HELP!PULLETS DYING IN GROUPS.3 DEATHS IN TWO DAYS!

[shay20]

They should still be eating med chick staerter till they are 4 months old.

 

[fernandez0067]

only ground corn?

crop compaction maybe? no grit or chicken feed????

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Put them back on the chick starter with coccidiostat.

 

[Barnyard]

You need to put a "shallow" water dish in there with them with marbles or rocks so that they can not drown in it.

 

[Barnyard]

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I agree!! They need the chick starter...


You said they free range..... You need to make sure there is nothing that they can get into when they free range.

 

[JoJo 95]

WELL THANKS.THAT'S SOMETHING I DIDNT KNOW BECAUSE THE LABEL SAID FEED UNTIL SIX WEEKS OLD.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

You're "ideally" supposed to go to a grower formula for chicks until 4 months old, but if that is not an option, the starter should be kept up until 4 months.

 

[fernandez0067]

IMO.. I would be offering chicken feed (chick starter, grower, layer, etc.) all the time. Ground corn is not nutritionally sufficient no matter how much you free range or how old the chicken is, especially if you want these chickens to lay.

 

[Barnyard]

I feed my chicks chick starter until I see the first egg... then I change it to layer crumbles.

 

[JoJo 95]

thanks. i just went put them fresh water and some chick starter and they are eating it.also i have a hen that laid one egg and is currently not laying. is this a problem?also i read somewhere about wilted fruit leaves are poisonous. is this true for chickens?