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    Yawning unwell chuck

    I was hoping the worming stuff the vet had given me would cover all worms, I will have to call him again tomorrow to see if it covers. I have treated them once a week for last 2 weeks they need one more dose tomorrow to ensure covered all stages of worms I will check out the link you have...
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    Yawning unwell chuck

    Hi Thank you I have checked her this morning and the crop isn’t completely empty but there is not a lot in there to be fair I will check her tonight before bed to see how full it is to get a comparison The vet has asked me to monitor her weight as the other Brahma hens I have range between 3.3...
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    Yawning unwell chuck

    Brahma chicken been off food for a while loosing weight and diarrhoea She has been treated for worms/ parasites this last month and coccidiosis a few months ago as really poorly then but picked up really well .Have force feed her as per vets instructions which helped her a little, she is eating...
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    When to mix a chicken treated for COCCIDIOSIS back with flock

    Thank u so much, it has been a little trauma as lost first chuck as vet thought it needed worming and that’s why it was off colour and blood in poo, then they thought she had meraks disease when she suddenly went really bad and died , so when this one started to be poorly 6 weeks later they...
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    When to mix a chicken treated for COCCIDIOSIS back with flock

    Thank u for replying, I have started to treat them, it’s in their water but they don’t seem to be drinking much , I was wondering if I should give it directly to them as I have been doing to the poorly chuck least I would know they have had the treatment, but as it it now in their water I am...
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    When to mix a chicken treated for COCCIDIOSIS back with flock

    Thank you
  7. HelenR

    When to mix a chicken treated for COCCIDIOSIS back with flock

    Hi I am hoping you can help me ? I have had a poorly chuck , the vet has treated her for COCCIDIOSIS for 3 days she looks so much better he did not say when I should put her back with the flock can anyone help me as she is lonely on her own , thank you
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    Chucks have stopped eating their feed

    Thank u will keep separate from now on
  9. HelenR

    Chucks have stopped eating their feed

    There is grit and I put oyster shells in their food too but it is odd as through summer I watched half the wild birds eating it and they are not touching it either I was wondering about trying crumble feed so I will give that a go and see what happens , thank u
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    Chucks have stopped eating their feed

    Funnily enough they will eat from my hand rather than the floor ! So can try that see if will help. They have really worried me, I know it’s prob silly but only have 5 and since I have had to work from home due to c19 since April they have been my friends more than ever so pets not chucks at...
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    Chucks have stopped eating their feed

    It just gives me a batch number and best before which is 01/02/21 , smells ok . Do you think maybe try a different bag and see if that is the problem maybe?
  12. HelenR

    Chucks have stopped eating their feed

    They are 1 and half years old, they had layers pellets and then mixed corn, their food is stored in the bag it came in, in my porch so no damp or vermin to get in. Really strange they have moulted really heavily also, I have lost one too, sadly at the same time, she had been to vets not 100%...
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    Chucks have stopped eating their feed

    My hens have stopped eating their feed and I don’t know why. They had stopped eating their pellets and I had not changed their brand , so I moved to mixed corn which they ate well but since they have gone into moult they have stopped eating anything from their feeders, they wander round the...
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    Help with chuck laying soft shell eggs

    Thank you will give it a go
  15. HelenR

    Help with chuck laying soft shell eggs

    The other hens are fine, shells not thick on the younger ones, I have started to mix oyster shells in their food. Now food is a problem, they have layers pellets but don’t really eat them, as they wander round the garden they won’t eat and I suppose I don’t help as at 4 ish every day they have...
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    Help with chuck laying soft shell eggs

    Hi I am looking for some advice: I only have 4 Brahma hens as lost cockerel at start of the year, I have 3 young hens about 11 months old. One of these is having problems with laying, she started laying soft shell eggs, then a few hard eggs including a double yoker, but gone back to soft shell...
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