I just got 5 new hens three days ago. 4 Easter Eggers and one silkie. As of last night they where fine and showing no signs of illness(other then one with what I think is a pecking injury) I have them quarantined from my existing chickens. This morning when I checked on them, one was being uncharaccteristicly still with her wings a little splayed out. I went to check on her and she was listless with her eyes closed, but breathing. She would open her eyes sometimes. I immediately quarantined her in a warm place with close by food and water. Within two hours she passed away. The night before I was watching her eat and drink with the rest.
When I got home from work the one with the pecking injury was laying away from the rest and appeared groggy but no nearly as sick as the one this morning.
I immediately quarantined her away too. She’s eating and drinking but very sluggishly. I applied blue Kote and No Peck to her injury the night I brought her home. She’s VERY upset about being separated from the flock and constantly doing that chirping sound that chicks make when they are alone. I’m worried they I’m gonna do more harm then good by causing her so much distress from being alone.
They all have plenty of food, clean water, and a clean pin, with a heat lamp so they have somewhere warm to be. It’s about 80 degrees at the warmest point under the light. The food I’m using is Dumar organic chick feed with no additives or “GMO”
Two of the five chicks, the silkie and one Easter Egger are very active and seem happy.
Please help me. These are pets to me and I’m already very attached to them.. I don’t want to loose more... I’m new to chickens as if 6 months ago.. I called several vets and they said they don’t care for chickens... there poo was a little runny in my opinion but what do I know..
Here are pictures.
This was Beetle this morning before she passed. There where no visible signs of injury or infection that I could find.
https://i.imgur.com/xsu3rcj.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ieEmdX7.jpg
This was all of them eating while I had them in a temp pin when I brought them home while I was setting up the permanent pin.
https://i.imgur.com/YUcvYn1.jpg
This is the one with the pecking injury that I applied blue Kote and Peck-No-More to after I got them home. She is the one that’s acting sick now...
https://i.imgur.com/AUJOQgX.jpg
Here is my setup. Now as I write this and took the picture for this post, I notice the white one is laying away from the others...
https://i.imgur.com/bB4GFyQ.jpg
This is killing me... I feel so helpless
When I got home from work the one with the pecking injury was laying away from the rest and appeared groggy but no nearly as sick as the one this morning.
I immediately quarantined her away too. She’s eating and drinking but very sluggishly. I applied blue Kote and No Peck to her injury the night I brought her home. She’s VERY upset about being separated from the flock and constantly doing that chirping sound that chicks make when they are alone. I’m worried they I’m gonna do more harm then good by causing her so much distress from being alone.
They all have plenty of food, clean water, and a clean pin, with a heat lamp so they have somewhere warm to be. It’s about 80 degrees at the warmest point under the light. The food I’m using is Dumar organic chick feed with no additives or “GMO”
Two of the five chicks, the silkie and one Easter Egger are very active and seem happy.
Please help me. These are pets to me and I’m already very attached to them.. I don’t want to loose more... I’m new to chickens as if 6 months ago.. I called several vets and they said they don’t care for chickens... there poo was a little runny in my opinion but what do I know..
Here are pictures.
This was Beetle this morning before she passed. There where no visible signs of injury or infection that I could find.
https://i.imgur.com/xsu3rcj.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ieEmdX7.jpg
This was all of them eating while I had them in a temp pin when I brought them home while I was setting up the permanent pin.
https://i.imgur.com/YUcvYn1.jpg
This is the one with the pecking injury that I applied blue Kote and Peck-No-More to after I got them home. She is the one that’s acting sick now...
https://i.imgur.com/AUJOQgX.jpg
Here is my setup. Now as I write this and took the picture for this post, I notice the white one is laying away from the others...
https://i.imgur.com/bB4GFyQ.jpg
This is killing me... I feel so helpless