Hello. I treated my flock for confirmed roundworms and just completed their 5 day dosing of Safeguard yesterday (.23ml/pound goat). One of my hens, who was never showing symptoms of diarrhea prior to deworming, was panting all night. The temperature was about 65 degrees. This morning she did not...
Hello. I have 3 adult hens who I have had to treat yearly for roundworms. This has been confirmed by fecal float in the past though I did not take a sample in this year because the only vet around me that will test a sample requires me to bring the chicken in for an exam as well which is quite...
Hi everyone. I have a year old hen who has sour crop. Approx 2 months ago I noticed one of my other hens started to lay some soft shell eggs. I immediately realized something was wrong. She was eating, drinking and acting normally otherwise. Poop was also normal. I hadn’t wormed the girls in a...
Hi everyone. I have a year old hen that I think has gleet. She has always been one to have a “poopy butt” despite having good solid stools and occasionally needs a butt bath. A couple weeks ago I noted she looked dirtier than usual so bathed her. Two days later she looked just as bad. I didn’t...
Hi everyone. Quick question regarding treatment of Capillaria with Safeguard paste. I know it is .23ml/lb for 5 days. My question is should treatment be repeated after 10 days, and if so, would it be for another 5 days or just 1 day?
Hello. Wondering if anyone else has come across this scenario before. One of my pullets that has been laying for about 1.5 months pretty consistently lays 2 eggs/day. One will be a regular shelled egg that she will lay in the nest. The other will be a soft shell egg that she will lay wherever...
I have 3 hens and one of them gets picked on by the other 2. She keeps mostly to herself. I don’t notice the others picking her feathers or chasing her away from food or water but she is hesitant to take treats until the other 2 have gotten theirs. The biggest issue I notice is that the others...
Hi everyone. I am a new chicken owner. We decided to get chicks spur of the moment when we were stuck home with covid in spring. We really didn’t have intentions of keeping them and had arranged for a farm to take them once they got bigger. Now knowing what we know this was clearly poor...