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    Metacam for hens

    A vet friend recommended Meloxicam. Googling it suggested 0.5mg/kg and a study was using 1mg/kg twice daily as their maximum. A friend left their dog's 1.5mg branded stuff so we are going to give it a try on a chook that has been limping after a fox attack (no visible injury). I'd prefer to...
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    Chicken in shock(?)

    Happy it ended well. I had no idea till reading threads here that shock could have this effect and for so long. Two nights ago, ours suffered a fox attack. Thankfully, my partner got out and scared the fox away very fast. One seems unharmed but seems to exhibit the shock symptoms mentioned here...
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    Automatic coop door opener

    Yes. I made it so we could close them into an inner coop at night and let them out early as we had a couple of fox cubs investigating. They seem to have lost interest now, as we scared them off every time we saw them. It was just bodged from what I had in the garage. I agree there are better...
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    Automatic coop door opener

    A cheap Heath Robinson coop door opener
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    Help: Coccidiosis?

    Treating the other two with Petlife Harkers Coxoid Coccidiosis as a precaution but, fingers crossed, they seem fine. Avatar is our ex-chicken and one of the two others enjoying a dust bath.
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    Introduction: New member

    Aww, thanks peeps!
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    Help: Coccidiosis?

    Thanks. Hmm, I hadn't thought about risks from the compost. They'll miss the woodlice :-( With some of the suggestions, e.g. sharp object, it would seem odd (to an ignorant layman like me) that the bleeding ceased 24hrs before death. I doubt a post-mortem by me would reveal much as I'm no...
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    Help: Coccidiosis?

    A couple of days ago, I discovered the rear end of our Sussex covered in blood and one of the others pecking at it. I was expecting to see a prolapse as it has happened before (pushed back in and treated with hemorrhoid cream, but not recently), possibly since she lays such big eggs, but no. It...
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    Introduction: New member

    We have only had our hens for about 18 months, a Sussex, Marans and an Australorp. Sadly, the sudden demise of our Sussex is my reason for coming here :-( I confess I was talked into having chickens by my partner but I have been surprised how much they have won me over :-) We love them dearly...
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