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    I'm worried I poisoned my chickens with too much worm medicine

    Thank you - through all good grace the chickens seem to be doing fine, eating drinking clucking, so I will count this experience as lesson learned!
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    I'm worried I poisoned my chickens with too much worm medicine

    I just gave my chickens the worminator worm medicine - the directions said 2 drops per chicken. For some reason when I gave them the medicine I thought this meant a full dropper. Now I'm worried that is way too much and I poisoned my dear chickens. It is a small dropper that came w/5 ml...
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    Is my hen broody?

    thanks CT, the more I read about broodiness, the more I think this is what's going on
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    Is my hen broody?

    The night before last one my buff Orphingtons went into a nesting box instead of the roost for the night, the next morning she left for a short time but returned to box. I thought she might be eggbound and gave her a hot bath, eventually around 2 in the afternooon she lay an egg which I took...
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    saw a rat!!!!! what do you think????

    Thanks for all advice, built a poison station out of pvc pipe & planted mint around run - feeling optimistic:)
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    saw a rat!!!!! what do you think????

    thank you - sounds like good advice
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    saw a rat!!!!! what do you think????

    yes - that is my thought I'm going to try the cayenne pepper around run, and I'm going to try the buried bait (described in another thread) trap next to coop thank you everybody for answers
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    saw a rat!!!!! what do you think????

    hi, sorry in advance for length of post - but would really like opinions: I'm a new chicken mom. I have had my 6 chickens - currently 17 week old for a month. We have a raised coop and enclosed run. Also we live in the suburbs, north of Boston, small backyard in residential neighborhood...
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    Best prevention for lice and mites?

    thank you - the PDZ sounds like a great recommendation, I'll get some! & I'll focus more on the roost the next time I clean the coop.
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    Best prevention for lice and mites?

    hi there, I'm a new chicken mom. I would like tips on preventing lice and mites. Should I dust even if they are healthy? What do people recommend for dusting? I would like to keep things as natural/organic as possible. I have 6 15 week old chickens that are lovely, healthy, and friendly...
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