Watermelon and baby chicks

[pnkbrry24]

Can my week old chicks eat watermelon, they seem really hot so I want them to enough water. Thanks!!

 

[bustermommy]

Yes. A lot of people says their chicks love it, although mine don't like it at all.

 

[Lil'ChickFarm]

I have fed my chicks meal worms, and bird seeds because I have parrots also. I give them sand for grit.
I tried giving them dandelion greens, but they shunned it, lol. I want them to learn to love all foods.
Of course the ones I have fed are my 2.5 weeks old, not the ones that are under a week. However the man at Tractor supply said that they can eat anything that I want to feed them, as long as it is on the chicken safe list.
They LOVE the meal worms. They will jump a foot in the air to get them out of my hands, lol

 

[Cynthia12]

I like getting my babies used to spinach because we have snow here. When they can't get to any green stuff out side..they really like the spinach..and yogurt. We have a cherry tree, and the older girls are liking the cherries that fall off. I like to mix boiled eggs with the yogurt, and some vita sol with it once in a while for their protein...big girls... Oh boy, step back if you don't want stuff flying all over you when they start at that, then shaking their heads..cute to watch.

 

[bitbythechick]

I found out last night my two week old babies do NOT like brussel sprout leaves... They live in my living room right now cause I hatched to many to far apart and I don't want fighting so I have been giving them my trimings from dinner and so far they like every thing but the brussels

 

[Luke13:34]

Yes.. but be prepared for sticky, red chickies!

 

[NanaLantana]

My chickens love watermelon. They eat it down to a very thin green skin. I now have mango-faced chickens! they stick their faces in the mangoes, then go take a dirt bath - their faces are all black! I occasionally pick off some mango leather off their combs - yesterday it rained, they got wet, and their faces got clean! It was amazing to see such clean little faces - I'll actually be glad when mango season is over - I have to process mangoes every day, and give them away by the bushels. I even bought a food dehydrator, so I can make mango fruit rollups That's Florida living!

 

[Vtchicks]

Just make sure they have some "chick grit", I gave my week olds some and they love it. Although it did take a few hours for them to figure out it was food and not something that was going to attack them. I now know why they call people that are afraid of something "chickens".

 

[Cynthia12]

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[thatoneguy]

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my ckickens love watermelon but will not under any circumstances eat carrots