Vickischics
Life, is a Learning curve.
I'm sorry your experiencing this with your new chickens. As you've learned never ship grown birds, if you need or want a specific breed, get them as 1 day olds. You don't know if your dealing with a previously sick pullet or Cockerel prior to shipping which those odds are against you. Your mere presence in the same room might be causing increased stress because they may not be use to humans.
Think of it this way.
You were shoved in a box, jostled around for days without water or food, you have no idea whats up or down. Then your in a new place that looks nice, but maybe its too cold or too warm inside. The water taste different and the food is weird too. They may be use to eating Purina Chick Starter crumbles and your feeding them Dumors layer pellets.
I will suggest to you to begin feeding them and offer Sav-a-chix or any electrolyte solution you have. Cook some scrambled eggs and crush up the shell into it, add a high protein feed crumble into it.
Let it cool down a little and see if they will eat it.
It will take many quiet days to recover from the voyage they experienced. I hope they make it.
Keep electrolyte water and Fresh water available all night. Tasty free food isn't a bad idea for now. Make sure you offer grit.
Watch them from afar.. stress presents itself in many forms. Give them Time and have Patience. Time will either be your friend or not.
You shall see but, next time, Never ship grown chickens.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Think of it this way.
You were shoved in a box, jostled around for days without water or food, you have no idea whats up or down. Then your in a new place that looks nice, but maybe its too cold or too warm inside. The water taste different and the food is weird too. They may be use to eating Purina Chick Starter crumbles and your feeding them Dumors layer pellets.
I will suggest to you to begin feeding them and offer Sav-a-chix or any electrolyte solution you have. Cook some scrambled eggs and crush up the shell into it, add a high protein feed crumble into it.
Let it cool down a little and see if they will eat it.
It will take many quiet days to recover from the voyage they experienced. I hope they make it.
Keep electrolyte water and Fresh water available all night. Tasty free food isn't a bad idea for now. Make sure you offer grit.
Watch them from afar.. stress presents itself in many forms. Give them Time and have Patience. Time will either be your friend or not.
You shall see but, next time, Never ship grown chickens.
Good luck and keep us posted.