Chicks dying

[Elaol183]

I don't think that's a satisfactory diet.
If you can't or won't buy pre made chicken food then you need to read a bit about what chickens need in their diet and provide it with things like peanuts, green veg, calcium (egg shells)

I want them to be as organic as possible. I thought what I fed them was great though I don't know if maybe I should give more? I always thought their food quality was fine.
I'm not sure what else new to feed them. Most of them laid every day though they paused now. They love the bread meal and they lay poorly without it. Seeing that they sometimes don't eat everything makes me think they have eaten enough. Should I photo an egg which seems suspicious?
So can anyone raise chickens like I do without any problems? Cause I know that keeping them outside in nature is excellent.

 

[Elaol183]

https://www.tractorsupply.com/know-how_pets-livestock_chicken_how-to-feed-chickens

I can't access that.

 

[Shadrach]

I want them to be as organic as possible. I thought what I fed them was great though I don't know if maybe I should give more? I always thought their food quality was fine.
I'm not sure what else new to feed them. Most of them laid every day though they paused now. They love the bread meal and they lay poorly without it. Seeing that they sometimes don't eat everything makes me think they have eaten enough. Should I photo an egg which seems suspicious?
So can anyone raise chickens like I do without any problems? Cause I know that keeping them outside in nature is excellent.

Coccidiosis. You may be lucky and your chicks build up an immunity to this disease through low level exposure while free ranging. Once they have the disease, they need treatment or they die. They don't get better.
Once the chicks reach maturity, then you may be able to provide a sufficiently varied diet by free ranging but you describe your yard as a wasteland so I doubt they can forage all they need.
If you have an agricultural supplier near you they may have chick starter food. This usually has very small quantities of coccidiosis in the food and regular feeding with this helps the chicks build up an immunity to the disease.
Your local agricultural supplier may also stock layers pellets or some other pre mixed food that has all the ingredients your chicken needs to remain healthy.
It depends on what you can afford and the quality of life you want your chicken to have.
Once the chicks become adults then you may be able to keep them alive on a diet of scraps, but only if they have other ways of supplementing their diet through foraging.
Once they have the disease you need to treat them with Coccivex or similar or they die.
There are no ifs and buts. Your local pharmacy or agricultural supplier may well have this treatment under another name.
You can look on the internet for a local supplier of chick starter food and layers pellets from a local supplier. You could also look at the articles on this site for more information about feeding chickens.

 

[Elaol183]

Coccidiosis. You may be lucky and your chicks build up an immunity to this disease through low level exposure while free ranging. Once they have the disease, they need treatment or they die. They don't get better.
Once the chicks reach maturity, then you may be able to provide a sufficiently varied diet by free ranging but you describe your yard as a wasteland so I doubt they can forage all they need.
If you have an agricultural supplier near you they may have chick starter food. This usually has very small quantities of coccidiosis in the food and regular feeding with this helps the chicks build up an immunity to the disease.
Your local agricultural supplier may also stock layers pellets or some other pre mixed food that has all the ingredients your chicken needs to remain healthy.
It depends on what you can afford and the quality of life you want your chicken to have.
Once the chicks become adults then you may be able to keep them alive on a diet of scraps, but only if they have other ways of supplementing their diet through foraging.
Once they have the disease you need to treat them with Coccivex or similar or they die.
There are no ifs and buts. Your local pharmacy or agricultural supplier may well have this treatment under another name.
You can look on the internet for a local supplier of chick starter food and layers pellets from a local supplier. You could also look at the articles on this site for more information about feeding chickens.

Only 2 chickens died this month (another felt uneasy, got its face pale but that one was laying on her eggs a bit longer, though it occurred before). Like I said most of them lay every day, the only problem is that there is zero grass (the yard is huge) so I think their foraging is enough. They all seem alright, I've never had one starve though I don't know if the eggs have all they need. Like I questioned, should I take a picture of some different ones to be sure they're fine?
As for the chicks should I get the vet to check them to be sure? I'll see about the food. I do have chicks which grow normally and it makes me wonder about the diet status. Maybe some are more sensitive? (they all eat the same). There ain't much I can do when their mother leads them away from the food I give them.
So can we conclude that the my chickens' diet is missing some things?

 

[chickens really]

Hello...Try and locate some chicken feed. You can feed them scrambled eggs back and a grain mix if that's all you can find?..

 

[ShellyBlanco]

I agree with coccidiosis. If you are not seeing blood, you should be able to smell that their poo is super stinky, not the normal stinky. They need Corid or something like it from your local feed store or buy it from offline. I would treat all of them. I would make a temporary pen and put them all in it. Let their only access to water be the treated water with Corid. Lime your wasteland (make sure it gets watered in or lime just before a rain). This is a parasite and it will kill and spread if not treated and a best attempt at prevention from the ground they are pecking on. The Corid will deplete some of their nutrients so after the Corid treatment is complete give them NutriDrench in their water. It sounds like you have a long haul ahead in order to keep your birds healthy and alive.

 

[Eggcessive]

Your chicks should receive some medicine for coccidiosis as a preventative, but especially if you see one hunched as in your pictures. In Serbia that medicine may have to come from a vet, and it could be amprollium, a sulfa antibiotic, or toltrazuril. That is usually put into the chick’s water for 5 days. Chicks with coccidiosis never are healthy, or lay egg well.

Also, you should check into getting some commercial chicken feed from a livestock store in your area. Since you have both chicks and hens/roosters, an all flock type feed would be good. Then you could have some crushed oystershell for the extra calcium the hens need for hard egg shells.

Sorry for your losses, but if your chickens have a balanced chicken feed as their only food, you will not need to give them anything else. They will probably be heavier, heathier, and live longer.

 

[MROO]

See if you can access this article. It has a lot of information on coccidiosis.
https://the-chicken-chick.com/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken/

And the medicine you are looking for, called "Corid" in the US, but the actual name for it is amprolium. It comes in both powder and liquid form. Either works. Amprolium (Corid) is generally sold as a remedy for cattle, but is also used for chickens.

I'm dealing with the same issue, at the moment. Good luck to BOTH of us!

 

[Eggcessive]

Sto posto and Novimix are 2 brands of commercial feed in Serbia that you may find. Agrifirm and Nuscience are the companies that may produce them.
https://www.wattagnet.com/articles/...ket-sees-acquisitions-from-agrifirm-nuscience

 

[Elaol183]

Thanks everyone for your advice! If I want a vet to diagnose what do I do? Send one? I also have 8 ducks in my flock. The only water my flock has are two tires and a boiler (where ducks bathe) which are cut in half and a larger bowl.
Also, can someone please explain to me what liming means? I mean, there are plants in the yard but no grass (I think my chickens eat it).