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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    Side question: Now that I've lost 2 birds but my birds are carriers, will adding more birds in a month or two just start this whole cycle over again? Do I have to wait until these birds are gone now???
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    I can't tell but I really, really, really hope they're clover mites!!!!
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    The mites or whatever, lol. I grabbed some with tape and used my 6yo son's microscope... Unfortunately I still can't tell what they are! Haha 🤷🏼
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    Update... Two nights ago there was a door opened at the wrong time incident and my dog got hold of my biggest bird and killed her. 😭 Everyone's been on Corid and R (the very sick one) was given a full round of LA-200 (yes, I had a typing error earlier) but when I went out to the coop this...
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    I'm giving the other girls corid, I was recommended not to give corid and the L-200 at the same time for this chicken. But maybe it's best?
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    Update: I got L-200 and have been dosing R with it since last night as a last-ditch effort to save her. I went out to give her some this morning and ended up finding one eye crusted over. I got some warm paper towels to try to wipe it and ended up having to gently pull out 2 quarter-inch sized...
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    Honestly I don't know what to do. I've now put about $150 into cleaning/sand/treatment, not to mention the sheer amount of hours put into research and treating them each day. My husband didn't want to pay for a vet because we only paid $15/chicken so in his mind it's cheaper to replace them...
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    The Ivermectin is supposed to kill the lice too, that's why I ended up choosing that product. Only one has/had what I think was sour crop. She's the one who's failing. How do you use the monistat for that? I don't know for sure if it's a respiratory infection or just gapeworm... I have cross...
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    Update Copied and pasted from my FB group. I feel like I'm failing at helping my chickens. If you've seen my recent posts, my 14wk old flock (have had them for 6 weeks) is dealing with what I believe to be gapeworm, roundworm, and lice. Add to that a possible respiratory infection, but I'm...
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    Worms & Lice & a Very Sick Bird

    Hi. I have a very sick pullet and I need help urgently. We have had our chickens 5 weeks. They are 12 and 13 weeks old. I have 7 chickens, the coop itself is 4x4' +nest boxes, with lots of ventilation (we live in Georgia). The run is 12x10' and we intended to free range as much as possible and...
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    Stumbling but not injured???

    Update: there was blood and dead worms in her stool, so I feel like I finally have a direction to pursue! She still has total head and neck control and was scratching around for food. Crop still swollen.
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    Stumbling but not injured???

    I'm super new to keeping chickens, but she is my greediest bird- always the first to grab a bug, and would wait at the coop door for treats. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed her crop didn't seem to empty like the others. I tried taking her off food for a day, and I tried emptying her crop...
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    Stumbling but not injured???

    Please help! My 13wk old blue rock had what I thought was sour crop starting about two weeks ago. Suddenly she's barely able to walk. Her vent is a mess and her crop is swollen in the morning, but she's had no injury. Thank you!
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    Geeky Chickens in Georgia

    Hi! We are new to chickens, we got 5 pullets 2 weeks ago- 3 black austrolorps (Oko, Marvell, and Natasha) and 2 blue rocks/sapphire gems (Leia and Rey). We recently added 2 Easter Eggers that my kids named Chixie and Rainbow Unicorn. I have 3 small children, a very high-energy dog, and I raise...
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