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    My one-woman battle against Nature

    CMV, I missed your post before... it's good to hear you haven't had losses lately. The odd thing is I've kept chickens for years, the first few years totally free around the yard (before I knew any better) and never lost one hen. Then the bear caught on and it's been a problem ever since, but I...
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    My one-woman battle against Nature

    My girls are safe and hiding out in my basement! I have four left... ugh.... but that's better than losing them all. I set up a mini-coop inside for them, so they'll be safe until I get this killer. I went to buy some rat poison but was told weasels can vomit, so it won't work on them. Came...
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    My one-woman battle against Nature

    Thanks, Carolyn. It must be a weasel, each night it's tripping the traps, getting the bait but escaping. Sooooo frustrating. I can't put the girls out until I get the varmint. If I don't get it soon, I'm going to have to hire a pest control company, I guess.
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    Sick hens following deworming

    I guess I added further to the stress by dewroming..... live and learn, next time I'll know not to do that when they are already stressed. Thank you for the recipe, I'll try that. gingin
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    Sick hens following deworming

    Looking for some assistance with a couple of my hens who are looking down following a deworming with ivermectin: One month ago I dewormed with wazine, everyone did well.... they got lots of yogurt for two weeks afterwards. Yesterday we dewormed with ivermectin, I know I was supposed to do it...
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    My one-woman battle against Nature

    Thanks, everyone, for the support.... I think it's a weasel too, but it managed to trip the traps without getting caught last night, so we'll try again tonight.
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    My one-woman battle against Nature

    Sometimes I feel it's a never-ending battle to keep my girls safe and alive. They are in a secure pen/coop, last year I lost all but a couple to my neighbor's dog who (after repeated requests to please keep the dog under supervision) managed to work the fence over and over until she got in. I...
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    ivermectin question

    Thank you dawg, I appreciate your reply.
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    ivermectin question

    I have wormed with wazine and am ready to do a follow-up worming with ivermectin.... but my small animal vet (not avian) told me that ivermectin does not enter the tissues and will only deal with pests on the skin, not internally. I am hoping it will handle some internal worms as well, am I...
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    Really need help, my girls are sick and dying

    I'm leaning towards worms as well.... I have no one new here, they are all older.
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    Really need help, my girls are sick and dying

    Cinderellasnickers, thanks so much for all the great info.... but I have my doubts that this could be coccidiosis as my chickens have had this at a low grade level since the winter. It just seems to stay at the same level but slowly they began losing weight and not looking so great. Now it's...
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    Really need help, my girls are sick and dying

    Thanks, chickenzoo... I've been reading threads on Tylan since it was mentioned.... it does sound more effective for respiratory conditions which my birds do not have. The only symptoms are looking sort of dry around the face/combs (I'm figuring from a bit of dehydration) and the vents dirty...
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    Really need help, my girls are sick and dying

    Thank you so much everyone, for the kind thoughts and wishes... They have not been wormed, I didn't realize worms could cause diarrhea. I'll look into it since that's not something I've considered. I can't imagine they all have liver disease... How would all of them contract the same disease...
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    Really need help, my girls are sick and dying

    I've kept laying hens for 8 years, two of my girls are 8 years old, the rest are younger... I have a flock of 8 consisting of Araucanas, Buff and Partridge Cochin hens. During the winter we found they had some diarrhea but it was pretty slight. I tried everything to stop it that I could come...
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