Feeding BSFL and scratch to a sick chicken

[Hmgmed]

I have a sick chicken who is currently being isolated from the flock. I cannot get her to eat regular food. I've also tried making it wet and soupy since they sometimes enjoy that more but she is not accepting it. For two days the only things she will eat are scratch, black soldier fly larvae, and black sunflower seeds. I understand these may not be the healthiest foods to have too much of, but I can't get her to eat anything else and I'd rather she eat something than nothing. Will she be OK having these as the overwhelming majority of her food for a couple of days until, hopefully, she starts feeling better?

 

[Altairsky]

She'll be fine. You can try feed her some scrambled eggs if you want to feed her a healthier treat.

 

[Hmgmed]

I will try that. Thank you

 

[Perris]

I'd rather she eat something than nothing

Exactly. Whatever she will eat is good right now.

Will she be OK having these as the overwhelming majority of her food for a couple of days until, hopefully, she starts feeling better?

Yes. She instinctively knows what her body needs right now. Besides eggs in any form, you could also try tinned sardines, milk-soaked bread (real cow's milk, not plant fake 'milk'), plain natural yogurt, porridge oats (proper oats and real milk, heated on a hob not in the microwave), table scraps if allowed where you live, and anything else from your food supplies that you think is worth trying. Chickens are omnivores and they can generally eat whatever humans can eat, just make sure it's chopped into small pieces or soaked till soft to avoid crop blockage issues, and avoid UPFs.