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Also, where can you get it from? I am in NSW Australia

Okay thank you,is it safe to give to the other chickens as well? They are not showing and symptoms. How often would you recommend I give it to her and for how long?

No she has laid many times before, she is only about 9 months old though and has been broody twice, at the end of the second broodiness, this happened.

Hi All, So we wormed the chickens and there seemed to be some improvement in terms of the colour of her comb and wattles, they are more red now. However, she is losing weight, is sleeping during the day and seems to just stare into space for minutes at a time. She is still getting around and...

Okay thank you both. I will worm them tomorrow, how quickly should you see an improvement? I have given them electrolytes today to help Edna out whilst we figured out what was going on, as she is panting alot

Yes we did it around 3-4 months ago so they would probably be due now

Hi All, I have a light sussex chicken who is about 9 months old. She is a broody girl and has been broody twice this summer (we are in Australia), she was broody for a week or so - not leaving the coop, we would get her out and shut the coop up and she would mainly just get on with her day...

Hi All, I have a double barred Plymouth Rock who is about 6 months old. She has been laying everyday for a while now. She is eating and drinking however when you walk up to her sometimes she puffs up at you the same way our other hen did when she was broody and is making more dinosaur noises...

I have three laying hens, 1 plymouth rock, 1 isa brown and 1 light sussex. Just wondering what the right amount of food is to feed them so they dont get overweight, as the summers can be quite harsh here in NSW Australia and I want to make sure I am not over feeding them. Thanks!!

Okay, as after she laid her egg her comb and wattle went quite light pink and white in some spots? Should I get some electrolytes or something?

Thank you! She is usually such a quiet and docile bird that to hear her volume increase so much was worrying, is there anything I can do to make it easier for her? Include something in her diet?

I have a Plymouth rock who is 5 months and about 3 weeks old, I was told it should take her 40 weeks to lay however today she has laid her first egg and it didn't seem like the easiest thing for her to do. She was in and our of the hen house all day, and then as the day progressed so did the...