Treats for 7 week olds?

[DebB11]

What kind of treats will my 7 week old chickens like? what is it ok to give them at their age? Anything I should avoid? How often should I offer it?

 

[Arcnadius]

So far mine have had plain yogurt sprinkled with feed (wear a raincoat!), zucchini (BIG hit!), meal worms (worth video taping!), and green beans (less enthusiasm). Chicken wild rice soup and cooked/cooled oatmeal were fan favorites. Tomatoes had a mild reception similar to the green beans. I've heard no citrus, avocados, or green potato peels.

ETA: I give small amounts of treats every couple days. I want them eating mostly feed until they're all grown up.

 

[flowerhippie]

I use a 5 way scratch in all of my bird yards, my geese love it also. I begin at a few days old I use a coffee grinder to make the grain break down to digest in the chicks gizzard, surprisingly enough grit and oyster shell is a welcome treat. I will include this in the diet daily it helps production in the egg laying adding extra vitamins to the eggs I eat and contributes to the taste of egg layers and meat birds when I bring the food to the table. When giving table scraps you can give potato peel if only cooked before feeding to the flock.

 

[gritsar]

Seven week olds can have just about anything adult birds can, in moderation. Just make sure they have access to grit; either that they find on their own or provided for them.

The reason I say this... I have week old chicks free ranging with the flock. They are eating everything the adult birds eat, including gamebird feed (what I use in place of traditional scratch, healthier for them) and they are thriving. Mama Hen has shown them how to find "grit", I've watched her.