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    Small quantity of Valbazen

    I haven't asked my vet, but that's not a bad idea. Thanks for your reply! A few years ago I was able to get albendazole in a small bottle, but it doesn't look like that's available any longer. Very frustrating.
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    Small quantity of Valbazen

    Does anyone know where I can purchase a small quantity of Valbazen (albendazole)? Less than 500ml. Thank you!
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    VERY irregular egg-laying: small eggs, no eggs, soft shells - all in the same chicken

    She has had sour crop and leg mites. She's by far my most unhealthy hen, overall! Poor girl. I treated the sour crop with an antifungal; it cleared up and hasn't come back. I treated the leg mites with vaseline, and the mites seem to have gone away too. Her legs look much better now.
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    VERY irregular egg-laying: small eggs, no eggs, soft shells - all in the same chicken

    I'm looking for insight into the egg-laying behavior of one of my hens - a two-year-old RIR. For the first year of her life, she laid like a champ, but this spring through now her egg-laying has been almost non-existent. Is this a reproductive system problem? She has gone several weeks without...
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    bantam cochin possibly egg bound.... HELP

    That's so infuriating, Henrietta! I dont' have experience with eggbound hens being a new chicken keeper, but I'm sure there are many on the forum who do! Good luck!
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    Would love help IDing the sex of these two chickens!

    Thanks for the advice, callahanfarmgirl. But, unfortunately, my bantam is certainly a cockerel - he crowed right in front of me this morning. Thankfully my friend was willing to take him back. :)
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    Would love help IDing the sex of these two chickens!

    Oh, drats! Really? Not even a small chance that the bantam is a pullet?
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    Would love help IDing the sex of these two chickens!

    Both of these guys/gals were born near the beginning of April, so they're about 12 weeks old now. I received them from my friend who has a variety of breeds, and there's no way to tell who their parents are! The light brown one is a bantam variety, but I'm not at all sure what the heritage of...
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    Reasonable expectations for chicken affection

    Thank you both for the advice! :)
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    Reasonable expectations for chicken affection

    Two days ago I got my first chickens, and I'm so excited! While I don't envision them becoming pets in a strict sense, I do want to be able to easily handle them and get them back in the coop if need be. Right now they seem terrified (which doesn't seem unreasonable; they are in a strange new...
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    WWYD with this sick chick?

    I am so sorry that you lost the chick. It sounds like you did everything you could to help.
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