New chicken keeper

[lathorne65]

Hi. New Member here. Longish story short...
I bought 20 chicks in April, one died. I bought 4 more and then another 4. I was then gifted a bunch more, kept 2, and gave the rest to a friend to rebuild her flock. The neighbor's dogs came down and slaughtered 5 of my chickens. That made me hesitate in adding the two new ones into the flock. I then bought 5 Salmon Faverolle chicks. My problem.... One of the two new adds into the flock's tail is drooping. They're both thin (ish). They won't leave the coop (I free range). I go into the coop and hold a dish of fly larvae so they will eat and I hold water up for them to drink. I'm really worried about them because I don't want them to just give up on trying to survive. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

 

[Silviaschicks]

If all your girls are dying, I wonder if you have a disease. Before you get new chicks you should quarantine them and totally clean your coop out

 

[lathorne65]

If all your girls are dying, I wonder if you have a disease. Before you get new chicks you should quarantine them and totally clean your coop out

All my girls are not dying. I am worried about the two new ones I have added to the flock. They were quarantined by themselves for two months before being added. I am worried about them not coming down off their roosting bars to eat. I can't be out there all the time to watch them, so I am taking food to them while they are up on the roost.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Welcome to BYC
I am sorry this is happening.
Did you quarantine each new member as you brought more into the yard?

 

[lathorne65]

Yes. The two new birds were quarantined for two months.

 

[CluckerFamily]

What about the others?

 

[CluckerFamily]

I’m trying to figure out which batch the two that are sick came from.
Are the two sick pullets from the last batch of 5 salmon favorelle chicks or the 2 you kept from a larger batch that was split with a friend?

 

[STACEYH]

HELLO new member.



You might try shooing them out for an hour or two. Close the coop after you get them out, they should start acting more normal.

 

[swampfox440]

Hi ,Welcome to BYC! sorry to here of your problem .Hope you can figure it out .

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC. Do you have multiple feed stations? Do they interact with the existing flock at all? Do you observe any bullying? Has Their behaviour changed from their quarantine period to being with the main flock?