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  1. Fraunie

    Fowl Pox, when do I give up on an eye infection...nasty pic warning

    Dry pox is running through my flock, half seem to be getting a mild case and half get eye infections requiring daily/twice daily cleanings and antibiotics. I've been working on this girl for over a week, and the infection isn't clearing. I clean so much of this white stuff out a day it is...
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    Foul pox, hens eyes are scabbed shut. How do i open?

    I've had dry pox running through my flock, generally just mild cases. I do have one Black Copper Maran who seems to have it pretty bad. Both eyes are glued shut with heavy scabs. One I can clean easily and get open as long as I check on her 3 times a day. She then has a tiny bit of vision in...
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    Mysterious deaths, what is left to try??

    Morning, I found my 6th dead hen in 8 weeks this morning. All of these have been without warning signs, as in, walking and looking normal at 8am, but found in the pen by 11am dead, no pecks, no injuries, nothing. They have been wormed with Valbazen within the past 6 months after finding...
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    Stick tight flea infestation...advice needed on breaking cycle

    I've been battling these things for a couple months now and they are just not relenting! My poor chickens have no feathers on their heads from scratching and honestly, I feel like they are just getting s little sickly. maybe the fleas, maybe not, I don't know anymore. I do know that I can not...
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    Suggestions for treating pen to decrease incidence of tapeworms and chicken preventative/maintenance

    This is the second time in 3 years I've had a bad outbreak of tapes, while none of my neighbor chicken owners seem to have any issues. I know that the segments contain eggs that can infect the soil, so I am wondering if there are things I can do to the soil, coop to lessen the likelihood of...
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    wormer without egg withdrawal?

    Is there a wormer that has no egg withdrawal? I have used valbazen before, but throwing all those eggs for so long killed me. I''m looking for something to get rid of some worms I have in some chickens (eggs in droppings) and also something as preventative. I've searched the archives, but...
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    Black bugs and spots on hens head and comb

    Ok first, I might have two problems here. At first, a few weeks ago I noticed a few very small black speck spots on my chicken combs. I didn't think much of it, they looked like little blood spots from pecking and I have a few hens that are not so nice. It wasn't on every bird, but maybe...
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    Tape worms AGAIN!!! Here is what I did in July, what do I do NOW??

    I am so frustrated!! I thought I was treating aggressively and used all the advice I got here. Last week I started seeing poo that I thought might be suspect.....I have become a diligent poo checker after the last tape worm infection. I thought maybe i was just a doomsdayer...but today I have...
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    Cleaning up after tapeworms

    I've been battling these monsters for a month now. I've given 2 doses of Valbazen, 10 days apart. I'm getting Z-gold today to dose tonight, and am witholding feed today in hopes that helps. I know that some of my hens are clear, but I don't know which ones, so I"ll dose them all. A couple...
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    for tapeworms can I go right to panacu/fenbendazole?

    I just found what I have figured are eggs with end segments in droppings of at least one chicken. But, I have noticed a decrease in production, increase in feed and stinkier droppings. I don't have valbazen but I do have panacurr on hand, can I go ahead adn treat with that? If so, how long do...
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    Permanently broody hen? How long til it's unhealthy and how do I break?

    I have an australorp who has been sitting on a golf ball and or eggs other chickens have laid for about 7 weeks now. She is very thin, almost no feathers on her chest (where the eggs are). I remove the eggs daily and scoot the golf ball out of the nesting boxes, but sure enough, by the end of...
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    BR female is ATTACKING me, does she need a mate??

    She has always loved me, but the past 3 weeks she has been super mean. I have tried to just avoid her, I have tried to dominate her, I have tried to 'fight' back. Nothing works and I am getting tired of getting blood-welts everytime I go into the corral. What could be causing the behaviour...
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    Poultry medicine chest suggestions??

    I've only had chickens for 4 months, but just lost a chicken to suspected Marek's. I am having a necropsy done by UC Davis. All of this disease reading, and my recent experience has made me realize that 1. I am woefully unprepared for chicken health issues and 2. most of these things need to...
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    I think Star is dying!! Listless, head tilting backwards and laying on side.....DAY 3 UPDATE WITH E

    When I opened the coop this morning she was on the ground and one of the last ones out. I checked on them all about 10 mintues later to make sure alls well and noticed she was hanging out by the ffence sitting by herself. I have 7 12wk old chicks and 3 older chickens and one turkey, Star is a...
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    My 12wk Salmon Fav got her eye pecked, how do I treat, what do I do?? (pic)

    I didn't notice anything last night, so I'm guessing it happened in the past 15hrs or so. It looks pretty clean. Everyone ran out of the coop today just fine, but when I was cleaning it i noticed she slipped back in and hid in a corner. I have 1 BR turkey, 2 bantams and an Aust that are...
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    squatting, shaking and egg white-like liquid from vent...from my turkey...

    I'm only asking here because in the past few months, no one on the turkey side of things has had a clue as to what is going on. I am starting to think maybe its an egg issue, and since chickens lay more eggs, I thought maybe someone here would have seen something similar in a chicken. I hope...
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    Integrating chicks with my BR girl.....and is it bad to have just one turkey?????

    When we got our birds there were two turkeys, but before we moved in, one became a coyote meal. So our house came with 1 turkey, 2 bantams chickens and one full sized chicken. They all seem to get along just fine, but I'm trying to intergrate 8 9wk old chickens that are larger than my bantams...
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    intergrating 9week olds with adult bantams, one hen and one turkey...

    Currently I have 8 almost 9wk old chicks....2-Sicilian Buttercups, 2 Salmon Faves, BO, black sex link, Buff Bramha, and a Black Langshan. They are in my new coop a 8x8 shed. In the old coop I have 2 OEGB bantams, all of the chicks except for one buttercup are larger than the bantams. I also...
  19. Fraunie

    Salmon Faverolles, roo AND pullet?? Plus, black sexlink (pics)

    Hi All, I have two Salmon Favs that are almost 6 weeks old. In the past few weeks I have noticed their feather coloring is starting to differ a bit. I'm wondering if they are different genders or if one is just faster to mature and slightly different coloring??? I got them from a local feed...
  20. Fraunie

    ugh, just posted an WWYD integration question on the coop board if anyone can help;)

    thanks!
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