Treats for young chicks?

[NatJ]

I'm not too picky about what size pieces my chickens try to eat. Never had a chicken die of it, either.

I have given lots of table scraps, weeds, bugs, etc to hundreds of chickens of various ages over the past several decades.

There was only been one time I had to remove something from a chicken's mouth: a t-shaped piece of tough meat gristle leftover from dinner. The leg of the "T" was partway down the throat, the crosspart was across the beak so it couldn't go down. The chicken just kept trying to swallow it, and did not appreciate the help. But she was clearly making no progress on swallowing, so after a while we caught her and pulled it out.

Other than that one time, my chickens have always solved things for themselves--they put it down and try again, or another chicken rips a piece off and it gets smaller, or they swallow it down somehow.

 

[ToothFairy07]

I don't mind them but I hate touching them. One in particular was a horrible type of bug. Not in my comfort zone taking it out. Especially not with the chick squealing in indignation that I'd stolen his treat. But I didn't want him to choke. They're little rascals.
Enjoy feeding your chicks!

I will certainly try! We actually got the chickens in hopes of them helping some with the bugs sooooo

 

[ToothFairy07]

I'm not too picky about what size pieces my chickens try to eat. Never had a chicken die of it, either.

I have given lots of table scraps, weeds, bugs, etc to hundreds of chickens of various ages over the past several decades.

There was only been one time I had to remove something from a chicken's mouth: a t-shaped piece of tough meat gristle leftover from dinner. The leg of the "T" was partway down the throat, the crosspart was across the beak so it couldn't go down. The chicken just kept trying to swallow it, and did not appreciate the help. But she was clearly making no progress on swallowing, so after a while we caught her and pulled it out.

Other than that one time, my chickens have always solved things for themselves--they put it down and try again, or another chicken rips a piece off and it gets smaller, or they swallow it down somehow.

Good to know! I tend not to be too much of a helicopter parent. I hand my 1 year old a cheeseburger and watch my mom wring her hands in worry as he goes to town. I'll probably treat chickens the same way. The little things seem to have pretty damn strong instincts so I think they'll probably be ok(if we can keep predators away).

 

[The Happster]

And there's me taking a tiny blade of grass out of my rooster's beak, and breaking any treats into tiny pieces....

 

[ToothFairy07]

And there's me taking a tiny blade of grass out of my rooster's beak, and breaking any treats into tiny pieces....

Hey, we've all got our thing. I do dentistry and I'm the mean mom who doesn't allow juice and fruit snacks etc but dammit go play outside in the woods and I'll yell when it's time to eat. Don't do anything that requires a hospital visit please.