Search results for query: *

  • Users: khind
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. khind

    Compact soil in Chicken Yard: Material Ideas

    I'm trying to rebuild/build up a specific area: the chicken yard. I have a coop; a covered run with food, water, dustbathing, etc.; and an outer chicken yard that's fenced around but open at the top (so is that technically called another "run" area?). This outer chicken yard is what's become...
  2. khind

    Pyrantel Pamoate: Paste, Nemex-2, or neither?

    My Valbazen is at least 1.5 years old, and I found a (regular-sized) roundworm in a dropping. Some of my birds are molting. With a small flock of 6 birds, I'm considering using Nemex-2. Then go back to Valbazen sold in the huge (wasteful for me) bottle, or Safeguard (still expires before being...
  3. khind

    Time of Valbazen dose/withholding food necessary?

    Found a roundworm in a hen's stool. I will dose each bird individually, undiluted, with a syringe. Best I can do to withhold food beforehand is to dose at either 11 p.m. (about 5.5 hrs after they go to roost) or about 6 a.m. (about 1 hour before they get up). Is either of those any more...
  4. khind

    Broomstick method on heavy bird?

    Hi, I've read though many posts... I've used the broomstick method to put chickens to rest when needed, but this time I have a hen who is heavy. She has ascites and also a mass in her abdomen. 😢 I'm worried it might be very painful for me to hold her upside down before laying her down on the...
  5. khind

    Sudden Breathing Problem!

    I went out of town for 4 days and got back a few hours ago. Husband was caring for the flock. Temps have been mid- high 90s, but down to 88 today. 80° F when I discovered the following: As soon as I got home tonight, I let the flock out to forage for a bit while i replenished feed. Green Legs...
  6. khind

    Crop keeps refilling after surgery!

    My 6 -7 year old hen Buffy had a HUGE impacted crop. I finally found a vet to do surgery on May 1st. Diet: Yogurt and scrambled egg for about a week afterwards. Crumble planned next, but no rock/grit for 10 days. Rx'd: Reglan (at my request, in case she had crop statis), Metacam, and...
  7. khind

    Crop filled with air

    Hi! My hen has a very large crop (post-impaction surgery) which the vet thinks is filled with air/gas. So we talked about trying simethicone for that. My question is the dose (he didn't know what to suggest). I got infant liquid simethicone which has 20 mg / 0.3 mL. I was going to give her just...
  8. khind

    Air-filled Crop Post-Crop Surgery? & other Complications

    My hen Buffy's crop was enormous and Fully impacted (full of rock and dirt/sand, etc.), after already having been flushed for a crop impaction several weeks before. She's 6 or so, and 2 -3 months ago is the first time she's ever dealt with anything like this. She also started wearing a crop bra...
  9. khind

    What Results should I expect from a crop Flush & a crop Bra?

    My bantam Cochin hen Buffy (5-6 yrs old, or so) had an impacted crop. Oblong and firm. I discovered this a few weeks ago ago, but in hindsight, it was longer ago than that because I saw her a couple of times doing what I call a "slithering snake" move with her neck while eating, but she always...
  10. khind

    Is this Mycoplasma??

    Mycoplasma?? 🥺 This is Buffy. Just 15 minutes before these pics, I saw unmistakeable bubbly clear liquid in THE EYE OF THE 1ST 2 PICS BELOW, in the chicken yard! No sneezing or coughing... I immediately ran to check each of the other nine birds' eyes; saw nothing at all. None of them is coughing...
  11. khind

    How Warm Should Broody Mama & Chicks' Coop Be?

    I have 3-to-5-day-old chicks. They hatched beginning Mon. through Wed. this past week under my hen Buffy. This all took place in a setup in the garage due to big storms that came through. Last evening, Fri, I moved them all into the small coop/run separated by the adults' run with hardware...
  12. khind

    How Warm Should Broody Mama & Chicks' Coop Be?

    I have 3-to-5-day-old chicks. They hatched beginning Mon. through Wed. this past week under my hen Buffy. This all took place in a setup in the garage due to big storms that came through. Last evening, Fri, I moved them all into the small coop/run separated by the adults' run with hardware...
  13. khind

    Bully cage size

    A few years ago I dealt with a bully by putting her in a cage in the run for x number of days, and it really helped. But since I just added a larger run this summer, I wonder if I can have my current bully just stay in the adjoining coop with a 10f ft long run that's entirely visible to the...
  14. khind

    Can I/ How to dose Liquid Meds off the Roost

    My 5-6 yr old hen Masha needs 2.5 mL antibiotics every 12 hrs. These first few days I've been loading up the syringes & dispensing maybe 0.3 mL per dribble into her beak a.m. & p.m. It's going well. But my work schedule has changed, so for many of the remaining 9 days I'll have to dose her after...
  15. khind

    Can an Ocular Marek's hen ever return to the flock?

    I've read the long info page on Marek's, and I've also read comments made here and there that ocular Marek's doesn't have to be a death sentence. However, if I want to keep a hen with ocular Marek's (one out of 5 adults and 6 twelve-week-olds, who is now isolated at my house for the time being...
  16. khind

    Sudden Blindness, etc! RIR 1 yr old

    First, even though a part of this post is in a blue box, it's all written by me. (It's not quoted - just want to avoid any confusion.) Second, there is more going on with her that may or may not be related, that I'll also describe. Scarlet had roundworms in her stool not long ago, so I...
  17. khind

    Start Over with Corid Dosing? Dose Others?

    I dosed my chicks with a 1st round of Corid (for 4 days), & my lethargic chick perked up quickly, & others are well. I missed the 2nd round - I was supposed to dose again 2 days ago (for 3 days). I just now changed their water to treated water, at 10:30 a.m. here. It occurred to me because I...
  18. khind

    Help! Ideas to Maximize Run Addition?

    Finally adding to the run of the (stationary) Tractor coop on the Left. Adding 8' to that west side, going the entire length back. *ROOF: I'd kind of like to use something other than sheet metal for the extension. I've read about people using translucent corrugated panels (I'm assuming Poly...
  19. khind

    Changing Run Wire to 1/2"

    I've read through a number of threads including a couple that reference older threads, and have gotten a lot of info. I still have a few questions though. I already have a coop and run, and the run was built with wire walls too large to be predator proof. I have "galvanized for durability"...
  20. khind

    Wazine with Ivermectin chaser?

    Sound ok for roundworms? I've got Wazine, so I gave it to the flock as soon as I found roundworm in a hen's droppings. I've read here about following up in 10 days with a different wormer. I was able to locate Ivermectin pour-on. Does that combination sound fine as far as anyone knows? Thanks.
Back
Top Bottom