Hi,
I have 2 LF Brahma roosters, 1 LF Brahma laying hen and 3 Brahma yet-to-be sexed three week old chicks. All three adult chickens are 7 months old. One of the roosters has recently developed a weakness in both legs which I feel sure may be caused by a nutritional deficiency. He is currently separated from the others and is yet to fully recover. All three have been raised on chick starter crumbles up until about 6 weeks ago when the hen started laying. From this point on they have been fed layer pellets. All three have been housed together and so this necessitated their feeding to be kept simple.
As these are large fowl birds, should I instead be feeding the roosters gamebird mix with a higher protein level?
The vet took xrays of my sick roosters legs and said that there were places in his leg bones that looked to be narrow in parts. He suggested I put him on a food for pheasants. Just wanted to check here on this forum what, if any, issues others may have found in feeding ordinary layer pellets to their Brahma chickens (roosters in particular).
I would really appreciate knowing what other Brahma owners feed their birds please?
Many thanks,
I have 2 LF Brahma roosters, 1 LF Brahma laying hen and 3 Brahma yet-to-be sexed three week old chicks. All three adult chickens are 7 months old. One of the roosters has recently developed a weakness in both legs which I feel sure may be caused by a nutritional deficiency. He is currently separated from the others and is yet to fully recover. All three have been raised on chick starter crumbles up until about 6 weeks ago when the hen started laying. From this point on they have been fed layer pellets. All three have been housed together and so this necessitated their feeding to be kept simple.
As these are large fowl birds, should I instead be feeding the roosters gamebird mix with a higher protein level?
The vet took xrays of my sick roosters legs and said that there were places in his leg bones that looked to be narrow in parts. He suggested I put him on a food for pheasants. Just wanted to check here on this forum what, if any, issues others may have found in feeding ordinary layer pellets to their Brahma chickens (roosters in particular).
I would really appreciate knowing what other Brahma owners feed their birds please?
Many thanks,
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