help! something wrong with chick!

[martins show birds]

she has plenty of water. the feed is to expensive to buy though we get the feed we have now for free.

 

[ValerieJ]

she has plenty of water. the feed is to expensive to buy though we get the feed we have now for free.

Nevertheless, you must get rid of any feed that has maggots in it. That in itself tells me it is too old to use. I'm sure there are mold spores. Mold spores actually start forming on foods almost immediately, so keeping feed for a year doesn't even sound feasible to me.

 

[martins show birds]

i think one of the wyandottes have it now to

 

[martins show birds]

i dunno what to do what to do,what to do,

 

[martins show birds]

i think i typed it wrong.we get feed from my mother-in laws exess feed every year we dump any feed we have left at the end of the year.

 

[martins show birds]

falcon is acting unbalanced

 

[ValerieJ]

I think your problem is your feed. You are keeping it too long. I hope you are giving them fresh feed now.

 

[martins show birds]

yah

 

[Wyorp Rock]

she has plenty of water. the feed is to expensive to buy though we get the feed we have now for free.

I understand, but feed that has maggots in it is no good. I agree, it may be moldy as well.
Feed can be expensive, but if it has gone bad, then you risk losing birds or at the very least they can all become ill with long term effects.

 

[hysop]

Apart from the fact that maggots form in moldy food. Don’t chickens eat maggots? Can’t they eat those maggots?

But yeah do change their food if the feed has maggots. It must have gotten wet or it’s too old.