Special food

[Chickenoodle#4]

Can you give baby chicks fresh fruit or veggies for something eat besides chick starter? If so what would they like. Does anyone give vitamins to their babies? What kind of vit. would you give and where do you buy them? Thanks

 

[bigzio]

Chickenoodle#4, It's best to give the peeps time to develop before offering treats that require grit to digest. Hard boiled eggs mashed with a fork, WITHOUT the egg shells ok.

bigzio

 

[Chickenoodle#4]

I'll give that a try. Thank you for your response.

 

[Barnyard Dawg]

Chickenoodle#4 :

Can you give baby chicks fresh fruit or veggies for something eat besides chick starter? If so what would they like. Does anyone give vitamins to their babies? What kind of vit. would you give and where do you buy them? Thanks

If you don't have chick starter feed yet, you can feed them for a day or two on instant oatmeal, flaked infant cereal, or other whole-grain cereals. You can put whole grains (rice, wheat, barley, old-fashioned oats, anything) into the blender and blend them slightly. Do not blend completely to a powder the feed should have some "grits" in it. Leave the feed with them all the time they will stop eating when they have had enough. I will sprinkle grit on their feed as if I was salting it.​