4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[attenbhp]

I'm fairly new to this (1 year) and haven't had this happen before.

 

My chickens seem to have stopped eating their layer mash.

They normally get through most of the container between the three of them.

But for two days they hardly touched it.

Last night, they'd eaten so little, I didn't even have to top it up.

 

They still seem interested in treats, but not with enormous enthusiasm.

And they're still laying.

 

 

Could they be ill? or does this happen occasionally?

[Budgies]

First checks I'd recommend are that their food is still well in date and that it has been stored properly. If it's out of date or has got damp at any point, it becomes sour and they don't like that.

 

If all is well with the food and they're still not showing much interest, you could cut out all treats to get them to go back to their meal.

 

However, I would keep an eye on them - the first sign my two hens had of being unwell was the amount they ate reduced significantly - but I thought it was a problem with the food which was near it's sell by date, rather than picking up on the fact that my girls were unwell.

 

If it persists it might be worth a visit to a vet.