Is a 5 week old chick allowed to eat bugs?

[ChickenLove6]

I have a 5 week old light sussex cross silkie chick, she was following me around the garden so I decided to make her day a little more fun and I started to turn pots over and I let her scratch around eating loads of bugs like worms, slugs, earwigs and small insects. (she now loves me and expects me to shower her in bugs every time I go outside) but I suddenly thought "what if chicks aren't allowed bugs and they get diseases from them!?"
So are chicks allowed to eat the things my chick was eating?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Yes - your chick is eating a perfectly normal diet for a chick.

 

[petrel]

Yes, but you might want to be sure she has access to some grit too. If she doesn't already have it.

 

[donrae]

If your chick were raised with a momma hen, she's have been eating bugs from just a few days old. You're being a good chicken momma, helping her find good food!

My chickens would also follow me around when I'd move big pots or planters, it was like a buffet for them. I now keep stall mats or pieces of plywood in the run to flip over and allow them to feast.

 

[Ridgerunner]

As they said, perfectly normal. And since she has access to the ground, she is getting her own grit. You are good to go on all fronts.

 

[ChickenLove6]

Thanks everyone! She doesn't have a mum so I'll carry on lifting pots up for her now I know she'll be okay! should I get some grit or will she get enough from my garden?

 

[Ridgerunner]

She will get enough from the garden.

 

[ChickenLove6]

She will get enough from the garden.

Thankyou!

 

[taffers]

I just asked about when they can eat bugs here...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/906814/when-can-you-give-chicks-bugs-table-food-etc