Too much treats for chickens?

[Jo1705]

This morning, somebody in my family told me to feed lettuce and some other plants for our 10-11 week old chickens. ( in picture ) I’m wondering if that it is too much for our chickens to eat, or even possibly unhealthy. P.s. we have seven chickens

 

[Jo1705]

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[Jemma Rider]

This morning, somebody in my family told me to feed lettuce and some other plants for our 10-11 week old chickens. ( in picture ) I’m wondering if that it is too much for our chickens to eat, or even possibly unhealthy. P.s. we have seven chickens

I don't know about chickens of that age but i feed kitchen scraps like lettuce all of the time to my adult birds, they love it their favorite is apples (but not the cores the seeds are poisonous in large amounts). I tried to give a leaf of kale to my five week old chicks once but they just didn't show any interest.
There are foods that are poisonous to chickens so anything you feed them look it up first but lettuce is fine.
I believe it wouldn't hurt ten week olds as long as grit is provided but I'm not sure so proceeded with caution or wait for someone with more experience then me.

 

[Jo1705]

I don’t really have grit, only starter and when I feed it to them, they ignore it..

 

[SueT]

I don’t really have grit, only starter and when I feed it to them, they ignore it..

(They need grit if they eat anything other than chicken crumbles.) If they are ignoring their regular feed, stop giving other stuff. These other foods dilute the nutrition they need to grow properly, and to eventually lay eggs.
My chickens only get treats (including scratch feed) in the late afternoon AFTER they have eaten the bulk of their chicken feed.
Too much veggies/fruits can also cause runny messy poop, so there's another reason to limit it.

 

[lazy gardener]

If you have a gravel driveway, you can scoop some of the larger grained material and give it to them. Don't get it from the side of the road, b/c of likelihood of heavy metal contamination.

 

[Jo1705]

(They need grit if they eat anything other than chicken crumbles.) If they are ignoring their regular feed, stop giving other stuff. These other foods dilute the nutrition they need to grow properly, and to eventually lay eggs.
My chickens only get treats (including scratch feed) in the late afternoon AFTER they have eaten the bulk of their chicken feed.
Too much veggies/fruits can also cause runny messy poop, so there's another reason to limit it.

Is there any health risks with runny poop? The chickens have been having them for a long time and it doesn’t really look like they have issues

 

[aart]

only starter and when I feed it to them, they ignore it.

What exactly does this mean?
They should have starter feed available every hour they are awake.
...or do you mean they ignore lettuce and plants?

Is there any health risks with runny poop?

Runny poop can be causes by various things, like too much veg and fruit, including disease.

If you live where granite might be part of your driveway gravel , that would probably be fine.......but if not, get the right stuff, it's cheap.
http://www.jupefeeds-sa.com/documents/GraniteGrit.pdf.

 

[Melky]

This morning, somebody in my family told me to feed lettuce and some other plants for our 10-11 week old chickens. ( in picture ) I’m wondering if that it is too much for our chickens to eat, or even possibly unhealthy. P.s. we have seven chickens

It’s fine. I have four and I feed mine a handful or two a day or every couple days greens from the garden. Mine is a mix of mustard, turnip, clover greens etc. just for chicks. You can also give them the tops to carrots, cabbage, turnips, and other greens scraps in kitchen. It is ok to start feeding greens at 3-4 weeks. Just feed what they like.
Did you check out the chicken treat chart? Careful these are still considered treats and limit to not more than 10 % of diet.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...—the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens.47738/
If you see cat food on chicken treat chart, I would avoid, chickens deserve better. Just pay attention to table foods that are acceptable.