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    Is there a safe, effective wormer for egg laying chickens?

    It has helped me a lot, in considering what to do about this problem, to hear you agree with me that STRESS could be the root cause of my sickly hen. I have tried to separate them but then run into the problem that it really appears to stress them both out. They do nothing but pace and pace...
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    Is there a safe, effective wormer for egg laying chickens?

    Thanks, Gentleman from GA, I will study this thyroid disease possibility and check the hen's neck. I haven't fed the kale since last summer and the only greens eaten since Spring is grass and dandelions. I will be careful about feeding more kale or cabbage in the future. I have some...
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    Is there a safe, effective wormer for egg laying chickens?

    I could try the Tums idea and I don't treat the hens with spinach. I feed dandelions and kale when available cause thats what they eat well. I got on the net and researched all the chemical ideas and had trouble finding the amounts to give chickens. I happened to run into a herbal product...
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    Is there a safe, effective wormer for egg laying chickens?

    Thank you, "Over run with chickens", and yes, I've provided oyster shells from the start, both in the feed and separately in a bowl and some scattered around. My one hen eats them regularly and her shells are strong but the second hen has been a picky eater and I can't remember seeing her going...
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    Is there a safe, effective wormer for egg laying chickens?

    I only have two Rhode Island Red hens and they are three years old. One is showing signs of worms by laying only soft shell eggs that break open even before she lays it. I have searched the net for both natural remedies and drugs. The gentlest drug, Piperazine, and it only covers round worms...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Dear all you happy, contented chicken people, Thanks so much for taking the time to welcome me, I have truly been cheered up. Even the ice on the pond this morning did not rattle me, and it's still hanging around this afternoon and the forecast is for snow over the next two days. My girls...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Hi Silkymom, Gee, I didn't think anyone got winter blues so far south in MS. Glad you are a chicken owner and lover cause I know they help the blues, as will this web site. I've been overwhelmed with all the friendly welcomes from chicken people and their broods. Wow, I don't feel so alone...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Hi Bunnibird55, and chicken neighbor in NW Ohio! Nice to know you are there going thru all this weather with me and my girls. Your pole barn sounds very cozy for birds. My chicks live in a chicken tractor that is closed in upstairs and a screened courtyard downstairs layered with straw and...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Hi Amy in Indiana, Wow, you sure have a diverse group of birds. I always thought the turkeys, geese would be aggressive to chickens. You must be a great leader for them all. Five years is lots of experience and like you, I discovered the straw trick last winter. My girls love it and this...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Hello Weimarmama, thanks for the welcome and your joke reminds me that I could end up one of those crazy ladies with a chicken or two in my house. If it should get too cold here in Ohio this winter and the power goes off too long, I consider that emergency enough to set my sweeties up near the...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Hello chicken lovers from Washington state! Thanks for the welcome and what a niffy idea from kidcody, I could go for some little snugly chicken boots for my girls. I can just imagine the prints in the snow, lol. And they would need hats to match, of course.
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Hello Big Bear Mt. CA! I spent about 20 yrs. living all over CA and I sure miss it at times, sigh! But I am in love with Ohio too. Your girls sound as smart as mine!
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Thanks, Cheerio! I am happy for you on your own acres in the high desert of CA. I used to live in Ranchita, CA out in the middle of no where and loved it. It was another kind of paradise in comparison to here on our little farm near Kalida, Ohio. It is close to heaven in the spring here and I...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Thanks for the welcome, Kevin. Tell me how do you keep all those scrappy powerful dogs away from your feathered family? I've been scouting for a dog but it is so hard with two sweetie hens and a Manx cat that now rules the house and acreage. I would like to do a rescue but keep thinking I...
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    chilly Dec. blues

    Don't be depressed Magnolia in Wisconsin. Hang in there with me and my hens as we over winter again together. Keep dreaming about some chicks! We will see the spring soon, its only a few months. In the mean time, Vit D-3 perks me and some good full spectrum lighting in the house that also...
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