- Bugs - Crickets are the obvious bug we promote. But many chicken farmers look for black soldier fly larvae for their high calcium content. And mealworms are another popular option.
- Grains - Surprisingly, oatmeal is one of their favorites. This is a great way to pack on calories.
- Fruits & Vegetables - Pumpkin (yuck), squash, apples, strawberries, and additional fruits and vegetables.
- Seeds - Flax seeds and chia seeds are a great treat for your chicks to add some omega-3 fatty acids to their diet.
Avoid These Foods
Although opportunists, it should be noted that chicks and chickens cannot eat eat tomato plants because they contain the toxic chemical solanine. But don't hesitate with the actual tomato. Chicks can safely consume tomatoes and most will gladly eat them. Chicks should also not consume raw potatoes, as they contain toxic glycoalkaloids. Raw beans are also toxic, as they contain the compound hemagglutinin. and do avoid onions, garlic, chocolate, eggplant, avocado rinds and seeds, peanuts, pickles, rhubarb, moldy bread, and any other moldy food. Other off-limit foods include citrus rinds, citrus in general, coffee, raw eggs, processed food, and dry rice. As long as you can monitor their diets with what they need, what they like, and what they shouldn't be offered, then you can anticipate a healthy brood for their intended purpose. [post_title] => What should I feed my baby chicks? [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => what-should-i-feed-my-baby-chicks [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-10-19 04:32:14 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-10-19 08:32:14 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 109357 [guid] => https://critterfam.com/?post_type=topic&p=52575 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => topic [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [4] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 52054 [post_author] => 686 [post_date] => 2022-04-29 13:23:08 [post_date_gmt] => 2022-04-29 17:23:08 [post_content] => This is Azog. He wants crickets!! [post_title] => CRICKET CONTEST [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => cricket-contest-1005 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2022-04-29 13:23:08 [post_modified_gmt] => 2022-04-29 17:23:08 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 64 [guid] => https://critterfam.com/forums/topic/cricket-contest-1005/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => topic [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [5] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 50566 [post_author] => 19167 [post_date] => 2022-04-18 20:34:54 [post_date_gmt] => 2022-04-19 00:34:54 [post_content] => A while ago I stopped giving my pac worms because he didn’t want them. So I switched to crickets and I’d put them in there and he would want to eat them the second they walk by him. But a few weeks ago he just wouldn’t anymore. Should I try worms again? Or does his feeding frequency need to be decreased? He’s 7 months old. [post_title] => Pac-Man not wanting to eat [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => pac-man-not-wanting-to-eat [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2022-04-18 20:34:54 [post_modified_gmt] => 2022-04-19 00:34:54 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 69 [guid] => https://critterfam.com/forums/topic/pac-man-not-wanting-to-eat/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => topic [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [6] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 51213 [post_author] => 73281 [post_date] => 2022-04-22 02:37:08 [post_date_gmt] => 2022-04-22 06:37:08 [post_content] => I just got Harold 3 days ago and his I got the necessities for his enclosure but it's not holding humidity at night. During the day it normally doesn't drop below 75-80% but at night it drops to like 50% and when I feel the bedding it's cold. Could I have put too much bedding down? 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This means you'll need to dust your superworms with calcium powder before offering them as a meal. But even, with such a poor calcium to phosphorus ratio, that might not be enough. So that's worth keeping in mind.
Breeding superworms is more challenging than breeding crickets. So we created the superworm breeding tutorial video that demonstrates the steps required. But the quick summary is that superworms hatch from eggs, and will take about 4-5 months to grow into a 2" superworms. Once they reach this size, you'll want to cup them, and isolate them. You can see this demonstration in the video. But after you cup them, place them in a dark, warm area at about 80 degrees. And in about 2-3 weeks, they will transform into the pupa.
And then in about another 1-2 weeks, they will transform into a darkling beetle.
At this point, you should have plenty of newly morphed beetles. These beetles need to be placed into a breeding bin. The breeding bin will require ground oats, or our own bug food for bedding material. Add some egg crates, because the beetles will like to congregate in the nooks and crannies, a reproduce.
But it's important to make sure you're offering the beetles a hydrating source of food. The beetles will get their hydration off that food. If they are not offered this hydrating food (lettuce, potatoes, carrots, etc), then they will eat the eggs or baby superworms. So it's critical that you check your breeding bins daily, to make sure you beetles are happy and nourished, or they will feast on the eggs.
After about 2 weeks, you will relocate the beetles into a new breeding bin, with the exact same set up. And in about 1-2 weeks, you should have baby superworms hatching in the original bin.
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