FARMERSVILLE, N.Y. -- It's been more than a month since the SPCA removed more than 600 animals from the property of Donald and Bonnie George in Farmersville. 

The couple is charged with 46 counts of animal cruelty.

The Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen took 170 of the animals in.

National Shelter Director Susie Coston said they all receive one-on-one care as they recover.

"The birds were in the worst condition because they were in a loft that had been enclosed like a barn, so it was upstairs, and there was no ventilation," Coston said. "They were basically on three feet of their own feces, very strong ammonia smell, they all had respiratory problems."

Coston says the chickens are on multiple drugs for respiratory infections and the goats are extremely thin with a bad fungal skin condition. 

She adds they are also dealing with psychological issues.

"The goats have a giant pasture and they won't leave the barn," Coston said. "They have never been outside, and they're young."

Coston says she is seeing improvement, though.

She says the goats are extremely friendly when workers come inside to feed them, and the chickens are having a blast running around.

"The chickens have never been outside, and so they're going crazy," Coston said said. "They're scratching in the straw and they're having a really, really good time."

Coston says she has homes lined up for all of the goats and sheep and hopes to keep the chickens at the sanctuary, but it's not up to her.

She says a judge will make that determination later this month.

"This farm really was not able to take care of them, so I'm hoping that the court will see it's a really bad idea to let them back," Coston said.

Meanwhile, the SPCA says it is pushing for the Georges to be placed on the Cattaraugus County Animal Cruelty Registry, which would make it illegal for the couple to have any animals in their possession for 10 years.