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We have had a BAD case of mites :( I have dusted some of the birds but it is so much work and a pain since I have a baby and need to shower before I pick him up after etc.. I had heard about dosing with Ivomec? I have Normectin Cattle pour on. Has anyone used this before? We have some standard...

EWWWWW! We had been losing frizzle chicks and had a batch of coccidiosis go through so I figured it was the tail end of that. But the last one that died a few days ago we looked at closely and there was teeny pale bugs crawling all over it, EVERYWHERE! They are not lice but mites I think. I...

Our 4 year old silkie was acting off and she has been in the hutch with the others recovering from coccidiosis so we assumed it was from that, today we noticed some blood on her back end near her vent. With a close look there were maggots and small worm (fly larvae I assume) crawling out and...

My daughters frizzle rooster who is 1.5 years old died last night, He looked puffed up for a day or so, we had apple cidar vinegar in his water, then he went blue colored it was very odd, he also stiffened up/rigor mortis like before he even died.. I have never seen this before in our chickens...

What age do you pull your layers off of heat? We only have them on at night right now and they are 5 weeks tomorrow.. Some are banties and frizzles. They are in a calf hutch with a wooden door over the front of it..

Today she is sneezing less but doing this head shaking ALOT! She is eating and drinking and the poultry vet told us to put her on tetracycline in the water. When she takes a bite of food she shakes her head off to one side and closes her eyes. Could this be to clear the mucus out or could it be...

I am wondering if I can also give another medication to our hen who is sneezing.. She is on Super Boost which is a vitamin that also has Penicillin G and Stretomycin sulfate and I am wondering about also giving her tetracycline hydrochloride

My daughter lost her two year old frizzle a few days ago and now her 7 year old very very special chicken is also sneezing!! We have her in the house, giving her yoghurt, and she is on "Super Boost" which has vitamins, penicillin G and streptomycin sulphate in it. Is there any other medications...

Has anyone done this? I have a big bottle for our goats etc.. And lost one frizzle yesterday and have a few more sneezing today. I measured it down to 1/15 ml by mouth for a 2lb chicken

She is just under age 2, sneezing lots, throwing up.. I have put her on medication (tetracycline hydrochloride) in her water as of today and it doesn't seem to be helping, she is worse tonight. This morning she was eating and drinking now just sleeping huddled up and barely moving :( Is there...

Not sure what is up with this batch of meat birds we have. They are cornish crosses.. They were supposed to be vaccinated for coccidiosis at day olds. They are 2 weeks today and we have lost three so far out of 50. They seem to have issues with their legs splaying out at the hips and have a hard...

Our little Silkie Roo who is about 3 months old just died this am I brought him in the house a few days ago when he was acting fluffed up and droopy wings and sleepy. He was still eating and drinking OK so we gave him antibiotics in his water. Yesterday he seemed a bit better but was shaking...

we were given a new Frizzle yesterday after a LONG search for a new Frizzle after my 9 year old lost her special one! But this one has a cold!! She is seperated from all our others.. She sneezed so much she sneezed out some blood. Little bit of a runny nose otherwise seems ok lots of sneezing...

Hi We lost our amazing little Frizzle rooster, he was adorable! He didn't live with the other chickens but he followed us everywhere! He was so so sweet! He was my 9 year old and all of our favorite but she is especially crushed because she loved how he followed her everywhere . He was always...

Just got back from a week away.. Farm sitter was here but now turkeys are sneezing and shivering a bit, droopy wings. I have put a heat lamp in there but should I be treating them with medicine?

I am here again! I had been losing some birds and ended up treating them with Streptomycin.. then I didn't lose anymore then a 2.5 weeks after a 4 month old Buff Cochin died He was acting off for a day then died the next day, while he was dying he couldn't stand and would fall over on his...

Our bantam buff chick was injured!! Should we keep her with her mama hen and two other chicks or not?? Don't even want to say what happened But she has been scalped, lost skin on her scalp.. I put polysporin on it, what else can I do?? I have put her in a kennel but would she be better with her...

We have a broody hen who is wonderful, she has hatched and raised chicks for us before.. I am getting 6 turkey day old chicks in a few days and was wondering if I could sneak them under her? I have also heard that if you do turkeys you should put chicken chicks with them to "teach " them to...

So the short version of the long story.. A friend gave me 10 birds about 6 weeks ago, they were kept separate from mine, one died after about a week and now 5 weeks later another died.. At first I thought maybe Merricks? We also have a coop with out layers and special banties, one in there...

I heard word of mouth that the hatchery our chicks are arriving from tomorrow has a salmonella outbreak! What do I do?? Too late to cancel my order!!