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    ALL the mites!!!

    I am at my wits end with all of the various assorted mites I've been dealing with this summer. It seems like no matter what I do, they just won’t die. I have now had to move the chickens out of their coop to do intensive treatments (fowl mites and leg mites, in particular), but they can’t stay...
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    Crop paralysis

    Just wondering if anybody knows what might cause crop paralysis and liver enlargement? I just had to have one of my hens euthanized, and those were the only notable things that the vet saw on X-ray and ultrasound. He didn’t offer any explanation. The other chickens are fine. It seemed to come on...
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    Chicken Fight Club (not what you think)

    Oy! I have a flock of three chickens, all from the same clutch. One is a rooster, two are hens. They had to be separated (had another rooster at the time), so one hen and a rooster went in one side of the building, and one hen and the other rooster went on the other, separated by a chicken wire...
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    7 year old hen suddenly paralysed

    Hi---my 7 year old hen was limping a little bit a few days ago. She has had problems with leg mites this last winter, and usually I can just soak the leg and apply antibiotic ointment for a few days and it goes away. This time was a little different---the soles of her feet and her hocks were...
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    URGENT: cocciodisis/enteritis

    Hi---I can't tell if this is coccidiosis or enteritis...I've been treating my 5yo Polish hen for a chronic upper resp. infection with oxytetracycline. The wheezing subsided after 14 days of treatment, and she was looking like her normal self. Yesterday, she seemed sick, but this time she was...
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    doxycycline dosage

    Can anyone help me with the dosage for doxycycline? I have 100mg tablets that I'd like to administer in 1 gal. of water. Thanks in advance!
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    Hen going downhill...

    I think I've posted about this hen before...about a year ago, I noticed that one of our Orpington hens wasn't able to climb down the ramp from the coop in the morning. I just figured she'd had a bad experience, because nothing seemed to be wrong with her. Over the course of the summer, she...
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    Zimectin and ?

    So, just wormed my BO yesterday (for tapes and roundworms) with Zimectin, but I don't think I used enough (I gave a BB-sized amount but, like, a really small BB 'cause that's what I remembered from childhood, which was admittedly a super-long time ago). Now I find out that I should have used a...
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    Chicken unable to get on perch

    I have a three year old Orpington hen who is unable to get up on the perch with the other hens. She has been having trouble hopping up and over the entrance to the coop, and once in the yard, can't get up the ladder to get back in. Up until yesterday, she had been hopping up the ladder to the...
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    Baytril math is killing me

    Okay, so I have some baytril that was originally prescribed for one of our rabbits, 30mg/ml, and I have a 3 lb chicken. NOBODY in my house can figure out the correct dosage. Can someone help me? I'd really like to use this rather than the other kind I have (in water) because this is honey...
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    Silkie rooster with scaly leg mites, yuck.

    So I know that you're supposed to apply some sort of oil product to the legs, but what about the foot feathers? Don't they get all gacked up? Not that I'm worried about it looking bad (the oily feathers), it just seems like they'll be covered in oily dirt and shavings. And should I dip the feet...
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    Pyrethrin fogger for wooden coop

    Both of my chicken coops are old wooden structures (one used to be a woodworking cabin, the other is a good-sized gardening shed), full of cracks and crevices that would be impossible to find in order to treat for mites effectively. Has anyone every used a pyrethrin fogger to kill mites in a...
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    Egg Bound-How much calcium is too much?

    Okay, so I'll start off by saying that I'm only 99.9% sure she's egg bound...she stopped laying a few days ago, stopped pooping last night, sitting on the floor of the cage, still eating and drinking a little. Tried to give her some Tums last night in some yogurt, but she's not interested...
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    How long does it take for ivermectin to work?

    I have a Polish hen with scaly leg and face mites, and I treated her with ivermectin pour-on (4 drops on the back of her neck) yesterday...I'm wondering how long it takes to kill the mites? She has scratched herself bloody on the head, and I need to take care of it ASAP. Thanks in advance!
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    Chicks and cold temps?

    I have a little Japanese hen who hatched three Japanese/Silkie cross chicks five weeks or so ago, and I'm wondering if I should bring them inside for the night (temps in the -10 tonight, -20 tomorrow). The chicks are almost as big as she is, and they can't fit under her anymore, they just...
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    Mites--Ivermectin or poultry dust?

    Hi all---my new chickens have mites/lice and I'm wondering which would be more effective, pour-on Ivermectin on the skin or poultry dust? And if I want to try both, how long should I wait after one before trying the other? Thanks for your help!
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    Flagyl - where to buy?

    Where can I find flagyl? Or anything similar (-zole medications)? Is this something that requires a vet prescription? Any help appreciated!
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    Emergency---chicken can't breathe

    My chicken started sneezing yesterday, and was gasping for air this morning. She's been inside with a heating disk since last night. We have given her drinking water w/ Tylan200 and doxy, and because I'm not sure if she's drinking, we also gave her Tylan200 orally (1/2cc). I don't think there's...
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    Using Tylan, Doxycycline and Ivermectin at the same time?

    I'm currently treating a hen for a possible resp. infection with Tylan and doxy, but I'm not sure if it could be gape worm or not---can I do all of this at once? She has been sneezing and coughing, shaking her head, and gasping when distressed. No nasal discharge or eye swelling/discharge. I...
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    Tylan200 dosage info.

    I know this has probably been covered thousands of times, but the search I did came up with mostly dosage info for Tylan50. I have a Polish hen who has a severe resp. infection, can't get Baytril until next week sometime. I have Tylan200 injectable, but can't find any dosage info. Can anyone...
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