What can you feed a baby chick?

[Dodo8]

Would it be okay if I gave them grass juice?

I thought it might be an interesting experiment.

 

[katmoog]

I also think its wrong. I know they love them but it just seems so wrong.

 

[The Blind side]

Hi guys, i want to know if it is okay to have a 40 watt lamp for when they are born. I will keep it close to the surface of brooder, is this okay ? And can i feed them hard boiled egg as soon as they are born . Thnx

 

[Wxguru]

40 watts sure doesn't seem like much...I don't think it would produce enough heat for them. The bulb I have is 250W!

 

[chickngranny]

there are 75 "red heat" lamps for geckos, lizard that might work for chicks provided it is close. You pretty much have to get this lamps at a pet store. our geckos live in a 10 gallon aquarium and the lamp is in a reflector that sits on top of a wire mesh lid. it keeps the floor of that aquarium at 95/100 all the time with tin foil covering both ends of the wire top to retain the heat. might be good for small flock and you could probably use a reflector hanger to get it closer if you were using a larger tote. you know if they're huddled up under it all the time they're cold.

 

[Sutremaine]

40 watts sure doesn't seem like much...I don't think it would produce enough heat for them. The bulb I have is 250W!

Well, I keep reading that a chicken produces about 10 watts of heat... And an Eco Glow 20 is advertised as using about 20W and being good for up to 20 chicks.

It's not how much heat you put out that's important, it's how much reaches the chicks. A 250W bulb must necessarily lose some of that output elsewhere, otherwise it'd be setting the chicks on fire.

What kind of 40W bulb is it? White, red, ceramic?

 

[Dixie1chick]

Why not that's what they ate before they wer hatched

 

[chickturkeymoma]

, no your not the only one who thinks its wrong/morbid to feed baby chicks ,chicken eggs lol, I will do it if its necessary and I am sure they probably do it when they are on their own, but I still think there has to be something less cannibalistic to give them, lol, reminds me of mad cow disease which was started by feeding dead cows back to the live cows ,

 

[CrazyTalk]

Am I the only person who thinks it is wrong to feed chicken chicken eggs?

Up till birth - the only thing a chick has eaten is chicken egg.

 

[mychicksrfun]

When can I start feeding my chicks vegetables? They are a week old.