A couple of my girls have recently developed severely swollen looking eyes, some are lethargic and many have a runny light brown poop. I adopted what turned out to be Battery Chickens.
(https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/906378/are-we-rir/10#post_13853664)
Since they have come production out...
We didn't quarantine them from all of our chickens. We have 20 we have raised from chicks in 1 coup, and we had 11 that we adopted from a Lady who was breaking Code Enforcement laws (40+ chickens and 30+ ducks, w/ 20+ cats and 2 Pigs all on less than 1/4 acre lot. and she was zoned for 0 "farm...
They haven't laid anything as of yet. All of them have some beak issues, some not as bad as others. We have had 2 die so far. Unfortunately even our 8 that we had laying have slowed and now we went from six eggs a day to 2 a day. Any help with recommendations would be appreciated!
The seller of these girls claimed they are RIR and that they are 1 1/2? I am confused because they have a lot of white feathers and a large Comb Neither of which I see in any of my reds. Also they all seem to have deformed beaks? can anyone help me to answer these questions?