toys for baby chicks

[kam Crazy 4 Chicks]

what kind of toys to give baby chicks?

 

[JennsPeeps]

Try food toys: clumps of grass with root balls and dirt; corn on the cob; crickets (HILARIOUS!), leaves of lettuce.

Just make sure you give them some grit before they get these toys.

 

[goldnchocolate]

My chicks are a couple of weeks old and they have a blast running around chasing each other with some red clover flowers that I found in the yard. Leave a little bit of the stem on so that they have a "handle to hold onto while they run around with it". The other thing that they have enjoyed was the leafy tops of some strawberries that we ate yesterday.

 

[gritsar]

IMO, with warm weather the best toy is to let them run around outside and find their own entertainment.

 

[Wifezilla]

One of my ducks got a hold of a cat toy (round little ball with bell in it). He has been playing with it off and on for days...LOL

 

[bawkbawkbawk]

My chicks haven't been too interested in the bird toys I put in the brooder but they love the shoebox filled with sand.

If you give them a clump of grass, do you also have to provide grit, or does the soil contain grit?

Also, does the play sand count as grit?

(Sorry - I realize I just went hijacking and off topic)

 

[amour.chicks]

I gave my chicks a paper towel roll and I cut some of the edges off so that they could play with it. They loved climbing over it and trying to get in it. It was a blast to watch!

 

[JennsPeeps]

Sand & dirt count as grit.