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So glad you're working on getting them more space! I think you'd mentioned something about that previously, but since the space issue threw an unexpectedly large wrench in my chicken keeping, I thought I'd share. Please get a firm diagnosis on what's wrong with your birds before you sell any...

Rule of thumb on this forum is 4 square feet per chicken inside the coop, and at least 10 square feet per chicken in the run. My birds need more space than that because they're flighty breeds and some are large and tend towards bullying. 4'x5' = 20' / 4' = space for up to 5 hens in your coop...

Fecal float is a good idea, to rule out worms, or identify any they may have. It should be relatively inexpensive at the vet and you only have to bring an example of fresh poo from the affected chickens, not the chickens themselves. Some respiratory infections can be present in a flock for...

How large is their run? Do they free range all day without a fence? If you have a fenced or enclosed area for their run, how large, and what is it made of?

What size of "coop" and what size of daytime run do you have for them? @Wyorp Rock or @Eggcessive any idea what this could be? In the meantime, if one of them dies, put their body in the fridge and then you can send to a state vet for a necropsy (if you want to know definitively what they...

Sorry, from the number of your posts and your membership length I thought you knew. Go to the Forum name (top of this thread), click on it, and the first two posts could prove helpful to you. Looks like this once you click on the Forum name. Or just click the brown "FORUM" button at the...

Sounds like some type of respiratory disease. If you can give more info about their symptoms and the disease onset, we could probably help you more. Check out the Sticky for this Forum for the information to post.