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[apryl29]

I have a what would you do question...
A couple weeks back I bought feed from the new feed store in Streetsboro. I got feather fixer which is the same as I always got but I also got two bags of layer pellets that were a different brand than I normally get. I also got a bag of treats with mealworms in it. My question is should I stop feeding them that feed and go buy feed from the store that I normally bought from or do you think it's completely unrelated to my recent losses?

Today I noticed nibbler acting different too. Just standing around, but at a hard boiled egg when offered. Then when it got dark she got into a nesting box, not the roost. She also felt a little bloated, but not like Abby.

 

[CapricornFarm]

No one went with me to the fabric store.
No one there to stop me.

I spent more than I wanted but I saved more than I spent so ok....maybe.

I will post a pic tomorrow of my CRAZY fabric haul.
Hubs is home right now so I ain't getting it out.

It's best if you don't let him see it.

 

[apryl29]

Thanks everyone. The kids are doing better. I had her buried before they got there so I think that helped. I am thinking I'll probably avoid production layers in the future, if I ever get anymore birds. They were nice girls, but their short life span is too hard to deal with.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I have a what would you do question...
A couple weeks back I bought feed from the new feed store in Streetsboro. I got feather fixer which is the same as I always got but I also got two bags of layer pellets that were a different brand than I normally get. I also got a bag of treats with mealworms in it. My question is should I stop feeding them that feed and go buy feed from the store that I normally bought from or do you think it's completely unrelated to my recent losses?

Today I noticed nibbler acting different too. Just standing around, but at a hard boiled egg when offered. Then when it got dark she got into a nesting box, not the roost. She also felt a little bloated, but not like Abby.

Honestly with a second bird looking "off" I would switch back.

Do you have the bags from the new feed so you can check mill dates?
Even if the mill date is "ok" if there is a chance it got damp I would be inclined to not use it.

 

[Chickassan]

I wanted to go!
Wait...you think any of us would stop you from buying anything?
Henny come on...I just blurted out heck yeah!
I got jazzed reading about fabric shopping and freakin cheered..

No one went with me to the fabric store.
No one there to stop me.

I spent more than I wanted but I saved more than I spent so ok....maybe.

I will post a pic tomorrow of my CRAZY fabric haul.
Hubs is home right now so I ain't getting it out.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have a what would you do question...
A couple weeks back I bought feed from the new feed store in Streetsboro. I got feather fixer which is the same as I always got but I also got two bags of layer pellets that were a different brand than I normally get. I also got a bag of treats with mealworms in it. My question is should I stop feeding them that feed and go buy feed from the store that I normally bought from or do you think it's completely unrelated to my recent losses?

Today I noticed nibbler acting different too. Just standing around, but at a hard boiled egg when offered. Then when it got dark she got into a nesting box, not the roost. She also felt a little bloated, but not like Abby.

How old are these chickens? No recall on the feed is there?

 

[21hens-incharge]

I wanted to go!
Wait...you think any of us would stop you from buying anything?
Henny come on...I just blurted out heck yeah!
I got jazzed reading about fabric shopping and freakin cheered..

So it would be like taking a squatcher chick shopping with me?
"Oh and another Brahma, and you know that you need 3."
"Hey they got buff laced Polish pullets over here."
"Awwww look at the little bantam babies."

and that's just me

 

[Chickassan]

Apryl, i'd go back to feeding the norm only from the original place you buy feed.
Weed out as many unknowns as you can, especially feed related ones.

 

[Chickassan]

Yeah...afraid so.
Pretty much exactly like that.

Honestly with a second bird looking "off" I would switch back.

So it would be like taking a squatcher chick shopping with me?
"Oh and another Brahma, and you know that you need 3."
"Hey they got buff laced Polish pullets over here."
"Awwww look at the little bantam babies."

and that's just me

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I wondered the same about food because I had switched. I went back to feather fixer and haven’t lost anyone else. I’ve got a cream legbar girl in the laundry room at the moment. She doesn’t want to stand up. No idea why so I’m monitoring for now. Sometimes that’s all we can do.