Is it OK to supplement my baby chicks’ diet w/ some veg, fruit, etc? also when to start giving grit?
Posted October 20th, 2009 by admin 3 Comments »
Hi I just purchased some baby chicks 3 days ago, they’re a few days old now. 2 are rhode island reds, 2 are barred rock, 2 are banties with fluffy feathers on their lower legs.
I’ve had chickens before but didn’t give them anything but Start & Grow food at first. There are a couple of old dried leaves that were mixed in with their bedding shavings—they seem to love pecking at these and they’re partially gone now. This makes me wonder if it’s OK to give them a few tiny vegetable or fruit scraps this soon, or if I should wait. Not enough to detract from their feed store diet, just a few small peices of carrot or melon seeds, or other small crumbs of whole grain bread, etc. which my grown hens always loved (when they were grown)
also can’t remember when I started giving them grit before, but I know it wasn’t right away, it was when they got a bit older, maybe a few months or so, but I know it wasn’t when they were babies. Should I be giving them grit right from the start?
Thanks in advance.