- Oct 9, 2009
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Hi, I thought one of my young birds got sick and was perhaps going to die at age 4 or so. It happens at times. I have had 12-18 chickens in my yard for 16 years now. She got puffed out and stopped eating about 7 days ago. No respiratory symptoms, loose stools, and now very weak, not moving from one nest, falls over easily if I move her to fluff up her nest. The other birds were bothering her, but now they ignore here. Every morning I think she will be dead when I go to the coop, but she is still alive and now this morning I have found another young bird age three all puffed out, not eating with loose stools. Todays bird is a black Australorpe, the other is an unknown all white, brown egg layer. Any ideas?