Chicken food

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Chicken food


We have had an increasing number of requests for suitable live feeds for domestic chickens, this is very often after an ailing or off colour chook has had a visit to the vet and is in need of something "extra" to help with recuperation. Vets often advise the feeding of things such as worms, mealworms and maggots as an aid to recovery.
Chickens that have a restricted outdoor area will soon clear up all living things such as worms, beetles, spiders etc and being a natural part of their diet it is a good idea to replace these and this is easily done with a few worms, mealworms or maggots. when scattered in the run it will encourage the chickens to scratch and "hunt" not only nutritionaly beneficial but also keeps them occupied.

Occasionally a chicken will get a compacted or "sour" crop, maggots have been shown to be very beneficial in treating this problem.