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Hello all,
First thank you for taking the time to read this. My name is Kristin and I've recently acquired a chicken. I have no clue what kind she is. She Is the lone survivor of a flock that was destroyed because she has never payed an egg. That doesn't matter to me if she ever does or doesn't.
My question(s) is/are.... She comes into my house at night. She is just like another member of my family. She does go into a VERY large crate at night. It's becoming winter and she doesn't want to go out for long periods of time. She can roam inside (need a diaper! Lol) she's extremely picky when it comes to eating. She will eat cracked corn, bread, grapes, raisins, cherrios, bird seed, sunflower seeds, dry and wet cat food and worms. That's it.....picky picky
Is this ok for her to only eat for 5 months of winter? I'm willing to buy worms to sustain her but I am not sure what kind of worms or if this is even necessary.
And help/advice and as much as possibly would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you and I look forward to exploring this site more
Kristin
First thank you for taking the time to read this. My name is Kristin and I've recently acquired a chicken. I have no clue what kind she is. She Is the lone survivor of a flock that was destroyed because she has never payed an egg. That doesn't matter to me if she ever does or doesn't.
My question(s) is/are.... She comes into my house at night. She is just like another member of my family. She does go into a VERY large crate at night. It's becoming winter and she doesn't want to go out for long periods of time. She can roam inside (need a diaper! Lol) she's extremely picky when it comes to eating. She will eat cracked corn, bread, grapes, raisins, cherrios, bird seed, sunflower seeds, dry and wet cat food and worms. That's it.....picky picky
Is this ok for her to only eat for 5 months of winter? I'm willing to buy worms to sustain her but I am not sure what kind of worms or if this is even necessary.
And help/advice and as much as possibly would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you and I look forward to exploring this site more
Kristin
Just like kids, if they have the choice of healthy food or candy, they'll always pick the candy. If she has nothing to eat but the layer feed, she will eventually eat it.
and Welcome To BYC! To get her used to eating the food, you might also try wetting her food and feeding it like a warm mash (some chickens are picky about the shape of their food not just the type), mixing things like scrambled eggs in the feed also, and check out the fermenting feeds threads, many birds like it.
