I crushed the feed in a food processor and gave them some medication to the sick ones and now they are better. They are pooping normally now just weak and one is lethargic now. Hope he gets better
What should i feed the sick one though. Hes not eating on his own. I syringe fed him some rice powder mixed in water. He seemed to have pooped that. There is some feed in the crop of the two sick ones from yesterday. I noticed that now. They are not emptying. What does that tell us
No there are no labels. Its sold in anything you can carry it in. Its just the staple brand of every chick raiser here.these are the ingredients probably
I lookep up and this starter feed has all types of things from toxin binders to calcium carbonate. I dont know what that does but their seems to be no mention of grit. It has fishmeal and they mentioned some names of some amino acids
Thanks for such a complete reply. There was construction going on around here so I assume i will find some concrete. Will small( small enough for them to eat) sharp concrete rocks suffice?
I am giving them sugar water. How do i find grit for them. Does this seem to have grit in it? I have always given them this and in previous batches the mother didn’t use to be outside the hen used to be in this closet so i dont know how she found grit here. They didn’t have ant problems in...
This bulb is a normal light bulb of 60 watts. Should I remove it? Everyone here uses these bulbs with no problems. Yes this is starter feed. Yes these grains look big but they dont eat these ones. I remove the big ones they only eat the small ones. I heard corid will help them against cocci in...
All my chicks are raised buy their mothers i never had to. I have this emergency brooder in a closet. I have a heat bulb and this is the the stuff i have always fed them. Only thing available for chicks locally. Ive never had a single chick having problems early on in their life for the last two...