Yellow fluid under wings. What disease is this?

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Too much corn in the chicken feed can also cause feathers to yellow. If you do mix crack corn with your feed, and you notice yellowing, you might consider cutting back or eliminating it all together. There are other foods that can also cause yellowing. Dark leafy greens, grass, and marigolds.
 
Thanks. I'm in New York state. What is the nutrition I need to give them? They do not lay eggs and they look small.
What breed are they supposed to be?
If you have photos of what they look like we may be able to help you identify them if you don't know.

How long have you had them?

Go to your local feed store, they should have a variety of poultry feed. Since they haven't been eating a balanced feed, I would start them on a poultry feed that contains 18-20% protein. Something like Flock Raiser or similar.

Get some oyster shell, put those in a separate dish, they will take that free choice. This is for added calcium.
 
I agree with the others that diet is almost certainly the problem and needs addressing asap. You would probably be best looking for a pelleted feed and as others have suggested an all flock, flock raiser or grower or even unmedicated chick crumbs with at least 20% protein to try to correct some of the damage that their current diet is likely to have had on their growth and supply crushed oyster shells in a separate dish. Be prepared for them to dislike the new food and you may have to introduce it slowly. Soaking a day's ration of pellets/crumbles in warm water and feeding it to them in a pan with a little corn sprinkled on the top to encourage them to eat it may help, but you want to phase the corn out altogether as soon as possible in my opinion.
Giving them a good quality poultry vitamin supplement like Nutri Drench or Rooster Booster Poultry Cell in their water for a week or two would also be a good idea.
Do you have any males in the flock (a cockerel or rooster)? That area under the wings is a common place for them to cause damage during mating and the high fat level under the skin due to their diet might weep yellow oily fat when grazed.
 
It would be helpful to know your state or country to help us advise you on feeds available. Do you have a commercial chicken feed available for sale? Or do you have to mix grains, seeds, and other nutrients to feed? What are others using for chickens where you live?
 

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