Can baby chicks eat meal worms?

[Chicka_deee]

I have 7 little baby chicks that are about 2 weeks old.
I was wondering if they could eat some dried meal worms. We only have dried meal worms we got from the store.

 

[TLCMidMichigan]

I wouldn't feed the dry ones at this point. There are some real small ones you can get.
I send for meal worms all the time. The small are only about 3/8-1/2 inch long.
The older they get, the larger ones you can feed live ones.

 

[ldrchickens]

I don't think it would be a problem as long as they have access to chick grit to make sure they digest it fine. I would be kind of worried about it being too dry ad getting stuck. I soak mine in a tad bit of hot water before feeding if the babies are small. Once they hit 2 weeks though I give it to em dry. Im a newbie so im just super carefull about everything lol

 

[Chicka_deee]

I don't think it would be a problem as long as they have access to chick grit to make sure they digest it fine. I would be kind of worried about it being too dry ad getting stuck. I soak mine in a tad bit of hot water before feeding if the babies are small. Once they hit 2 weeks though I give it to em dry. Im a newbie so im just super carefull about everything lol

I am too! Thank you!

 

[The Phantom]

I have fed live/ dried worms to chickens as young as 3 days old.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I have 7 little baby chicks that are about 2 weeks old.
I was wondering if they could eat some dried meal worms. We only have dried meal worms we got from the store.

Are you feeding Medicated Start and Grow feed?
I feed a Medicated Start and Grow feed for 10 weeks to day old chicks.
They get nothing but that and fresh water.
At 2 weeks they also get Chick Grit. GC

 

[RevRico]

I started mixing grit in with mines food at 3 days. They wanted nothing to do with hardboiled eggs, scrambled eggs, or mealworms, but I wanted to start the grit early. At about 10 days old they started going nuts for meal worms and egg.

Today is 2 weeks since I bought them and they live when I give them treats now. But I wait until after they dump their feeder for the day so while they're digging for the meal worms they're finding all the food they dumped too.

 

[rosemarythyme]

As long as they have access to grit even the dried ones are fine IMO. If you feel they're too large you can snap them into smaller pieces.

 

[Ginmary]

at about 3 days old,one of my Serama chicks grabbed a Mega worm (aka superworm) from mom and ran off with it. Before I could get to it, up went the beak and down and in went the worm! I don't know how it fit.

 

[Chicka_deee]

at about 3 days old,one of my Serama chicks grabbed a Mega worm (aka superworm) from mom and ran off with it. Before I could get to it, up went the beak and down and in went the worm! I don't know how it fit.

That’s cute