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    Watery poo with undigested grass

    @azygous It also looks like you tied both pairs of straps about the torso and back, and didn't involve the neck, is that correct? Does the crop get situated underneath the bra near the top, so that the bra sort of rests against it? I put mine on my hen, and the crop is beneath the fabric (i.e...
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    Watery poo with undigested grass

    Makes sense. Thank you so much.
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    Watery poo with undigested grass

    @azygous I read your article! Can you tell me what kind of glue you used/would use for the simple crop bra with Vet Wrap? I'm ready to try a crop bra with one of my hens, and I want to get something on her asap until I can buy or sew one (assuming a sewn one would last longer?). Hot glue/cold...
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    Compact soil in Chicken Yard: Material Ideas

    This is helpful, thank you. And yes, we do have black walnut trees, even on our property (though not near the chickens' area).
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    Impacted crop?

    I just found this thread in my research on impacted crop. I see this reference to tomato juice, but not a quantity. How much should be given, and should it be followed by massage? (Also, do you know what it is in tomato juice that makes it effective?) Thank you.
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    Compact soil in Chicken Yard: Material Ideas

    I'm trying to rebuild/build up a specific area: the chicken yard. I have a coop; a covered run with food, water, dustbathing, etc.; and an outer chicken yard that's fenced around but open at the top (so is that technically called another "run" area?). This outer chicken yard is what's become...
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    Pyrantel Pamoate: Paste, Nemex-2, or neither?

    I've already given the Nemex 2 dose, but I can try the Valbazen for the 2nd dosing. However, with those birds still molting, I was glad to find something that was not a benzimidazole this go round...
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    Pyrantel Pamoate: Paste, Nemex-2, or neither?

    Thank you so much for your reply! I do know why a dose has to be repeated, which is why I was confused when the online instructions for Nemex-2 only stated one dose. However, while we're on the subject, I've read "10-14 days" for a couple different wormers. It's funny, in a way, because I would...
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    How and Why I Made a One Chicken Tractor

    Awesome!!
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    Pyrantel Pamoate: Paste, Nemex-2, or neither?

    My Valbazen is at least 1.5 years old, and I found a (regular-sized) roundworm in a dropping. Some of my birds are molting. With a small flock of 6 birds, I'm considering using Nemex-2. Then go back to Valbazen sold in the huge (wasteful for me) bottle, or Safeguard (still expires before being...
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    Pyrantel Pamoate Dosing

    dawg53, casportpony, Eggcessive: With a small flock of 6 birds, I'm considering using Nemex 2 based on these comments here, for roundworms. Then go back to Valbazen in the large (wasteful for me) bottle next time I might need it. It's available locally while the only other pyrantel pamoate...
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    Time of Valbazen dose/withholding food necessary?

    Found a roundworm in a hen's stool. I will dose each bird individually, undiluted, with a syringe. Best I can do to withhold food beforehand is to dose at either 11 p.m. (about 5.5 hrs after they go to roost) or about 6 a.m. (about 1 hour before they get up). Is either of those any more...
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    Broomstick method on heavy bird?

    Thank you. It is a sad event. I do the same with my birds too - a quiet, special time before helping them enter their final rest. I've never held them upside down to do this either, but I suddenly wondered about it after reading others say it has worked for them. I've decided I'm just going to...
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    Broomstick method on heavy bird?

    Hi, I've read though many posts... I've used the broomstick method to put chickens to rest when needed, but this time I have a hen who is heavy. She has ascites and also a mass in her abdomen. 😢 I'm worried it might be very painful for me to hold her upside down before laying her down on the...
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    Sudden Breathing Problem!

    Thank you for that information! I'll try again in the morning. I just checked on GL again (about 1 hr later- 2 a.m.) & she's sleeping restfully in the dark garage cage, close-beaked, no moisture under nares or on beak anymore... and I don't hear any breathing sounds. I'll post an update in the...
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