My chicken will not eat!

[Greta the chicken lover]

Glad to hear she's eating but in reading this thread, it sounds like she needs vitamin supplements to help a possible deficiency. This could also be why she stopped eating. I would get some Nutra Cell or Poultry Drench and put some of that in her water. She needs to continue eating her grower mash as that's got what younger chicks need until they lay eggs. She's suffering from something still if she's not walking and the most obvious thing has already been suggested. It's only going to get worse if you do nothing.

I am thinking of giving her chicken physio. And we have weight off her legs. I also do not think growing chickens need "grower mash" because for four years I have been giving chicks starter crumble and when their beaks get big enough layer mash.

 

[Debbie292d]

I also do not think growing chickens need "grower mash" because for four years I have been giving chicks starter crumble and when their beaks get big enough layer mash.

That's why she got sick most likely.

 

[Greta the chicken lover]

That's why she got sick most likely.

She has been eating starter crumble for most of her life.

 

[Debbie292d]

She has been eating starter crumble for most of her life.

She still needs it until she lays. You're raising them your way saying it's fine, but now issues are rising that we're trying to help you with.

 

[Greta the chicken lover]

She still needs it until she lays. You're raising them your way saying it's fine, but now issues are rising that we're trying to help you with.

I know what I am doing

 

[Greta the chicken lover]

Exactly.

Charles Darwin did not find out about evolution by going round to all animals in the world did he.

 

[Greta the chicken lover]

That doesn’t mean they’re remotely similar.

All bodies have the same function, to survive.

 

[Greta the chicken lover]

also, is grower mash the same as starter crumble?

 

[StinkyAcres]

also, is grower mash the same as starter crumble?

Crumble and mash are different textures. The ingredients depend on the brand, I think. Some are starter/grower.

 

[Debbie292d]

I saved my chicken's life with stitches, for a year I have been looking after a sick white silky who I also saved her life with stitches, have had two chickens with sizza beak, and now I have a chicken who needs a wheelchair.

You feed them how you have for four years and now look what you have.