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tried looking down her throat can’t really see anything, maybe some little white hair looking things on the back on her tongue ?

some say .023 per lb for 5 days in a row others say dose once repeat in 10 days ? can someone please advise which it is for sure ?

i have a 4 yr old isa with a very full crop. it’s not hard (it feels doughy) and i dont feel a clump of food. i suspected grass impaction so tried oil and light massages first day. she’s hadn’t pooped much. no change so next day i gave 2 stool softeners- 2 days in a row and got her pooping well...

in your chickens poop ? i almost thought they were grains of sand. they’re tiny and round and super hard. i can break them open only by pressing down hard with my fingernail. they also kinda look like a seed ? my girls gets lots of free range time and eat all kinds of stuff. just want to...

i just did my 2nd dose of tapeworm meds. today is the 3 day since i have given it to them they’re still laying poopy soft eggs and last nite my girl acted off a bit before bed. could the meds still be working ? i don’t see anything in their poop but should i suspect other worms that don’t...

if you found tapeworms do you assume they may have other worms ? does anyone know if the amount of ivermectin in gold horse paste is sufficient to deal with other worms ? what does everyone do, just treat for what they see or do a ‘cover all the basis’ treatment spring/fall treatment program...

hi! first time i’ve had to deal with these nasties and i have a couple questions … i’ve read as many threads as i could find but am still wondering … i saw dawg53 recommended horse paste with praziquantel & ivermectin, a “pea size dose” , then again in 10 days. will this treat any other...

hi all, looking for a simply answer, have skimmed old posts and don’t see what i’m looking for i have a 3 yr old hen going through a phase of laying soft shelled eggs. they have free access to oysters shells and eggs shells but she doesn’t eat them. obviously the amount in their layer feed...

i have the water soluble formula from the vet that you mix in their drinking water for 7 days. if i wanted to dose just my sick chicken rather than all of them, does anyone know how much/ratio i would i mix up and how much i should give daily ?

i’d like to start giving my 2 yr old ISA girls a daily vitamin supplement that i can mix in their feed i give them Poul Vite in their water once in a while but i’d like to switch to something i can mix in their food mash i make them what does everyone use/recommend ?

my girls prefer their food wet so i mix them up batches of porridge (layer crumbs and water) through out the day. they also have free choice of dry crumbs someone told me they need alot of dry in order for their gizzard to grind with the grit ….and that feeding alot of wet causing blockages...

is it ok to give kefir while dosing with tetracycline? or am i supposed to wait until the antibiotic treatment is done ? i know there’s a 21 day egg withdrawal, does everyone just throw the eggs away or is there something else a person could do with them ? thanks ! 😊

just thought i’d try asking again 😊 i’m curious whatever everyone does with their eggs from a chicken they’ve treated with monistat ?

what does everyone do with their eggs from chickens they’re treating with monistat ?

so dealing with possible sour crop due to slow emptying crop. i’ve just started walmart brand of monistat, i can’t find anywhere that says whether there’s egg withdrawal...can i at least feed them back to the girls ? also, has anyone got any handy tricks to get the liquid in her ? these...

i’ve had my 4 ISA girls for a year, they have a 11’ x 5’ coop. i’m thinking of moving an interior wall over to gain them about 3’ more room inside their coop. for no other reason really then to expand it and redo their roosts and ladders as a project for me. but i got to thinking... just...

i noticed yesterday she was acting a bit off and laying down or holding her leg tucked right up under her. she will still bear weight and walk on it gingery. no real noticeable swelling in that area (the knobbly knuckle where the foot bends at the leg). her feet show no sign of bumblefoot. i...

i have 1 girl who’s always insisted on sleeping on the floor in the corner of the coop. i finally decided to stop fighting her and accommodate her with her own little 2x4 roost that’s 5” off the floor. i have thick pine shavings under her as well as extra insulation outside under the floor...

good morning,, i’m still working to help my little ISA brown girl empty her crop. a few weeks ago it started as a hard lump in the morning that i can soften up by frequent massages through out the day. i had a vet out twice who was able to draw a bit of long grass out but not all of it. it...

hi, i’m at a loss and need some advice. my 8 mos hen has a hard mass about the size of a flattened egg in the bottom of her crop. every morning through massage i can loosen it up. the rest of her crop seems to go down overnight but the mass stays. i massage it every hour and i’ve been giving...