I was just reading about worming the other day and decided that since we had never wormed our chickens (we got them last April as newly hatched chicks), I should probably do it. They are free range chickens and look very healthy, but I figured we probably have worms.
I have some Wazine coming...
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I started a thread yesterday regarding my white leghorn, Daisy, who I feared may have egg yolk peritonitis (https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/700867/please-help-pullet-acting-strange-after-laying#post_9514966)
We gave her an injection of 1/2 cc penicillin yesterday evening and I fed her...
Hello, I posted a different thread on this forum a little while ago here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/700867/please-help-pullet-acting-strange-after-laying
I've been worried about possible EYP but if it were coccidiosis would there be similar symptoms? I have Corid, the liquid 9.6% oral...
A couple of days ago I posted the following in another board: We got our first chickens (white leghorns) when they were a day old back in April, all pullets. Our first eggs started last week just from one of the chickens. Today I discovered a second chicken had laid her first egg. I noticed one...
Our chickens (white leghorns, pullets 18 weeks old raised by us from 1-day-old) seem perfectly healthy for now but I keep reading about preventative stuff. The hatchery place sells several antibiotics and wormer type meds that they recommend having on hand for emergencies and even to give...
Hello, I'm new here - first time posting, but I've been a lurker for a while. We got our first chickens (white leghorns) when they were a day old back in April, all pullets. Our first eggs started last week just from one of the chickens. Today I discovered a second chicken had laid her first...