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HeidiGetsChicks
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Great explanation, thank you!There are two different schools of thought about feeding chickens.
One is that anything other then chicken feed are treats, and to many treats are bad for their health. The other is that chicken food is to processed, and a better health comes from a more natural diet.
The first is more fool proof, and as your cockerel maybe be having vitamin deficiencies it would be worth a try cutting out anything else that could be adding to the problem.
Other then that, you need to make up your own mind as to what way you want to go with, but imo the best is half way in-between.
Making a balanced diet all on your own is very hard! (harder then it used to be, because chickens used to be a part of a big farm, with a lot more spilled food and stuff from other animals, so they could balance out themselves, and also modern chicken breeds need better food because they lay more eggs)