I have a rather odd question.
I have a young rooster and a young hen in a big 'coop'.
They have water at all times, food at all times unless they eat it all before morning.
But, even though they're fed daily, when I fill their stainless steel food dish they go ninja!
They think they're starving, but they eat all the time! Now I'm not worried about this.
They can eat all they want, but they are always so interested in their precious food so much
that they wont stop and get a drink. So they practically 'choke'. You can see their little throats
get bigger, and bigger, and bigger because it gets packed in there. Now, I know this question is
probably got an easy answer, but we've raised chickens for 4 years and no chickens I've ever had,
grown or young eat like this on a daily basis.
They wont choke themselves to death will they?
The little rooster stumbled around sneezing and falling slinging pellets all out of his mouth yesterday.
Scared me to death.
Anyways, any answers would be greatly appreciated.
ETA: When I say their 'throats' get bigger, I do NOT mean their crops! I mean their THROATS.
-Becca
They have water at all times, food at all times unless they eat it all before morning.
But, even though they're fed daily, when I fill their stainless steel food dish they go ninja!
They think they're starving, but they eat all the time! Now I'm not worried about this.
They can eat all they want, but they are always so interested in their precious food so much
that they wont stop and get a drink. So they practically 'choke'. You can see their little throats
get bigger, and bigger, and bigger because it gets packed in there. Now, I know this question is
probably got an easy answer, but we've raised chickens for 4 years and no chickens I've ever had,
grown or young eat like this on a daily basis.
The little rooster stumbled around sneezing and falling slinging pellets all out of his mouth yesterday.
Scared me to death.
ETA: When I say their 'throats' get bigger, I do NOT mean their crops! I mean their THROATS.
-Becca
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