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    Worming...how long to recover fully? Possible bacterial infection?

    Thank you! This is great info. It's been incredibly hot here recently and it's been hard to discern a lack of heat tolerance from actual illness. I will keep my eye on her and maybe get ahold of some fish mox.
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    Blue cuckoo Marans at 15 weeks - pullet or roo?

    Yup. They only free-range when supervised.
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    Worming...how long to recover fully? Possible bacterial infection?

    I recently wormed my flock of four for capillaria (confirmed with fecal). I did Safeguard liquid, 1 mL/day for 5 days, the last dose was 2 weeks ago. No repeat dose as per advice in these pages cross-referenced with a couple state extension sites. (I have a prior thread from earlier this month...
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    Blue cuckoo Marans at 15 weeks - pullet or roo?

    Lovely! Marans are so beautiful. I wish mine would give me eggs!! At 15 months I've pretty much given up hope.
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    Blue cuckoo Marans at 15 weeks - pullet or roo?

    LOL. Yes. She's 100% hen. Just with defective egg-making parts, I guess. She's the chicken on the top step.
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    Blue cuckoo Marans at 15 weeks - pullet or roo?

    She is a hen. But she's 1+ years old and has never laid an egg :(
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    Very pale comb, loose stool -- possibilities??

    Thank you so much for your guidance Wyorp. Gave them the first dose yesterday on your advice, will continue through Friday. Fingers crossed!
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    Very pale comb, loose stool -- possibilities??

    Oh, interesting! I did one day, 1/2 mL per bird, and a repeat after 10 days on the advice of my vet, BUT she's not a poultry vet (she's my cats' vet, and I just take my chicken fecals to her office) and I could swear that she was referring to them as roundworms (though the tech I spoke to on the...
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    Very pale comb, loose stool -- possibilities??

    Thank you! Yeah, I was wondering if she's just slow to bounce back from the worms and the heat last week -- I really hope that's all it is. I probably caught the worms late -- up until last week I was taking summer classes that didn't leave me much free time. My husband is such a good help with...
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    Very pale comb, loose stool -- possibilities??

    Hi. I have four 1+ year old hens, and four 3 month olds (they are kept separately and have not intermingled yet). The big girls have a 4x8 coop and 8 x 16 covered, shaded run. They free-range for about an hour a day. One of my older girls, Hazel, has been unwell. I'll give as much info as I can...
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    96 Hour Chick Ship

    Have they arrived yet? 🤞
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    The ever-popular VENTILATION question!

    Thank you! Yes the gate latches on the nest box and door of the run get secured with carabiners. And the ceiling is completely covered in HC, then there's a gap, then the plastic roofing panels (so there's airflow but protection from rain and predators.)
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    The ever-popular VENTILATION question!

    Yes, thank you! I am adding better latches on the inside doors this week. Those doors are inside the run, which is very secure -- I use gate latches secured with carabiners on the run door and the nest box door. I had a raccoon family crawling all over the outside of the run at night all autumn...
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    The ever-popular VENTILATION question!

    Thank you. So my question is, how would the pop door not be a draft...is it because it's working in tandem with the vents up top? If my ventilation was inadequate what would be the signs? Humidity that's higher than outdoors? Ammonia stink?
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    The ever-popular VENTILATION question!

    I scoop the poop every day. Hemp bedding. Six different breeds, the largest of which are one blue orpington and one marans. Yes, the autodoor opens at dawn.
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