They used to play alot and chest pump each other to see who's top dog but for the last week or so their energy level has dropped way down. I believe they get adequate exercise. I let them out around 8 and they normally go to bed around 5:30 or 6. The reason I let them out so late is we have alot...
I've tried searching for answers online but I can't find anything that is like this. I've seen videos of birds with Mareks and New Castle and it's nothing like this. They seem paralyzed while they're down but once I pick them up and put them on their feet they can walk fine, sometimes they seem...
No there aren't any recent birds, the last birds I got were 5 welsummer hens and that was about 5 months ago. There are 6 chicks in the coop, I let them out into a 15 by 30 foot run in the mornings. They are fed Manna Pro medicated chick starter.
I read somewhere that it could be because they don't have enough space, could that be true? There are 6 of them and I have them in a 4x3x3 foot coop, they aren't very big yet so I thought this would be adequate space.
Can someone please help me figure out what's wrong with my Icelandic chicks? They are around 5 months old now, when I let them out in the mornings some of them can't stand up, they just kind of lay on there side with their feet out from under them. I don't think it's Mareks (spelling?) disease...