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Take him off the roost at night when he is sleeping to take a good look. The hole you see is his nostril most likely. If you can get a picture of it that would be great and we can then tell you better how to proceed.

Tammy you MUST cut the nail off or he will hang it and pull it off which could cause more damage. Just clean it once or twice and day and leave him with the rest of the birds. These things happen to birds all the time and it is nothing to be scared of. If you can't cut the nail off get the...

Minimum 14 days but legally there is no established withdrawal time for eating the eggs since it isn't approved for use on chickens laying eggs for human consumption.

There could be several things going on with this bird. It needs to be seperated and put on clean shavings. Wash the eye with a salt water soultion. Add apple cider vinegar and a clove of garlic to its water. If after 4 days of this and it still isn't better I would start the bird on...

Sounds to me like your bird broke its neck or had a stroke.

YOu never want to use a paste with chickens because you can not be for sure how much you are giving if any at all since you can mix it up to make sure the med is spread throught the mixture. I perfer Wazine or Eprinex but may give tramisol a go one day soon.

Depends on the dewormer you used.

suburbanfarmer. Don't worry about feed. Those 7 girls will eat that 50 lbs in 3-4 weeks. As for grit and oyster shell check the pet stores as they sometimes sell those in smaller quanities. You don't have to have grit just for chickens. Heck you don't have to have grit at all as the bird...

I wouldn't give aspirin for pasty vent. To treat that you need to wash t good in warm water and then start feeding them so plain active culture yogurt. Also watch the heat in the brooder as to hot and that will cause pasty butt also. If you need to give aspirin you crush it up and mix in a...

Um that would be the reference section from EZBYC.

Lots of times it is a lack of protein but it can be just plain mean birds. You can use several things from blue kote to salve sprinkled with sulpher dust.

Add aspirin at the rate of fice 5 grain aspirin per gallon of water. What are you feeding them? Also if you feel the hock is the tendon in or out of place?

For broilers I think that tends to be normal. Look them over to make sure there is no lice or mites and watch them to see if they are pecking them of themselves.

GOOD Question Robin.

Orp that is cool she is broody.