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  1. Dan B

    Worming

    The contact on the bottle shows: Marvin's Master Wormer 5592 SH 101 Sunset TX 76270 940-872-2778
  2. Dan B

    Worming

    PS...don't wait until it's to late. If the comb looses it's bright red colors and lays over and she just mopes around acting all lethargic, you need to get her taken care of quick or she will probably die in a few days. Waiting until they have symptoms.... it can be hard to turn around. Keep...
  3. Dan B

    Worming

    We found them at a business called "Whites Hardware" on Chapman hwy in Knoxville Tennessee. Now that we have a BUNCH of chickens the pills are not viable. We give them Apple Cider vinegar with "mother". Put a table spoon (or two) in with each gallon of water daily. Feed them RAW pumpkin seeds...
  4. Dan B

    One of our gals just died :(

    Yeah the new ones are very healthy looking and had been wormed. I do wonder if they could have brought something with them from the hens they were in the coop with previously.
  5. Dan B

    One of our gals just died :(

    So a little history.... Last spring (in April) we started our first flock. We bought two RIR's and two Barred Rocks. One of the RIR's was went missing so we bought another one. This summer was a hot one and egg production really fell off in July, and August. The BR's started Molting in late...
  6. Dan B

    Have you ever had a chicken you just couldn't stand?

    We had one like this and she either ran away or was eaten buy a dog that we found chasing them one day. (dog won't be back anytime soon). She ran away before but we found here, This last time we just got anther one to replace her. She was crazy...and I really mean that.
  7. Dan B

    Went to buy a bigger coop.....

    ...and came home with two new hens. So we found a good deal on Craig's list and went to see the coop this guy was selling. I bought it because we wanted more hens. While we were there, I seen two of the prettiest Ameraucana's in his pen. Joking around I asked him how much and he priced them to...
  8. Dan B

    Worming

    CT Williams deworming capsule - this is what they were given. Today we gave them the 2nd capsule and the one looks much better. I'll be glad to be able to start eating eggs again in about 7-10 days.
  9. Dan B

    Worming

    We've had our girls about 6 months now and we noticed one of them acting very stand-off'ish and not eating much. So the other day I picked her up and she was about half the weight she had been several weeks ago. After some research and advice we were told it was probably worms. We've yet to see...
  10. Dan B

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    1 egg in 10 days from 4 hens. This heat has stopped production. We had to BUY eggs for the first time since we got our girls. I starting to think they are laying them somewhere else besides the hen house. They free range during the day.
  11. Dan B

    Can't get my chickens to go down the ramp!!

    I've still got one that will not come down the ramp two months later. I'm not kidding when I say she is mentally challenged. Totally different behavior than the other hens but she produced eggs and goes about her day in her own world. We actually lost her after a hail storm and then found her...
  12. Dan B

    Sleeping for days

    No mites that we can see around her vent or under her wings. I'm not sure how to check for worms. Look at her poop? She isn't pooping because she's not eating. I'm going to worm all four in the next 24 hours.
  13. Dan B

    Sleeping for days

    I've checked her Crop and nothing hard is there. I've checked her for mites and lice and see nothing. I just don't know what to do. I'm not spending much money to find out other than some worm medicine. She's a $12 chicken that can be replaced but I really don't want her to die.
  14. Dan B

    Sleeping for days

    I was just trying to give her water. She had shavings from the coop all crusted in her beak. So I wet it several times and when they got soaked, I was able to remove them. It looks better now but she's still just sleeping. She moves her head around slot and her beak opens and closes like she's...
  15. Dan B

    Sleeping for days

    I have a RIR that has been lethargic and sleeping for over three days now. She will some times wake up and stretch but just nods right back off. She looks drugged. She's not taking care of herself and looks very rough too. She is not eating, pooping, preening or laying any eggs. She just sleeps...
  16. Dan B

    My Coop - first time chicken owner

    Back in the winter we decided we wanted chickens so I read and read about coop designs and anything about chickens I could find. I looked at 30 or so designs and came up with my own from those 30. I asked on Craigslist if any one had a coop for sale and a guy emailed me back and said he has...
  17. Dan B

    Should I be worried with these feathers

    She hasn't been around a roo for about 2 weeks. We do not have any. They guy we bought them from had several roos that were very aggressive. Is that wing feather normal damage from a roo? Notice the Barred Rock in the background....her back is the worst but I've read it will be fine. I'm...
  18. Dan B

    Should I be worried with these feathers

    Trying to find out of this is even an issue. We got these chickens from a guy who said his roosters were a bit aggressive with the hens before we got them. I've read about the bare backs and all four do have a spot on their backs that is bare but this one hen just has some rough feathers. Here...
  19. Dan B

    Is there such a thing as too much cracked corn???

    Corn is my chickens favorite human food. It's fun to throw a ear of corn in every once in a while. It's like crack to them.
  20. Dan B

    Why hanging feeders?

    I didn't hang mine at first and they knocked it over several times a day and even pooped in it. After day two I hung them and most of the issues went away. I have one "ruler of the roost" and she like to show her authority. So even with them hanging, the fights end up spilling/sloshing the...
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