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    Vent Gleet caused by injury?

    I have a pullet about 14 weeks old who was injured by an older hen when I was trying to introduce them. By the time I found her, her rear area was in bad shape, bleeding and open wounds. I immediately separated her in a dog crate in the garage where she seemed to mostly recover for a few weeks...
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    Gape Worm Confirmed, now what?

    I completed a 5 day treatment for my hen with gape worms 5 days ago. I suspected but wasn't sure until today, when cleaning the coop I found gape worms in the droppings. Do I need to repeat the treatment? She is still showing signs (although better) of having them or will they all eventually die...
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    Gapeworm Treatment

    I have read many posts about treating gapeworms with Safeguard (fenbendazole). I have given my hen one dose and will dose for a total of 5 consecutive days as recommended on this forum. I have also read to dose again in 10 days. Is this necessary if I dose for 5 consecutive days?
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    Injured hen now looks like a rooster

    Last winter while farm sitting, my daughter brought home a very frost bitten hen. Both feet were so severely frost bitten, she could not walk. We kept her in the house all winter, both feet fell off but she did recover and has joined our other hens and hops around on her stumps. Amazing really...
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    Injured hen now looks like a rooster

    Last winter while farm sitting, my daughter brought home a very frost bitten hen. Both feet were so severely frost bitten, she could not walk. We kept her in the house all winter, both feet fell off but she did recover and has joined our other hens and hops around on her stumps. Amazing really...
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