poorly chicken

scarlet · « **on:** February 02, 2007, 19:24 »

hello all, seems i have found a good site as i want to grow my own veg this year. back to the problem in question i have 7 chickens, which have free run of my garden for the last year but one seems unwell today she is not eating and is all fluffed up and just following the others about she also has diarrhoea i have seperated her tonight but unsure whats wrong. thanks for any ideas helen

muntjac · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2007, 19:40 »

if she has the runs stop feeding her and just give her dandelion leaves for a day or 2 . and then start feeding her again nwith mash and corn . or layers pellets if you use them , mixed diets are liked by all chickens as much we humans like them

scarlet · « **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2007, 20:19 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

if she has the runs stop feeding her and just give her dandelion leaves for a day or 2 . and then start feeding her again nwith mash and corn . or layers pellets if you use them , mixed diets are liked by all chickens as much we humans like them

thankyou, i will do that

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