Why did my chiken die?

[FerretzLoverz]

So my chiken was just fine this morning he's was a little Cornish rooster and a hen. We feed them chiken feed and milworms and when I tell you they love them milworms they could eat a million and still want more but my dad got home a little early and I was at my moms work and he found my little rooster dead and it was being token care of very well and he was very pump but that day he also at one of thoughs black camel chrikets so.... do you possibly have any idea how he could have died.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

I'm sorry for your loss.


It's important not to give your chickens too many treats. It's not good for their health because it throws the balanced diet they get from their normal feed WAY off. It's very possible your chicken died because you fed too many treats. Treats should make up no more than 5-10% of their diet. The majority of their diet should be a balanced chicken feed that's appropriate for their age and type of chicken. Since you have both hens and roosters, something like Purina Flock Raiser would be good, with oyster shells on the side for the laying hens.

Best of luck moving forward. There is a lot of info about chicken nutrition on BYC, so I would suggest you start reading up on what to feed your chickens so this does not happen again (assuming this was the cause - there could have been other factors I don't know about).

 

[JacinLarkwell]

When you say Cornish, do you mean the actual breed or a Cornish cross?

 

[FerretzLoverz]

When you say Cornish, do you mean the actual breed or a Cornish cross?

Well there like dwarf Cornish hens we don't really know they were given to us with low info.

 

[FerretzLoverz]

I'm sorry for your loss.


It's important not to give your chickens too many treats. It's not good for their health because it throws the balanced diet they get from their normal feed WAY off. It's very possible your chicken died because you fed too many treats. Treats should make up no more than 5-10% of their diet. The majority of their diet should be a balanced chicken feed that's appropriate for their age and type of chicken. Since you have both hens and roosters, something like Purina Flock Raiser would be good, with oyster shells on the side for the laying hens.

Best of luck moving forward. There is a lot of info about chicken nutrition on BYC, so I would suggest you start reading up on what to feed your chickens so this does not happen again (assuming this was the cause - there could have been other factors I don't know about).are milworms considered treats

I'm sorry for your loss.


It's important not to give your chickens too many treats. It's not good for their health because it throws the balanced diet they get from their normal feed WAY off. It's very possible your chicken died because you fed too many treats. Treats should make up no more than 5-10% of their diet. The majority of their diet should be a balanced chicken feed that's appropriate for their age and type of chicken. Since you have both hens and roosters, something like Purina Flock Raiser would be good, with oyster shells on the side for the laying hens.

Best of luck moving forward. There is a lot of info about chicken nutrition on BYC, so I would suggest you start reading up on what to feed your chickens so this does not happen again (assuming this was the cause - there could have been other factors I don't know about).

Are milworms considered treats

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Are milworms considered treats

Very, very fatty treats

 

[SilverBirds]

So my chiken was just fine this morning he's was a little Cornish rooster and a hen. We feed them chiken feed and milworms and when I tell you they love them milworms they could eat a million and still want more but my dad got home a little early and I was at my moms work and he found my little rooster dead and it was being token care of very well and he was very pump but that day he also at one of thoughs black camel chrikets so.... do you possibly have any idea how he could have died.

Did you notice any unusual behaviors before he passed? Unusual poop, lethargic, decreased eating/drinking, odd stance, sneezing, wheezing, not roosting, etc.? Was it cold last night?

Well there like dwarf Cornish hens we don't really know they were given to us with low info.

Do they have a laced pattern?

Are milworms considered treats

Yes, they are. Treats should be fed very sparingly (only once or twice a week MAYBE). I'd cut back on all treats for a few weeks.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

Are milworms considered treats

Yes, they are treats. And that's why they gobble them up so quick. It's like chicken candy. Mealworms can be healthy in moderation, because they do provide some nutrition. But like someone else has said, they should only be given a small amount a couple times per week. Since it seems you overdid it, I would even stop giving the mealworms (and any other treats) completely for a couple weeks to let your chickens' bodies repair themselves a bit. Just feed them their chicken feed only for a few weeks, and then I think it would be okay to start giving small amounts of mealworms a few times a week.

What brand of chicken feed do you give them?

 

[FerretzLoverz]

Did you notice any unusual behaviors before he passed? Unusual poop, lethargic, decreased eating/drinking, odd stance, sneezing, wheezing, not roosting, etc.? Was it cold last night?

Do they have a laced pattern?

Yes, they are. Treats should be fed very sparingly (only once or twice a week

MAYBE). I'd cut back on all treats for a few weeks.

No he was perfectly fine and yes the have a laced pattern here's what the looked like

 

[SilverBirds]

No he was perfectly fine and yes the have a laced pattern here's what the looked like

Those are not Cornish anythings. This is a Cornish Bantam (Indian Game)
Picture from Google.

I can't see them well enough to tell what breed they are. Likely mutts though.



You didn't say they were still chicks. I think the overfeeding of treats is a likely cause of death. Were they getting grit?