choking on starter?

[Meljo1978]

Anyone have a chick side choking on food? I just found my lab orp chick dead food in its mouth... needless to say I chopped up the rest for the other babies!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I have never seen one choke on starter. That isn't normal. Maybe there was another reason???

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Chick starter is specifically designed to be easily consumed by chicks - IF the starter is what caused the death of your chick I would suspect that abnormalities in your chick's anatomy was to blame over the feed.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Though I am curious about your statement regarding having "chopped up" the food for your remaining chicks -- what form of starter are you feeding? Standard chick crumble is already pretty well "chopped" and further manipulation of it would pretty much result in crushed powder.

 

[gander007]

I have put chick starter in a blender for quail chicks but
what you are describing I have never seen in over 40
years of hatching chicks and or raising chickens I would
have to say something was wrong with your chick to
start with and weird things happen ....

 

[Meljo1978]

It was my fault... I grabbed the starter grower bag!!!!!! I found out today!!! I feel awful. I hate when I learn a lesson and lose a life

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

It was my fault... I grabbed the starter grower bag!!!!!! I found out today!!! I feel awful. I hate when I learn a lesson and lose a life

Still shouldn't have been an issue - and I stand by there being something else at play. Starter/grower is still designed to be used as a starter feed - meaning it is appropriate for the littlest ones.

 

[Meljo1978]

OK thank you