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    Hurt/sick chicken

    https://northeastfarrier.com/ They have the best price per gallon (40) that I have found. TSC is 30.00 per quart. I buy many gallons per year as I make a wood finish from it (linseed oil/Pine Tar 50/50 with a splash of turpentine for flashing. Our entire coup and Run...
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    Spring Cleaning!

    Spring Cleaning!
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    Huge Eggs!

    In the pictures the small egg for comparison is from our Jersey Giant and the Huge Egg is from our White Rock (the one in my avatar-Ms. Peckins). She has always laid either very large eggs or long torpedo looking eggs and often they are double yolks. I usually have to store them separate because...
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    De-worming.

    Thank You Admin for moving this to the correct Forum!
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    De-worming.

    Excellent, thank you very much!
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    De-worming.

    Also the floor of our run is sand with dry straw over it (which is changed at least weekly (straw part)) coup is pine shavings and straw - all areas are bone dry. Coup is cleaned very frequently.
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    De-worming.

    Agreed. So Valbazen -Safe Guard or something available locally? I noticed Wazine is not available anymore.
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    De-worming.

    My understanding is that there are always intestinal parasites present and it is only when the count gets higher than what the Chickens immune system can handle that they become a problem. This of course is no surprise given there diet when they free range includes many things that contain the...
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    De-worming.

    So our small flock of 4 hens is coming up on their 1 yr. birthday (Easter Day). Do we do a general de-worming pre-emptively? They are not exhibiting any problems but they do free range year around. I'm not going to the vet for anything. We do have a Tractor Supply near by (safeguard, etc...)...
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    Chicken Has Worms Seeking Identification

    Did you determine amount to give by weight?
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    Intro

    Sweeter Heater is the name of the heaters.
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    Intro

    Hello Everyone! We built our Chicken Coop/Run last April and picked up our 4 Hens from a friends farm in June (they were hatched on Easter day). Their names are Ms. Peckins (white rock), Old Crow (Jersey Giant), Houdini (barred rock), and the boss Ethyl (Astrolope/Barred Rock). We got our first...
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