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And if anyone can confirm that we should immediately cull birds that are clearly having splayed legs (the splits)? We had hoped this was going to be fun :(

Thank you both. Our new birds came from two different sources, and we just put together that all the problems are from one source. We have two birds left from that group and one is now beginning to exhibit signs of problems. Not sure if helps with the diagnosis. Thanks again --

Hi friends – your advice and insights have always helped us through troubled times, and we’re having some rough days and nights lately – April - 25: Brought home (22) new hens and (2) roosters (several breeds, ranging from 12-14 weeks) from local breeder to add to our flock which...

Finally some good news! Our sick wyandotte seems to be at 100% after the second dose of Eprinex. Thank you all for your suggestions and advice; you certainly saved one nice chicken Herman -- any luck?

Sorry too for your loss. We had the same thing happen with our full size Faverolles. We have a content mix of full size and bantam breeds; but came home to find one of the Faves picked so badly that I had to put her down. They are such a pleasure. I knew how docile they were, but they were...

Hi Herman, Sure will. Just came in from giving her the Eprinex. I spent some time stroking her throat in a downward motion and gently squeezing her throat and crop area. We also dripped in some water (but she's obviously drinking as we've been working with her for over two weeks; maybe...

And I know its time to clean the waterer ---

Hi Gang -- no luck yet. We're 48 hours past the second Tylan injection and our Wyandotte does not seem to have improved. If you guys could take a quick peek at these videos I just took minutes ago, maybe it might help (excuse my less than professional videography -- no clue what that crazy...

Thanks for the confirmation on the Eprinex Dawg; if its Gapeworm or other worms we'll hopefully see some improvement by...........tomorrow maybe? That would be 3 days since worming. We're at 48 hours after Eprinex right now, hard to see much improvement, but she's still lively; eating and...

And again, can't say thank you enough.

Hi guys -- welllll.... I posted and asked for your advice and then checked back on the Wyandotte and she was beginning to really struggle to breathe .... so in a little bit of a panic I searched and found several different threads on here for different gapeworm solutions including Ivomec...

I did some more looking on the forum and saw some YouTube videos that suggest our Wyandotte might have gapeworm?? The recommendation was to give SafeGuard; a cattle wormer. Can anyone corroborate and offer a recommended dosage? I do think, based on my additional findings, this might be the...

Wow --- now I'm not sure at all. Was following my book DISEASES OF FREE RANGE POULTRY by Victoria Roberts which prescribed an injection of Tylan 200 .5ml for an adult into the breast muscle; repeat in 48 hours. We did just that, no success. This is a full grown Wyandotte (unsure of actual...

WOW --- thank you all for sharing your advice; really really appreciate it! Our sick Wyandotte is still struggling; she's still eating and drinking but almost gasping for air, sometimes quite loudly like she can't breathe; I feel horrible and am considering culling her in the evening, but every...

Thank you all very much! Was so happy to see replies to my post -- 1 Lively Chick -- Only reason we went with injections is that on a thread on found elsewhere on the internet they were all recommending injections vs. provided in their drinking water; but I didn't even know that orally was...