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Question: Hellow. I have Chicks as my only home pets. The problem is that they are becoming weak and weak everyday. Their diet is normal and I fed them thrice in a day. I had 5 but 1 of them died just today :(, so 4 are left, and I have put them in a cage approx 1x1x1 feet long. Can you tell me what should I do and do I have to change their eating habbits? Please tell me that what should I give to them for eating and is the size of the cage is OK for their growth?
Hello Ben,
Are these baby chickens? They need continual acces to CHICK CRUMB- give them a big bowl of this so they can eat whenever they want, and some water to drink too. A cage that is a foot square is not big enough for these chicks to grow in- they'll end up much too big, and they need to be outside when they get older. Could you send me a picture of the set up you have? Then I can advise you better.
Thank you for your question
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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.
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I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!
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