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    Help! Pullet lays eggs on ground

    I've got a Welsummer and a Buckeye doing the very same thing. Searching posts to find a solution. I got a soft shelled egg and a broken egg on the floor today. Made sure to clean it right up, don't need egg eaters. Will other hens damage/attack coop mates eggs? das Huhnchen
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    Dosing Sulfadimethoxine????

    Oh Jeese, year old thread. DOH!
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    Dosing Sulfadimethoxine????

    I think that would be too much. I'm dosing a chicken right now at 1/4 tsp. per quart of drinking water. That works out to a tsp. per gallon. Just mix up a quart and draw off into a syringe and tube feed her. I don't know, however, how much you would want to tube feed her. 20cc 2x a day would be...
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    Dosaging Chickens. . . making sure they get enough sulfadimethoxine

    Yep, four year old thread, and some people are searching for solutions for their sick hens. Now it's four years and some months old thread. Just sayin'. Thanks, SpeckledHills, that's how I figured out how to dose my sick hen. There is a lovely conversion program here: Online conversion of...
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    No, I don't think she has lost weight. If anything, she's putting it on. Unfortunately, the vet didn't put her vitals on my receipt, and I didn't think to ask her. I desperately need to get a scale. She's acting like a hen, preening, scratching, pooping, eating, clucking at me, saying, 'Cmon...
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Being that my landowner only let me have 6 hens, we decided to go the 'tractor' route and have 4 hens. That, and we've got a plethora of predators that we don't want to entertain. And same reason why we move them around, too. It just makes 'clean' sense. One of the reasons I haven't wormed yet...
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Holy information overload, Batman! But really, that's what I was hoping for, thank you, Casportpony. Yeah, I haven't wormed anyone with the levamisole hydrochloride. I know worming is hard on them, it's hard on all animals. I did get some BOSS and whole corn. Thanks for the ratio and amount to...
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Thanks, Centrarchid. They have free choice lay mash and I've not given any other foods since Dawg's advice. All 4 birds are relatively thin. My bad for not knowing what a 'thin' bird was. I now know that oats will take the weight right off of them. Any suggestions on getting them back up to...
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Is a 16% lay mash protein enough for them? I've been feeding them this lay mash since the first egg showed up, and haven't had any trouble with it.
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Yeah, no, I don't think she's got Marek's. She's doing much better today. Dawg, any thoughts on this levamisole hydrochloride anthelmintic? It's not going to kill them to worm them, and if that's the problem for the low weight, then I need to take care of that.
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Oh, that's cool! Does a chicken look pretty much the same? I've yet to pry open the beak and look inside. Something about not enough hands!
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Well, the vet called me and I asked her about de-worming my hens. This is what she told me: She does not routinely recommend de-worming because of where we live. She does not worm her hens. She also wants to keep the 'sick' hen where it is warm for another few days or so. Not a problem, I like...
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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

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    Had to take my hen to the vet today, still don't know what's wrong with her.

    Yeah, I don't have expendable income, either, but I felt the only way to get this hen back on track was to consult a professional. I do most of my own doctoring for my cats, dogs, horses and donkey, but hens are new to me. I don't mind paying for a little education.
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