I take all the egg shells from the eggs I've used and once they are dried out, I put them in a coffee grinder and make them almost into a powder and give this to them free choice.. I've been getting eggs since December and I have only gotten two soft shell eggs and those were from the younger girls who had just started laying..

Goddess

Hi, Goddess and thanks for the welcome and info .

We didn't give the young ones anything but non-medicated starter for ducks and chics . But when the hens started laying we gave them the oyster shells . They didn'tseem to care for it though . Guess the laying mash was good enough because they layed lots of eggs , but hope to make our own and range feed , or most of it this go round . Might not happen but thats what we are hoping for . We are seniors and have to do according to abilitiy now, haha.