Hi everyone,
So I have a chicken who has a very sensitive crop. It started six months ago when she had a pendulous crop, but after I got her a crop bra she went back to her old self and would eat anything and everything she could. Since then she's had a slow or sour crop a few times, and every time she's gotten pickier and pickier. A few weeks ago she wouldn't eat anything, and was so skinny I was afraid she would soon be knocking on deaths door, so I bought some Kaytee Exact Baby Bird Food off of amazon in case I had to tube feed her. I syringe fed her the baby bird food for two or three days, and then she started to eat it on her own. Long story short, now she won't touch regular chicken food, and will only eat the baby bird food and a few treats. Can she eat the baby bird food long term and thrive? Do I need to supplement any vitamins?
Ingredients:
Ground corn, ground wheat, corn gluten meal, ground oat groats, wheat middlings, soybean oil, dried whole egg, soy protein isolate, dried molasses beat pulp, soybean meal, ground flax seed (source of omega-3), dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, l-lysine, wheat germ meal, Brewers dried yeast, vitamin a supplement, salt, l-arginine, fructooligosaccharide, choline chloride, dl-methionine, potassium chloride, yeast extract, propionic acid (preservative), vitamin e supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, riboflavin supplement, mixed tocopherols (preservative), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin c), manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, manganese oxcide, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k activity), niacin, Rosemary extract, citric acid, ethoxyquin (preservative), calcium pantothenate, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, cholecalciferol (source of vitamin d3), folic acid, beta-carotene, calcium iodate, biotin, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite, dried aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation extract, dried bacillus licheniformis fermentation product, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude protein (min.)..............................22.0%
Crude fat (min.).......................................9.0%
Crude fiber (max.)...................................5.0%
Moisture (max.)......................................10.0%
Omega-3 fatty acids.................................0.5%
Total bacillus species (min.)......250,000 CFU/g
(B. Lincheniformis, b. Subtilis) CFU-Colony Forming Units
So I have a chicken who has a very sensitive crop. It started six months ago when she had a pendulous crop, but after I got her a crop bra she went back to her old self and would eat anything and everything she could. Since then she's had a slow or sour crop a few times, and every time she's gotten pickier and pickier. A few weeks ago she wouldn't eat anything, and was so skinny I was afraid she would soon be knocking on deaths door, so I bought some Kaytee Exact Baby Bird Food off of amazon in case I had to tube feed her. I syringe fed her the baby bird food for two or three days, and then she started to eat it on her own. Long story short, now she won't touch regular chicken food, and will only eat the baby bird food and a few treats. Can she eat the baby bird food long term and thrive? Do I need to supplement any vitamins?
Ingredients:
Ground corn, ground wheat, corn gluten meal, ground oat groats, wheat middlings, soybean oil, dried whole egg, soy protein isolate, dried molasses beat pulp, soybean meal, ground flax seed (source of omega-3), dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, l-lysine, wheat germ meal, Brewers dried yeast, vitamin a supplement, salt, l-arginine, fructooligosaccharide, choline chloride, dl-methionine, potassium chloride, yeast extract, propionic acid (preservative), vitamin e supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, riboflavin supplement, mixed tocopherols (preservative), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin c), manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, manganese oxcide, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k activity), niacin, Rosemary extract, citric acid, ethoxyquin (preservative), calcium pantothenate, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, cholecalciferol (source of vitamin d3), folic acid, beta-carotene, calcium iodate, biotin, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite, dried aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation extract, dried bacillus licheniformis fermentation product, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude protein (min.)..............................22.0%
Crude fat (min.).......................................9.0%
Crude fiber (max.)...................................5.0%
Moisture (max.)......................................10.0%
Omega-3 fatty acids.................................0.5%
Total bacillus species (min.)......250,000 CFU/g
(B. Lincheniformis, b. Subtilis) CFU-Colony Forming Units
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The one thing that I can imagine is that this would be very expensive for you! Have you compared the nutritional facts of the baby bird food with your chicken feed?
Sadly you are correct, is it VERY expensive, $14.99 for 18 ounces. 
I have seen it sold in bulk on Amazon, 22 pounds for $86.00 if I remember correctly. Here's the nutritional facts for the food I fed her before she became a picky chicken:
