Recent content by queengwennypoo

Of the poo or of the young chickens?

What is the youngest you would deworm? I have some 2 month old chicks but found tapeworms in one of the adult hen's poos, so I want to just do them all but not sure if I should wait... Also, did just one dose work for you?

I got 4 new pullets and recently found out they were exposed to gapeworm before I got them. They are about two months old, and range in weight from .7 pounds (less than two months old) to 2.6 pounds (more than 2 months old). I have 1.87% ivermectin and usually use a pea sized amount on adult...

Link doesn't work, is there another place to read about how to divide vaccines? I have a little bottle of Mareks and a little bottle of Fowl pox, but they don't say how much per chick to give.

It worked! Wow! Thank you!

I snuck the chick under her while giving her some food and she didn't notice immediately but when she did she pecked it again. Does doing it a night make a difference? I have it in a separate cage right now- I don't know how much pecking it could have taken.

:( My broody hen has been sitting on 6 eggs in her own "broody box" (large dog crate). Her first chick hatched early (yesterday) and is doing fine. One more hatched this afternoon. I got home just as it was hatching, and somehow the egg rolled out of her nest area before the chick got all...