We bought 6 new chicks on Friday all different kinds. we brought them home and all seemed healthy. Saturday morning the golden sex link started falling asleep a lot and not moving. By the afternoon she was gone. We tried sugar water, checked everything we could. Now today, Monday the...
thank you,
Yes all other birds seem fine. And with my son, like i said, paranoid! However I don't think I can keep him away, he loves those guys.
The comic relief in this...when we were puttting them away after cleaning out coop, he said, "where's lightning? oh ya, still dead." and went on...
We had 5 total, (now 4). they are one years old. 4 varieties, 2 white leghorns, one aracauna , I think one was a golden sex link (the one that died, light feathers, with brown, , brown eggs,) and I think the other was an orpington. (Im sorry, not really sure on the last couple.
We did...
1 of our 5 chickens began limping last wednesday. looked for bumble foot, no swelling, sores, signs of infection. Looked healthy otherwise. then stopped walking on it. was still eating/laying. stopped laying sunday, died today. should I do anything for the remaining birds? should we discard...