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GlowBean
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I let the door open daily that way they have air the snow finally melted so their able to get out the area, Shotgun is able to move around though I just realized that all 4 of them (Soldier, Dusty, Lemon and Shotgun) lost a lot of weight my estimate for the other three (We weighed Lemon a few days ago right now she's 7.5 pounds) that they were around 10 pounds and now there 8 pounds, I'm going to take pictures today as well as clean up their bandages, I'm still really worried about Lemon (She's starting to move around now which is good), she's still limping and from what I can tell her joint doesn't move very well. And my parents aren't willing to take her to a farm vet, so I may need to call them if they know what kind of medications they have for chickens.Photos of the "bloody" poop would be good, very hard to see what's going on in the video.
Also close up photos of the feet may be helpful.
I don't see anything necessarily alarming with the poop. What do you feed, including any treats or scraps that you have given?
Do you provide grit (crushed granite) for your flock?
You mentioned in the video, they are eating dirt and that's weird - not really, chickens eat dirt all the time.
For the feet, I'd like to see photos. Looks like they probably have frostbite.
The hen with the wrapped feet and red leg band, needs to be tended to. Those wrappings need to be soaked off and photos taken of her feet.
Wrappings needs to stay dry and changed at least daily - perhaps a few times a day depending on how wet/soiled they get. With feet being wrapped, getting wet in the snow and being in cold weather, you're setting her up with more damage to the feet.
For the rooster, hard to tell, the video is not very clear, but his feet are not in good shape either.
Ventilation is important, so if the building they are in doesn't have good ventilation, do what you can to remedy that problem soon or you may end up with some respiratory issues as well.
I also saw a giant blood poop this morning when I letted the chickens out. My 2 other siblings won't help and my oldest sibling is gone to New York city, and my parents are gone, I'm probably going to do this alone. I'll be taking loads of pictures of them.