brambles Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 My lovely girl is looking after her chicks well, they're 2 1/2 weeks old. Obviously she's lost some condition and seems lighter, but I've no doubt she'll regain weight once they've grown more. However, she's also now losing loads of feathers, a bit like a stress moult. Is this usual? She won't eat anything unless she can feed some to the chicks so the tasty tidbits I've offered her are not a good strategy. Equally, she'll only drink from the chicks water, so I don't want to put tonic in it. Shall I just leave be and pep up and tonic later or do I need to do something now? They're all currently on medicated chick crumb and I have growers pellets in to start putting in after week 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 She will need extra protein which the chick crumb and growers pellets will give her anyway so I wouldnt worry about extras I'd start the growers pellets from 6 weeks personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambles Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 That's great, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
