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    chicken has worms

    Hi I have three newish rescued chickens and I think they have words. I have flubenvet poultry wormer and it says 6g per 2kg feed over seven days. I don't know how much food they eat in a week, and is it 6g per bird or per flock? Thanks.
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    Sour crop

    Any tips for sour crop? Got a sick 2yr old ex-battery hen. Not eaten since Saturday, but still drinking. Emptied her last night and this morning double the amount came out :-/
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    Really sick chicken with lice

    I rescued three chickens back in May, they have been lovely and had no problems. I noticed some bugs on the hen house at the start of June, and I assumed they might lice. I cleaned the whole house with DE and bathed the chickens in it and added it to their dust bath. I have been doing this...
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    Fleas? Lice?

    I rescued a few chickens about six weeks ago, I was told they were up to date with worming and things. Last week I noticed one of the chicken's feathers on her tummy were coming out, I thought maybe she was having a moult dealing with the stress of being in a commercial farm for so long, she...
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    They sleep in their nest boxes

    I rescued three chickens from a free-range commercial farm. They have their little hen house with has a nest box with two boxes in it and they sleep in it and mess in it every night. I have also found them asleep standing on the floor of the hen house not on the perches. Are the perches not...
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    Ghost Egg

    Hello, I recently rescued a few ex-battery (free range) hens. They are two years old, and have settled into the garden well. One of the girls doesn't lay an egg every day, she lays a good GIANT egg every three-four days, but inbetween that time she sometimes lays soft shell eggs. They have...
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    Ex-Farm Chickens can't use feeder!

    Hello. I rescued three chickens a couple of weeks ago. They were free range, but with 2000 other birds. They are settling into life in our garden, and as it was a bit of an impulsive thing to do saving these chickens we're still getting bits and bobs that they need. Their feeder arrived...
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