Author Topic: Chicken with diarrhea & not eating layer pellets  (Read 6907 times)

twizzel

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Chicken with diarrhea & not eating layer pellets
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2022, 10:07:45 am »
I generally find once they start going rapidly downhill like you describe you’re better off putting them down.

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Chicken with diarrhea & not eating layer pellets
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2022, 10:35:39 am »
Is she eating at all nikki?
Bread not normally recommended, but you've nothing to lose now, so try dicing a slice of wholemeal or something up.
Did you try softened grains or maize?
Crumbled digestive biscuits?
I would'nt worry too much about pellets etc, just getting something into her is more important.

Steph Hen

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Angus Scotland.
Re: Chicken with diarrhea & not eating layer pellets
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2022, 05:51:53 pm »
Have you tried worms? I had one lived in the hall for weeks once through a winter and all she’d eat was live worms. I thought every day would be her last but pulled through and laid many more eggs for next two years till fox got her.

Kiran

  • Joined Apr 2019
Re: Chicken with diarrhea & not eating layer pellets
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2022, 01:16:15 am »
There are many more knowledgeable chicken keepers here than me. Ever since I've had chickens we put a splash of unpasteurised apple cider vinegar in  the chicken water hopper. Probably once in every 3/4 fill ups. I started doing it reading various claims and it could be total rubbish but I'm very fortunate that no established chicken in our flock has got sick (frantically touching wood). Plesse dont count this as medical advice but if you are out of options it might be worth a try. The theory is it aids digestion and regulates gut bacteria.

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Chicken with diarrhea & not eating layer pellets
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2022, 09:49:55 am »
How is she Nikkijw ?

 

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