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    Any suggestions on cleaning out this wound

    Will do👍🏼. And yes that is a flap of skin. I do believe it could have been caused my my rooster he has quite long pointy spurs.
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    Setting Up a Dust Bath

    I’ve never made my chickens a dust bath in a container, they have always done it outside on the ground. I have seen people use containers and fill it with dry fine grained soil mixed with sand. The soil to use would be dry fine grained soil though.
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    Hens with Missing Feathers

    I’ve had a hen loose feathers back towards the tail just like your hens. I do have a rooster which could have caused the missing feathers. In my situation the feathers grew back after some time.
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    Any suggestions on cleaning out this wound

    Open wound underneath wing. I do have some Manna Pro Hen Healer Multi Purpose Ointment laying around the house. Any suggestions on other things I could do. (Pictures below)👇🏻
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    Do automatic coop doors freeze?

    I currently have an Ador Store Automatic Chicken Coop door. I’ve used it for nearly 3 years now. The only few issues I’ve had with my automatic door in the winter is if there is frozen mud or chicken poop in the bottom of the door frame which prevented the door from closing all the way. I fix...
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    Worm Egg Identification???

    I just ordered and received my new microscope and need some help identifying possible worm eggs I found that came for one of my chickens feces. Maybe it could be Cecal worm eggs (Heterakis gallinarum). What do you guys think. (Pictures will be posted below)
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    Safe-Guard Fenbendazole Goat Dewormer Liquid Dosage For Chickens. Having trouble right now

    Someone I know just privately sent me information and dosages after looking at the sick chickens feces under microscope. The guy helped me figure out some measurements. I’m only gonna be treating the one sick Speckled Sussex hen for now. She’s not doing so good so I need to try giving her the...
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    Safe-Guard Fenbendazole Goat Dewormer Liquid Dosage For Chickens. Having trouble right now

    17 hens. 1 rooster. Rhode Island Red, Barred Rock, Black Sex Link, Dominique, Speckled Sussex. The Black Sex Links are the heaviest out of the flock the lightest one right now is probably the Speckled Sussex only because she is sick with worms. I was only planning on treating the 1 sick Speckled...
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    Safe-Guard Fenbendazole Goat Dewormer Liquid Dosage For Chickens. Having trouble right now

    I found you want to give your chickens 3mm of the Safe-Guard Fenbendazole Goat Dewormer liquid in a gallon of water but I’m having trouble measuring that out with my syringes that measure in ml’s. It seems like a small amount of dewormer but is there any suggestions or answers you guys may have...
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    What Drugs To Use For Worms??

    Thanks to all that replied. I will definitely document this information you gave me to treat problems in the future.
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    What Drugs To Use For Worms??

    What kind of dewormer do any of you guys use?. And do you know if the following drugs would be affective at killing gape worms, tape worms, or any other worms? Here are the drug names I am questioning… Moxidectin, Praziquantel, Fenbendazole.
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    Broken neck?

    When I was dealing with wry neck I gave my chicken a single 400 IU Vitamin E gel capsule a day. I would start by poking a hole in the capsule and sucking out the Vitamin E gel with a syringe. Once I got the vitamin E in the syringe I would then grab the chicken and set it in my lap and proceed...
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    If you sell eggs....

    I collect my eggs daily and refrigerate them. If I am selling eggs I first candle the eggs with a flashlight to check for cracks on the shell. The next thing I do is if there is a little poop on the eggs I will try to wipe it off with a dry cloth rag. If the poop is still not coming off I will...
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    Chicken breathing from mouth and watery white feces or green feces. What could it be???

    Thanks to all who tried to help
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    Chicken breathing from mouth and watery white feces or green feces. What could it be???

    The sick Speckled Sussex with Coccidiosis named Bandit (also called “The Bad”) died at 5:25 PM. May 7, 2021 - December 8, 2021
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