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    2 Hens dead a few days apart!

    They were blue and splash australorps. They were both almost a year old, and just started laying. Thank you so much for your advice!
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    2 Hens dead a few days apart!

    Thank you so much! I will definitely be purchasing. Are there any signs of an egg bound hen? My two hens showed really no signs that they were in distress the day before they died. I was honestly in pure shock because they were acting like normal chickens and then dead the next day. It worries...
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    2 Hens dead a few days apart!

    I may try to get one done because I am honestly so worried. In your opinion, does this sound like a coincidence or something more underlying?
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    2 Hens dead a few days apart!

    I might either try to up the protein a little or give oyster shells. It just seems so random because my other hens lays perfect eggs. I have not once gotten a soft shelled egg or had any problems with hens getting egg bound until now. I usually am good at spotting sick hens because they isolate...
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    2 Hens dead a few days apart!

    They were both almost a year old. The first one had no signs of injury. I found her dead in the nesting box and she looked unscathed. As for the second hen, I do not have pictures of the prolapsed cloaca. I did however feel an egg when I attempted to do a necropsy. The second hen also didn’t...
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    2 Hens dead a few days apart!

    I went to the coop Saturday morning, and I found a hen dead in the nesting box. She was perfectly fine the day before. She was dust bathing, running around etc. She did come to the nesting box the day before while I was in the coop and she was singing an egg song but never laid her egg as she...
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    Hen with Hard Crop and Bad Breath!

    I was putting All my chickens up to roost and noticed one of my hens with her mouth open like she was panting. I picked her up to examine her and smelled a foul odor from her breath. Her crop was also hard and full but this was at the end of the day so I don’t know if it was full from eating or...
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    Equixmax for Tapeworm Dosage

    I am from Mississippi. I read that chickens can get tapeworm from pecking on the ground and from bugs etc. So I am thinking everyone deals with it every now and then unfortunately. Sometimes I think people don’t realize they are dealing with it because the white specks in the poop are really...
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    Equixmax for Tapeworm Dosage

    If you pull down on their wattle, that helped me get their mouth open. If you can just get it on their tongue by doing that, they usually swallow it. The brand I had was also apple flavored, so I think they liked it lol. Ivermectin is a really great dewormer along with the other ingredients of...
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    Blue, Splash, and Black Australorp Breeding

    Definitely male but he is gorgeous! They are pretty rare birds so if you couldn’t keep him, I don’t think you will have a hard time giving him away :)
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    Coccidiosis and Bloody Poop

    Chicks are doing good so far. No one is acting lethargic. I’ve been orally dosing everyone and then putting 1.5 teaspoons of powder into their water. I’m still seeing bloody poops this morning on day 5 of treatment, so I’m going to go ahead get the toltrazuril in case. Thank you so much for all...
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    Coccidiosis and Bloody Poop

    I found some blood in my bigger chickens poop this morning:( It has rained a great deal the past few days. Could this be why They have sand in their brooder and I clean it everyday. Their brooder is in the inside of a barn so it’s always dry. It has rained a lot, so could this have caused the...
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    Coccidiosis and Bloody Poop

    Okay I will keep a close eye. Thank you so much.
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    Coccidiosis and Bloody Poop

    Thank you so much for you response! I ended up orally dosing all of them and did the 1.5 teaspoons in their water. I have bigger chickens ranging from 30 weeks to 1.5 years in a separate pen. Should I be putting Corid in their water as well? None of them are showing signs of coccidiosis, but I...
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    Coccidiosis and Bloody Poop

    My chicks are 9 and 12 weeks old, and they have bloody poop. I noticed the bloody diarrhea/poop 2 days ago and started corid immediately. I used 3/4 teaspoon of 20% powder for a moderate outbreak. They seemed to be doing okay yesterday because they were all outside pecking and acting normal, so...
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