HELP ME

[Brady bunch]

Our chickens are not eating. We have tried to give them food but they do not eat it! We have switched them to layer and they have eaten it fine the last week or two and now the won’t eat. They will eat cherry's and scraps but not their food which provides the most nutrients for them. And they have not eaten hardly any food the past days. HELP.

 

[Brady bunch]

HELP ME

 

[micstrachan]

Why don’t you try wetting sone feed into a mash. They’ll think it’s a treat!

 

[Brady bunch]

Thanks so much! They are eating the mush. One question though how should I transition back to solid food?

 

[ChickNanny13]

Cut out all other treats/foods. Give your feed a smell test, if it's not moldy then they're being "selective" which is why I say stop ALL treats/table scraps. All they get is their feed. 2x micstrachan, you can make a mash (feed + water) out of their feed, they'll probably like that.

You may want to update your profile with your location, possible some weather changes or hotter than usual?

 

[so lucky]

I think the most common reasons chickens won't eat their feed is that they love the treats and table scraps so much. Ya gotta be strong, like parenting a 3 year old who only wants poptarts.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

+1

My dog holds out every night and doesn’t eat his dinner until we are doing the dishes, just in case there’s an extra scrap for him. The chickens are the same way.

They can eat mash any time. Except in a very cold winter; their food would freeze. I feed mine dry with some wet (fermented, in my case) food on top.

 

[Kiki]

Stop all treats.
They will learn to eat their feed again.
Don't cave in... you will do more damage to them by giving them so many treats.

 

[Helloworld]

We mix half crumble and new food.
Your feeding cherries without pit right?
Cyanide poisoning can happen if you aren’t.