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after treating my 3 yr old chicken for what I thought was worms over the course of 7 weeks, the Vet says it sounded like coccidiosis. I bought Corid liquid, but then I saw a post about using Amprol 128 powder. I only have two chickens. One has runny poo the other one is fine. The Vet said I...

I have a chicken that had runny poo and looking at the chart it appeared she had worms. I gave her Wazine and after a while, several days, it started getting back to normal. Then in two days was back to runny. So I gave her the pig swig and it was back to normal for two days, now today I see...

We recently added one new chicken to our existing one chicken. We separated the coop and outside run giving them two areas divided by fencing to get acquainted with each other. The older hen is not doing well at all and has practically stopped eating. The new hen is a smaller one and is...

I have one RIR and one black star. The Black star is a little over 2 years old and has molted twice. About a month ago she started laying weak shells and a no shell, then stopped laying altogether. I feed them Nutrina laying crumbles, a little scratch and occasional bread and green leafy...

We have two hens, Annie and Lily. Annie was a pullet we got in April 2013. She starting laying in September 27, 2013 and has laid for two years without going into a molt. My other hen, Lily, same age molted last winter and laid her last egg on Dec 19, 2013 and started back on Feb 11,2014...

We bought four hens in April. Three of the hens have laid eggs, but one Rhode Island Red has yet to lay the first egg. She eats good, she has been dusted for parasites and she seems healthy so we don't know about her. The other three have been fine. But now, one of the Black Stars stopped...

We bought four hens over a week ago. Three are settling in very well, but one Rhode Island Red acts like something is wrong with her. The others will eat out of our hands but she just looks at it when it is held an inch from her beak. She has lost feathers in her back and vent area. We've...

We bought four hens over a week ago. Three are settling in very well, but one Rhode Island Red acts like something is wrong with her. The others will eat out of our hands but she just looks at it when it is held an inch from her beak. She has lost feathers in her back and vent area. We've...

We are new to BYC but have been reading the site for several weeks as my husband built our new coop/run (6 x 9) and we searched for laying hens. This site has answered a lot of questions and given us some very good advice. We finally got four beautiful hens from a local farmer on Friday. Two...