My hb & I bought 6 young ones from a local guy who had very bad conditions at his small backyard. 4 were 6 weeks old, 2 Barred Rocks were 9 weeks old. They all stink very badly. Like they were living on top a pig! Also, one of the Barred Rocks has been sneezing since we got her. I bathed the 2 Barred Rocks since they stunk the most, didn't bathe the little ones (2 Easter Eggers & 2 RIR). Then i waited 2 weeks. They still stink a lot. The enclosed area They r in is about 8 ft by 20 ft. - not with our established hens. These little ones are lively during the day. My hb cleans out the "big stuff" every morning from the coop but the smell nearly knocks us over every morning when we open up the coop! another recent change, at least one has red in the poop, I can assume is blood for several days now. Now we r wondering if we should take them back to the guy we bought them from or what. Can we "cure" them? I gave them Bird Powder ( Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus) in their feed for the last 3 days but it doesn't seem to help. I tried to give them yogurt but they refuse to eat it. We never got ones so young before, we r new to raising chickens and always got our chickens already laying or only a couple weeks prior to laying time. I'm concerned they are contaminated and very sick.. What should I do?
Posted by: debra.chiappetta@yahoo.com
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