any cool toy ideas for baby chicks

[chickenreyna]

Five of them are aged approx 2 weeks and 2 others aged 1 & 1/2 months.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

 

[AlleysChicks]

Mine liked tunnels and perches. They’d run through them and sleep in them. I bought a rectangle container from dollar tree and cut the ends out of it.

 

[WildCHILD400]

I out mine in a big dog kennel and put some small perches at different levels then got a little treat ball small dogs roll around for treats, hung it by a string and put veggies in it and peanut butter on the outside. They played with it for hours every day.

 

[lazy gardener]

Give them lots of room. Plan on a minimum of 2 s.f./bird by the time they are 2 - 3 weeks old. a plug of sod from your untreated yard will give them lots of play value as well as immune building microbes, greens, insects, seeds, first dust bath, minerals.

 

[Naser]

A good dust bath, fun and healthy

 

[drumstick diva]

give them a real branch to explore and practice roosting on. They can push around a brightly colored small ball. Cut the narrow ends out of a shoe box, so chicks can run through the tunnel. You can hang parrot toys for them to play with, bells etc.

 

[chickenreyna]

give them a real branch to explore and practice roosting on. They can push around a brightly colored small ball. Cut the narrow ends out of a shoe box, so chicks can run through the tunnel. You can hang parrot toys for them to play with, bells etc.

Thanks i was thinking about parrot toys I've tried the roosting thing the two older ones prefer the edge of the huge tote i have them in.. You know how chickens are so when im not home i put chicken wire over top to be safe

 

[aart]

Give them lots of room. Plan on a minimum of 2 s.f./bird by the time they are 2 - 3 weeks old. a plug of sod from your untreated yard will give them lots of play value as well as immune building microbes, greens, insects, seeds, first dust bath, minerals.

This^^^
Chickens don't need 'toys', they are not kittens or puppies or even parrots.

Lots of SPACE is the most important aspect of a good chick/chicken environment.
Things to climb on and under are good. Remember they are afraid of new things, so adding bunch of strange stuff can stress them out.

 

[SueT]

Definitely branches, and space to fly...make some branches higher than they can fly so they can practice.
and live bugs, real dirt to scratch in......play for chicks means developing skills they need as adults.....