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    Flubenvet 1% wormer dosage!

    Thank you so much, that would be so helpful. xx
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    Flubenvet 1% wormer dosage!

    2 weeks?
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    Flubenvet 1% wormer dosage!

    thank you so much. xxx
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    Flubenvet 1% wormer dosage!

    thank you very much - I'll look for this! xx
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    Flubenvet 1% wormer dosage!

    Yes - I have this information now thank you. What wormers do you guys all use, I live in the UK but I'm coming on holidays to Georgia in a few weeks and might try and buy some wormer to take back!
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    Flubenvet 1% wormer dosage!

    It appears I have been worming my chickens wrong for years. I was giving my hens one pinch per hen per day in some porridge for 7 days. It turns out they have to eat it mixed with their feed exclusively over the course of each day for 10 days with no other food - the mix is based on the amount...
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    Rooster picking on one new hen in particular

    Well I've broken every rule in the book if I go by what I've been reading about introducing new chickens to a flock. I had one bantam cockerel, under a year old. One booted bantam, 2 rhode island reds and two marans. One of the Rhode Islands is the boss but the cockerel does a good job...
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    Cockerel attacking one hen in the flock

    I have an Old English Game Bantam cock. His ladies consisted of one booted bantam, two rhode island x and two marans. I introduced some new older hens about 3 months ago, 3 silkies, one cuckoo peking bantam and one white peking bantam. One of the silkies and the cuckoo have integrated into...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    12 Rhode Island Red X - ex batteries 103 + 12 = 115
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    Urgent Help needed - second hen to go blind in less than a week.

    Hello there - yes I think something like that must have happened my poor girls - it was terrible and it's still a worry that I don't know exactly what caused it. I now have 8 new ex-battery hens as well as my four old girls. I gave them all the IB vaccine and so far they all seem fine with no...
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    Urgent Help needed - second hen to go blind in less than a week.

    Thanks for that. I have the vaccine ready to give the new girls, I've also been told to give my four old girls it too, I'm just a bit worried as 2 of them aren't in great shape with old age in general and 2 seem to be just getting back to normal. I'm worried it will make them sick (or worse)...
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    Urgent Help needed - second hen to go blind in less than a week.

    HI Guys, just to give you an update. The stomach contents and faecal droppings didn't show anything strange at all. I've just had the results of the blood test, Mareks and Newcastles came back negative but I got a positive result for Infectious Bronchitis. I'm amazed as none of the girls...
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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis Prevention or Management

    I'm not sure why you guys picked up on this as I posted that about two years ago! As it was the poor hen died before I had to make the decision. Since then I've had to have several hens euthanised and have always felt it was the right decision for my girl - you have to decide "am I trying to...
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    Urgent Help needed - second hen to go blind in less than a week.

    Thanks Tenchicks, well Georgina died not long after my last post - she had the most terrible spams and it was truly awful. The reason I wasn't sure about Marek's disease is that both girls eyes looked absolutely perfect. To add to my woes, I noticed another of my girls had a messy bottom...
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    Urgent Help needed - second hen to go blind in less than a week.

    She now is having fits and spasms - I know there is no hope for her but does anyone know what this could have been, as i have another 5 hens who seem poorly today. I cannot understand how she seemed fit healthy and happy at 12.30 pm Friday, in 5 hours she became blind, 24 hours later she was...
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