I am curious about where folks get their Milk Thistle? I have a chicken that just got out of the vet and was prescribed Milk Thistle along with 3 other meds. As I am checking the prices at various online places I am seeing that I paid exorbitant amounts for the drugs from the vet office (4 to 5...
One of my hens was diagnosed today with Roundworms. The vet gave us Fenbendazole pills for 5 days. I know I need to deworm everyone else so I asked for a recommendation for something to put in the water. He suggested Wazine17 but I cannot find it - even online. Some threads are suggesting that...
So it looks like Azaleas are on the poisonous shrub list and I've always heard chickens are pretty smart about what they can eat and what they can't. However, I have a couple azalea shrubs in the garden and they seem to really like going over and plucking the flowers off. I have watched to see...
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I have 3 new additions to my flock (Ameraucana, Delaware, and Dominique). Hatched on Feb 29 this year. My Ameraucana started laying first at the end of July. I thought it was early - right before she was 5 months old. The other 2 started laying about a week later. They have been laying...
I had 5 hens and recently my alpha hen (Barred Rock) was hit with a fly strike. I was out of town over a weekend and, when I got back, by the time I noticed that she had an issue around her bottom, it was too late. Feathers and skin were gone in a 6 in diameter area. There were tons of fly larva...
I have 4 hens (about 22 weeks) that are very social (follow me around, come when I call with treats) but don't want me to pick them up. I got them when they were about 6 weeks old and have tried to handle them as much as I can. Mainly, I would have to corral them to a corner to pick them up...
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I am new to owning chickens. My chicks are 8 weeks old and have been in their henhouse for 4 weeks. I put a brooder light in the house to help keep them warm as the temperatures have been ranging from 30 - 50 degrees at night over the last month - I live in NC. I have been leaving the...