chicken not eating all that much

[JammyWammy]

chicken isn't really eating all that much. it's eating enough for me not to worry about it starving but not a peck beyond that
my dad has been pressing me to feed it cooked rice since that stuff it eats like candy, but im concerned since some sources i googled say adamantly that you shouldn't feed chickens a lot of rice since its very addictive but my dad's argument is that its still better than a chicken that barely eats at all
so far ive tried putting the pellets in water to make it mushy and that failed, i tried putting the pellets in a mixture of wheat, corn and whole oats and it's eating only a tiny bit out of that, and its not even eating the pellets
right now it's eating mostly parsley and basically nothing else and my dad has been constantly reminding me to add cooked rice into its main diet, and i have no idea what to do at all i just dont want the chicken to be malnourished

 

[Galaxy_rules]

chicken isn't really eating all that much. it's eating enough for me not to worry about it starving but not a peck beyond that
my dad has been pressing me to feed it cooked rice since that stuff it eats like candy, but im concerned since some sources i googled say adamantly that you shouldn't feed chickens a lot of rice since its very addictive but my dad's argument is that its still better than a chicken that barely eats at all
so far ive tried putting the pellets in water to make it mushy and that failed, i tried putting the pellets in a mixture of wheat, corn and whole oats and it's eating only a tiny bit out of that, and its not even eating the pellets
right now it's eating mostly parsley and basically nothing else and my dad has been constantly reminding me to add cooked rice into its main diet, and i have no idea what to do at all i just dont want the chicken to be malnourished

Try a scrambled egg

 

[StinkyAcres]

Does this chicken live with other chickens? How old is it? What kind of pellets are you feeding?

 

[JammyWammy]

Try a scrambled egg

it does eat stuff like snacks, im just concerned since ive never seen it with a full crop before as in it eats snacks but not the main feed

 

[Galaxy_rules]

it does eat stuff like snacks, im just concerned since ive never seen it with a full crop before as in it eats snacks but not the main feed

How old is she?

 

[JammyWammy]

How old is she?

i dont know she's small so i assume around 2~3 months

 

[JammyWammy]

Does this chicken live with other chickens? How old is it? What kind of pellets are you feeding?

i actually didnt realise that you were a person your profile was so fancy i thought its an ad
it lives by itself but that should change soon, we already bought other chickens once i can guarantee that they're healthy ill mix them in, the chicken looks like it's around 2~3 months old, i dont know what type of pellets but i have attached a picture of them

 

[Galaxy_rules]

i dont know she's small so i assume around 2~3 months

Ok, I would feed her grower crumble

 

[JammyWammy]

Ok, I would feed her grower crumble

what if in case it also didn't eat that?

 

[Galaxy_rules]

Ok, I would feed her grower crumble

what if in case it also didn't eat that?

mix scratch into it as well if she doesn't eat it but I doubt she will not want to eat it, it's my hen's favourite food lol