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Thanks that you answered my question. No she hasn't been laying and she finished molting about 2 weeks ago. i had been doing research about molting but it wasn't clear to me if they only put color back on if they totaly stoped or just stoped for molting..

Remeber egg prolapse happens when an egg is being pushed out and that portion that pushed the egg out does not retratc. Imagaine a giant hemorioid. As for the rooster, if there is no nasal discharge labored breathing or fowl smelling breath," sorry for the play on words", I would skip the...

I have an older leghorn that got her yellow color back in her beek, feet and legs. My question is will a molt cause this or is this the end of her egg laying career?

Hope someone can answer this question. I hatched a bunch of red star chicks from a red star father and red star mother. I know they cannot be sexed by there feathering visuals anymore but about half of the chicks at one month have tail feathers and the other half do not. I,m guessing that the...

Just another quick injection, if your hatches continue to be low make sure to monitor the eggs weight. They should lose 13 percent of thier weight over the 21 day period. Just a suggestion, when you candle on day 7 and 14, weigh a few of the eggs to monitor weight loss. Make sure to get an...

Hi, just read a post on BYC you were breeding leghorns. You wouldn't happen to have an adult rooster for sale? Just haveing a hard time locating a breeder rooster for my small flock to introduce some new genes.. Thanks My E-mail is [email protected] or just reply. I check in on this site...

I have a Black Sexlink that lays huge eggs and would like to breed her so my flock can keep her genitics. Problem is I live in a city and can't have a rooster. I have learned that both the hen and roo carry geens that help dictate egg size, so my problem is how do I get in touch with a breeder...

OK, Here is an update. Stoped all treatment after unsuccesfully ridding of these pest. Decided to do an atospy on one of the hens who had been infected for over 4 months. Disected the intire digestive system and found some inflamation in the small intestine in one localized area but there...

Thank you guy's. I talked with an exotic bird vet before I started the treatment and he sugested Panacure. I did some reasearch on that drug and found that it isn't effective against some type of tape worms, that is why I went with the albendazole. I'll try doubling the dose since this drug...

I have read many of the post here and found that Albendazole works the best for tape worms.. I have giving a single dose for a ten pound chicken of .5mL at 11.36% Albendazole orally. I waited a week and still had very small segments of tape worm in the fecal so I dosed them again and waited...

Great post. I just have one question, did you administer any follow up doses or did just one dose do the trick?