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Hello all. I have a English lavender Orpington hen that I believe has gape worm and I gave her a half ml. of albendazol wormer as well as a 1 ml. shot in thigh muscle of tylan 50 in case it is respiratory. She's not eating or drinking on her own. I'm syringe feeding her baby food such as fruit...

Is she too young at 4 months?

She will be 5 months old the 26th of this month

Hello all! My 19 week old broad breasted white turkey hen is I believe wanting to mate?! Can she be bred at that young? She was acting weird the past 2 days and would lay down in front of me and spread her wings out. I have 2 Tom's her age and I'm wondering if I can inseminate her from one of my...

I answered no because I never have vaccinated my chicks but am thinking about doing it.

She was showing signs of blackhead disease

Dewormer is to treat blackhead disease. Antibiotics are to treat the damage the disease has done. Vet told me this morning I was doing the right thing. But, my question is....why is she So drowsy??

Please read my whole first post.

When I looked under her feathers, I didn't see any.

Aurora hasn't eaten much of her crumbles today.

Some. Not really well. I was planning on giving her a warm bath with my cat flea/tick shampoo and then blow-dry her

She is eating 20 percent chick crumbles and some layer feed. The chick feed is to give her extra protein since her feathers look quite rough. Layer feed is to make sure she gets calcium. Antibiotics are to treat any damage if it was blackhead disease and I think it might've been. It's worms that...

She's also, getting my homemade oregano oil with her meds.

Hello all! I have a question. Can chickens get drowsy from antibiotics?! My Silkie bantam hen Aurora had gone broody a couple of weeks ago then 2 days ago, I noticed her not acting her normal self. She seemed sluggish and dull. I separated her from the others and gave her 2 pea sized squirt's of...