When mine were babies, I gave them Pedialyte. Some were lethargic and Pedialyte perked them right up. The ones that weren't drinking, I grabbed them and tipped their beak in the Pedialyte and water until they started drinking and getting healthier. I also had crumbled their crumble Incase the...
This is the nutrition label on their pellets. And how big the cup is for scratch. I take the scratch and pour handfuls thought the yard so there's a pile for each chicken and a little more.
Her diet was Xcell pellets and regular chicken scratch same as the others. I throw 2 cups of scratch out a day. They're also free range all day in my yard. So I bugs and grass and stuff.
No symptoms!! She was a Orpington. She was 3 1/2 yrs young! She was not sick days prior or that morning and late morning! It wasn't because of heat, I keep water through my yard cold for them and wet their shade to stay cool in!