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  1. Cotton Hill Chick

    Worming the Flock ~ Please help with dosages!

    Yep, the bread did not work out very well. Thought I was smart, coating the valbazen soaked side with crushed dried grubs to cover the taste... was able to get a bread cube to about 5 of the birds, watched them eat it... then flock mentality took over and everybody crowded in to start...
  2. Cotton Hill Chick

    Worming the Flock ~ Please help with dosages!

    Okay... so... I've shopped for Valbazen, made a list of bantams and standard birds so I can check of who eats their bread cube! I will probably try to do this tonight... wish me luck!!!
  3. Cotton Hill Chick

    Worming the Flock ~ Please help with dosages!

    Okay, this system is starting to look like something I could manage with the estimates for weight and getting a piece of bread into each bird... though even that will be a bit tricky, as the hens barge in to eat the food of smaller ones and some will run from me and not take treats from my...
  4. Cotton Hill Chick

    Worming the Flock ~ Please help with dosages!

    Thanks for the offer to help! I've just seen in another post, NOT to give fenbendazole during molt season as it can damage growing feathers?! Holy cow. And, I have a mixed flock of 30 chickens, all different sizes so I'm not quite sure how to get a weight on them beyond catching and weighing...
  5. Cotton Hill Chick

    Worming the Flock ~ Please help with dosages!

    Hi, it was capillarid eggs found in the poop sample. So I imagine I need a larger dose as you say above? And now I'm back to "square one" not knowing how much to put in the mash. Egads it seems so difficult to find ONE product to treat chickens with, that has clear directions!!!
  6. Cotton Hill Chick

    Worming the Flock ~ Please help with dosages!

    Hi All, I've had 3 chickens die in the last month, apparently from parasites which were confirmed in the most recently deceased hen, and the local avian vet says its time to deworm the flock. I have Ivermectin Sheep Drench .08% solution and Safe-guard (fenbendazole) suspension 10% on hand...
  7. Cotton Hill Chick

    Converting to Sand in chicken coop... I want to hear from you!

    Thanks for your reply! I do provide a heat lamp, so if I switch, I won't have the problem you mention about moist sand freezing... I've been through a winter with woodships/shavings. My experience was that the chips held a fair amount of moisture in the coop, even though I was vigilant as...
  8. Cotton Hill Chick

    Converting to Sand in chicken coop... I want to hear from you!

    Great to hear that you've had a positive experience. I hear you about the dust! I provide a safe heat lamp in my coop/s, so I like the heat sink quality the sand will provide. Questions: How deep is the sand layer in your coop? How do you clean the sand, with a cat litter scoop? If any water...
  9. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! What are tiny bugs the size of dust speck?

    Oh Holy Cow yes, and thank you. Yes, I've been a bit hard on myself for sure. And very sad... I'd feel horrible losing any chicken this way, but Jett was special... she would engage me, jump on my lap to sit, walk up my arm, perch on my arm, perch on my shoulder. She would "talk" to me and...
  10. Cotton Hill Chick

    Converting to Sand in chicken coop... I want to hear from you!

    Hello Friends, I live in Upstate NY where winter temps can drop below zero for stretches of time (and of course wind chill). I am considering changing from shavings/chips to sand on the floor of both of the chicken coop; for hygienic reasons (easier to clean?). If you have switched to sand...
  11. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! What are tiny bugs the size of dust speck?

    We moved her out yesterday... she died, I am sad to say. Feeling horrible about it. I wonder if there was an underlying condition and the mites were there too... if it was the mites that killed her, ugh. Anyway, we've picked up permethrin and the coop cleaning & chicken dusting is today.
  12. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! What are tiny bugs the size of dust speck?

    This is also good to know... best to do on a warm sunny day? So the chickens dry on their own...?
  13. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! What are tiny bugs the size of dust speck?

    Fantastic, thank you! I'm sorry to report, that my sweet little cochin hen just died. I can't believe it's because of the mites... perhaps something else? But it could be mites I guess, and I'm feeling just terrible about this. Broken hearted. DH has gone to TSC to get the permethrin dust...
  14. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! What are tiny bugs the size of dust speck?

    Thank you!
  15. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! What are tiny bugs the size of dust speck?

    Thank you... I've never seen a mite or a louse before. Would either of them be this small? It's really the tiniest speck of a thing...?
  16. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! What are tiny bugs the size of dust speck?

    ...hen. Can anyone shed light? Odd thing: she was shaking her head a lot. I thought it was her "normal." Perhaps not... Thanks so much, Cheryl *** Backstory, in case it's helpful: This hen is called Jett, she's an all-black cochin, very sweet and friendly. Less than a year old (guess)...
  17. Cotton Hill Chick

    Hen with large, soft, squishy crop... Sour crop? Something else?

    Hello BYC friends, I've just isolated an approximately 2 y.o. hen that is lethargic. Her eyes are bright, she is breathing fine. While I was holding her, examining her crop, it feels large (as in expanded), soft, and squishy. Almost not like a crop at all, but more like just her tissue if...
  18. Cotton Hill Chick

    Lethargic sick hen, welcoming ideas

    Hi Wyorp Rock, Got Penny to an avian vet yesterday evening. He suspects these, roughly in order: wry neck, Marek's, internal parasites, and she may be picky with food, not getting enough nutrition. She is underweight, dehydrated, and her crop was fairly empty (no surprise there, she's be...
  19. Cotton Hill Chick

    Lethargic sick hen, welcoming ideas

    Will try to answer your questions... We have had a stretch of weather in the 90's with heat index over 100. That broke 2 days ago, now we are in the 80's and 60's at night.. Stand and walk: she tried to move away from me, yes. Head: she can raise it, but mainly keeps it down. Pecking...
  20. Cotton Hill Chick

    Lethargic sick hen, welcoming ideas

    Hello BYC Friends, This is Miss Penny, a black cochin hen approximately 2 years old. I found her under the coop like this awhile ago. She is extremely lethargic, resting with her head down and eyes closed as you can see. I don't see any obvious sign of injury or illness; yet clearly she...
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