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kryptoniteqhs wrote: If I worm with Wazine, does that mean I'll never be able to eat my eggs again??? Also, it says the withdrawl time on birds meant for consumption is 2 weeks, is this accurate? Please share you experiences with me!! The "don't use on birds intended for consumption" means...

Thank you both for your responses, I lost my roo, it was just too late, he did make it a couple more days and I was hopeful, I did not know the vinegar had to be organic and raw, yes I was using apple cider, I also discoverd DE during this and will be using it to keep my others parasite free. I...

What would cause a chicken to lose so much weight? I suspect parasites but don't know what to do, we are diligent about keeping vinegar in their water but over the last year I have lost 4 hens and now my roo is lying on the floor of the coop. He has been eating and drinking like crazy and even...

When I was a kid we had a really mean leghorn roo. He would attack us evertime we went in the coop. I carried a tennis racket in with me one day and let him have it. He stayed away from me after that. (please remember I was about 10 years old and when I let him have it I mearly knocked him a few...

OH, one more question, how long do I wait before I give up on the eggs that haven't hatched? Thanks again Robin

Thank you both so much

I don't have a humidity gauge, there were some water drops on the window and I was afraid to go to bed last night and the humidity would be too high. I replaced the plug this morning. There were 2 hatched when I went to bed last night and 7 this morning. Will they be ok till I get home tonight...

My first hatch and so far 7 baby quail. It is driving me crazy to leave them in the incubator. They started hatching at 8 last night. I have to work tonight till 9 won't be home till almost 10. Will they be ok till then? The instructions say not to open the bator for 24 hours after they start to...

I just bought some new hens, one of them is acting very strange, she hides in a corner, yesterday I found her on the water dish which was dry, I filled it and she drank for the longest time, I had to move her off because she just kept sitting on it (with her butt over the water, when I picked...

It has been a full week and she hasn't improved or laid an egg. I did have to separate her the rooster was relentless. She is standing more but still no improvement with the leg. I lifted her up to examine her again, turned her on her back so I could see and she flailed both legs going like...

I have a hen that started limping earlier this week. I had to separate her to keep the rooster off her. I can't find anything wrong with her leg, no cut, abcess, I stretched it out and she didn't seem to mind. She won't put any weight on it but will leave it down to balance herself. What else...

Hi Tess, just wanted to let you know I recieved the aprons and have them on the girls. They didn't like it at all at first, we followed your instructions and put them on at night before they went to roost. The rooster had a fit, he didn't like them at all and I thought we were going to have to...

Well, I just found this posting, My ladies just started laying last week. (It was like christmas) Out of 4 hens we have 5 eggs total for the week, none today but yesterday I found a pink egg! very cool

My husband brought them pumpkin pie, (warmed) talk about spoiled! They love it!

Thanks to all for the warm welcome, the feedback and confirmation of what I suspected!! This is the rest of the flock! I guess if I want any blue eggs I will have to go back for some more chics!!