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    Chooks refusing everything

    Thank you for this advice. I went to the store the minute they opened this morning and told the manager. He said several customers had mentioned the problem on this batch. This afternoon he rang to say with strong magnifying glass, he could see mites. The only other flock here is an organic...
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    Chooks refusing everything

    Thanks Gary, have just posted to another helper, the chooks get hot mash with scraps and touch of Cod Liver Oil in the winter, but they ain't daft - they'll 'suss if the food is rancid, which I think it is so there'll be no takers. Time for a change and will go for bagged instead. At least...
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    Chooks refusing everything

    Hiya, it's the only place I can buy this feed lose, an unopened bag is too much for only 2 birds, it would go off before we're halfway through. Yes, like yours they were starving literally, although I do ferment grain so they've had some of that. Because they are right against the house, I...
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    Chooks refusing everything

    And another thing, if I give them too much fancy stuff, they'll never go back to ordinary chicken feed! I wouldn't if I was a chickenm would you?:rolleyes:
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    Chooks refusing everything

    Yes, I've tried mixing pellets into the mash but they sink to the bottom of the trough and are not touched. I don't have a goat, berries are not ripe here in the hedgerows and are expensive in the shops. There are no worms because I examine the droppings that are firm, dark and white as they...
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    Chooks refusing everything

    Thanks for this Wyorp Rock, I think you may be right about the date of the feed. It is sold in bins at the pet franchise of the garden centre, so without access to the bag it comes from, I have no idea how old it is. Anyhow, tomorrow I shall go abd complain and ask to see the bag although no...
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    Chooks refusing everything

    I have two Speckeldies and live in UK. They are about a year old. Lately they have been refusing to eat their layers mash. I buy it loose every week. Have tried offering pellets - NO NO NO refuse. Have offered another brand of mash, same result. They are hungry, brest bones are sharp, and...
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