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Author:  Egglive [ Wed May 28, 2008 6:53 am ]
Post subject:  rickets

I've heard the rickets diet usually has a protein boost in it also - maybe a spoon of catfood added if it suits the needs.

Author:  Kylie [ Wed May 28, 2008 9:04 am ]
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The cat food needs to be beef doesn't it :?:

Author:  Egglive [ Wed May 28, 2008 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  rickets

Can't see why it needs to be - but the chooks do seem to like it better.

Author:  ganty [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rickets diet

Hello how young does this problem affect chicks please I may have 2 chicks with rickets but they are only 2 weeks old

Author:  Carol NZ [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rickets diet

Not likely to affect them at that age, are you feeding them chick starter?

Author:  Saunders Family [ Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rickets diet

Is it ok to give chooks hard boiled eggs as a precaution to help prevent rickets sort of like a vaccine?

Author:  Egglive [ Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rickets diet

Cooked eggs are good for chickens, especially the yolks. They are full of vitamins. I scramble my excess eggs for my growing birds & they love it.

Rickets is caused by a deficiency of vitamin D3, calcium or phosphorus, or an inability to absorb nutrients for some reason.

Feeding them good tucker is different from a vaccine though. Using a vaccine is a way of helping them acquire immunity to a disease.

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