Drooling

[MaggieRoss]

hi I’m new to raising chickens... in fact I just got my first three today. They are Silkies and came from Texas (to California), I noticed one was drinking a lot of water and then drooling a little
bit later that day when the package arrived. I think I’m just paranoid and they were in a box without food or water for about two days so please leave any tips or info.

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. How old are the silkies? I am sure they are vety stressed from the shipping and being without water. I don’t understand why they didn’t have any thing, such as fruit or something to get some moisture from on the way. That doesn’t seem like a very good way to treat birds. Hopefully, if you offer plenty of fluids and electrolytes, they will recover from the stress. I would also make them a bowl of chicken feed with a lot of water, to get them eating. Let us know how they are getting along.

 

[MaggieRoss]

Welcome to BYC. How old are the silkies? I am sure they are vety stressed from the shipping and being without water. I don’t understand why they didn’t have any thing, such as fruit or something to get some moisture from on the way. That doesn’t seem like a very good way to treat birds. Hopefully, if you offer plenty of fluids and electrolytes, they will recover from the stress. I would also make them a bowl of chicken feed with a lot of water, to get them eating. Let us know how they are getting along.

They are around 5-6 months... they weren’t supposed to be out that long, the postal services messed up. They are doing fine now it just kind of freaked me out... thanks for the reply