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    Anyone else have a chicken that's allergic to wheat?

    My hen's shanks and vent turn red every time I feed her wheat!
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    nightshade berries

    I don't know what that is, but it doesn't look like Nightshade. You can see what Nightshade looks like by going to Google, click on "Images", and type "Nightshade" in the search box.
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    nightshade berries

    Nightshade berries are black when ripe, not red, so maybe its not Nightshade. Some varieties of Nightshade are toxic and some are not. If it is Nightshade, and the blossoms are WHITE rather than lavender, the berries are edible and non-toxic. I have these growing all around my property, and...
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    I have worms in my Eggs? Help!!!!!

    According to this site: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/parasitic-worms-in-chickens.html , "Every once in a while a roundworm will crawl into a hen’s oviduct and wind up inside an egg that she lays. This isn’t a human health hazard; it’s just disgusting."
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    I just purchased some Safeguard. It has fenbendazole it in, which kills cecal and capillaria worms. I calculated the dosage for a chicken to be 1/5th of a teaspoon, so I took a 1/2 measuring tsp., and filled it, then divided the dose to both my chickens on a piece of bread. They ate it eagerly...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Quote: Thank you for posting. That pretty much ends the discussion. Karen
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Quote: That syringe looks smaller than the one I've got, which contains 6.08g of product. Regardless, according to the info you posted, the proper dosage for a bird is 200 mcg/kg, which is equivalent to .45 mg Ivermectin for a 5 lb.chicken, so your pretty close on your calculations. As for...
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    White spots on brown eggs

    My R.I.R. laid a very small white speckled egg yesterday, after not laying for 3-4 days after swallowing two screws. When that happened, she quit eating. The egg came the day after she passed both screws, and I noticed at that time that she had worms. I immediately wormed her, but realized...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this. Based on this information, I calculated that you would use a toothpick tip dipped into Ivermectin 1.87% equine paste per chicken.
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    Quote: Thank you for the welcome. Are you saying that the recommended dosage for a cat is 0.2mg/kg, or is that for a chicken, or is that the recommended dosage of fenbendazole for either of those two? The reason I ask is because according to...
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    Does any one use ivermectin in chickens ?

    I calculated the dose of Ivermectin paste 1.87% for my 12 pound cat, and it was about a toothpick tip sized dose. Granted the dosage per pound is far less than that for a horse, and I don't know what it would be for a chicken, but even if the chicken dosage was the same per pound as that for a...
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