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Congratulations! My town will never let chickens in. Mine were removed back in October this year and I miss them terribly. I was fortunate to have a friend take them and add them to her flock of silkies and they are all having a wonderful time and I still get my eggs, but I really miss...

Do you know of anyone that will help you transfer them temporarily to and more secure location?

Quote: Depending on the breed, there is a way to sex day old chicks doing a wing feather test. It's been so long since I did this I would do a google search and see. But I think that if you spread the wing out, a female would have a second row of longer feathers and the roo would have...

It could stress them out a bit. Make sure they have shade, to get out of the sun, lots of water and maybe some electrolytes in it too.

Have your chickens been laying eggs yet?

Oh let'em out...

2 Mille Fleurs Duccle Bantam Roosters - 2 Splash -1 white Silkie Roosters located in Upstate, Western NY near Rochester. Please PM if interested. Too many Roosters!!!

Well, some antibiotics may help if you can get them down her. Will she eat any treat like food? Yogurt? Maybe you can sneak antibiotics in that. You have to be careful not to suffocate her while giving water via dropper but it sounds like you know how to do it. Keep us posed.

I had one hen that made a ton of noise when another hen was in her "box". It went on for about 20 min, then she was quite.

I was thinking antibiotics as well for everyone! Have you been able to handle the chickens at all? Can you tell if they have mites? Do you worm them? These are also things you may want to consider, but do one type of treatment at a time.

At this point I would try supplemental light. Give them 14 hrs. if possible. We started a light at 3 a.m. and shut it off by 8 a.m. when the sun was stronger and then let the sunset put them to bed. 2 wks. later my 25 wk. old hens finally started laying. I thought it was never going to...

Is she still making the noise? She may have something caught in her throught. Can you check her out and see?

She may have just been pecked in the eye. Keep watch and see how she's treated in the pen.

I'm not really sure what it might be. What have the weather conditions been like? Do you think they have mites?

Oh boy, so sorry about this. I can't give you any advice at this time. Just reading the options makes me sad...