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    Coming heat wave & 4 day old chicks

    hi, we've just had 5 chicks hatch with a broody hen & now we have a heat wave coming with temps expected from the high 30's to low 40's (95-111 or there abouts) for about half of next week. They won't even be a week old. They're in a sectioned off area of our main chicken yard with their mumma...
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    hens won't drink wormer water

    Hi, thanks for your reply's. I currently use killverm, the active ingredient in that is 14g/L levamisole (equivalent to 16.5g/L levamisole hydrochloride) the dose rate is 10ml per 200ml of water so I give them 100ml in a 2 litre bucket of water. they do eat the pellets soaked in wormer water...
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    hens won't drink wormer water

    Hello, I have 6 girls and they refuse to drink any of the worming water when I put it out for them. obviously thats not healthy for them at all so I was wondering if it would still be effective if I make up the correct dosage and then soak the layer pellets in that and feed them the crumbled...
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