Girls are not eating!

[Papas Chickens]

Hey guys my 5 week old girls are not eating like they use to when they were in there grow up coop. I give them grass from my garden every other day and we have ants that are in there run and they eat them all day long along with other bugs they find. Could that be the reason or could it be from the heat or maybe a combonation of both?

 

[cubalaya]

if you are not feeding them medicated chick starter then they probably have cocci

 

[Papas Chickens]

if you are not feeding them medicated chick starter then they probably have cocci

They have been medicated for cocci from the hatchery, there is no diarrhea or blood in there feces and there not loosing weight they just are not eating as much as they use to. Also i think it is to hot out here for cocci right now.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

So really it is just that you have seen a decrease in the amount of commercial feed they are eating - not a total stoppage of eating, correct?

 

[Papas Chickens]

So really it is just that you have seen a decrease in the amount of commercial feed they are eating - not a total stoppage of eating, correct?

Correct Ol Grey.

 

[cubalaya]

I thought you were just giving them grass from your post.

 

[Papas Chickens]

Sorry if I wasnt clear, there not eating the comercial feed like they use to, I think it is from the heat though.