Scraps

[ChicMomof10]

What kitchen scraps are good or not for 8 weeks chicks?

 

[3KillerBs]

Moderate amounts of veggie scraps, fruit scraps, grain scraps, and meat scraps -- nothing too salty, fatty, or artificial.

Keep the quantities small and be sure to offer grit.

 

[reddogmaster2]

Here's what we do.

Only veggie scraps grown in our garden and of course no beans. Squash, carrot tops, radish tops, peppers (cut) are common treats and some corn and melons that we buy. They like grapes and cherries too,

Even a medium sized pile will get eaten in a couple of days and any bugs that show up make it fun for the chicks. They get excited by bugs!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I do mostly melon rinds and strawberry tops at treats. The only other things we eat that make scraps are bread and lettuce and the birds aren't fans of that stuff apparently

 

[3KillerBs]

I mainly gave mine weeds and trimmings. We ate the good stuff ourselves.

At the time I had the in-town chickens I was working at a produce stand and sometimes brought things home for them such as bruised cantaloupes and cracked watermelons.