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How do you know if they need to be wormed?

Thanks for all the advise. They have plenty of ventilation maybe even aittle too much. The coop islarge and clean but may be too cold. I will slowly take off starter and give yogurt. I will do some changes to the coop too.

Thanks Nurse Turtle. I did take them off the medicated feed for one week then they all came up sick and my feed store told me to put them back on. I will remove them, as the bag is almost done now anyway. I will also add heat at night to take the cold edge off but I can't do more then that...

I got them in October and they were at least 5 or 6 weeks old. So I would say they are now about 5 months old. I have them on medicated chick starter feed still, as recommended by the feed store.

I purchased 20 chicks in October, knowing it is not the best time of the year to do so. They all survived chickhood, but since moving to coop in December I have lost 5 to unknown illness?? This first chicken I think had a broken leg and could not get to water and food enough. Seemed very weak...