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Thanks! I have 3 roosters so I will have to wait till tonight to move them as they free range. Hopefully he will last that long! I'll go take him a can of tuna and feed him specifically. Thanks for the replies!

My rooster is about 4 years old. I noticed he had been laying around more the last few days, but it's just gotten cold so I thought maybe the weather change had something to do with it. Just now I went out to feed them and he was sitting in the yard kinda leaned back on his butt with his tail...

When I used the fish tape I had the capsule form of the pill. I broke the caps open and dumped out the powder, then I put some olive oil on a little bit of bread and scooped the powder with that and fed the dose to each individual bird. I forget the dosage- it is probably somewhere in this...

I second that. I had a hen that killed 6 out of 9 of her chicks that hatched out before I realized it. Since then I just use the incubator and put chicks in a brooder to be safe. I also am currently dealing with chronically broody hens. Some breeds tend to be more broody than others. The best...

I have seen my boys flog a hawk out of the air. They are wonderful roosters, but they definitely have a blooper reel! Does anyone else have pictures of their roosters sleeping on the job?

It seems like the majority of chicken illness has no "cure", it's more like treating symptoms. Kinda makes you feel helpless. Especially when you love them.

We plan to take this next one for another necropsy. As of now she is still holding on though. She is just still droopy.

I was watching the chickens earlier and I think another one is on her way out. This will be the 3rd in the last few weeks. All three of these most recent ones were 2+ years old. I also have gotten all of them from the same person several months ago. The one I suspect is on her way out is just...

I had never thought of that. Good info! So hopefully the saddles will do their job till fall.

I looked at the calendar are you're right, the last time I picked up the one who died yesterday was exactly 14 days prior. At that time, she felt totally normal. I am always checking them when I can to see if they feel like they are losing weight because I am paranoid. That was when my husband...

They were not vaccinated that I know of. I know the ones I've hatched aren't vaccinated. My own hatches are healthy, even though they're all together. I've only ever lost one bird that I hatched from my own stock (*knock on wood*). The vet that balked about the Valbazen gave the impression that...

Thanks for passing it on! I was thinking I should do another fecal too. I had wondered about Marek's, but aside from the wasting (which literally only takes less than a week) they have zero symptoms of Marek's. They act totally normal and fine until suddenly it's almost like they decide to die...

We wormed everyone with Valbazen and praziquantel 2 years ago after the first dead chicken. Then 1 year ago we did the fecal test to make sure we were good, which is when we were told that the only thing in there was a small amount of capillaria. I told the vet that I had used Valbazen on them...

Over the last year or so we have had 7 birds die suddenly. By suddenly, I mean that they were totally fine, then got sleepy acting for a couple of days, then they were dead. They have no symptoms other than being extremely emaciated at death. It's like they just decide to stop eating and within...

Awesome. I am hoping this will do the trick. Thanks!!

That's so strange, the 3 girls he is targeting are also my only 3 white ones... Maybe they are just more flashy or easier to keep tabs on? Lol I don't breed for any reason other than replenishing my own flock and for fun. I don't hatch every year. I have actually witnessed this rooster take down...

I've heard of those! Do you have experience using them on your birds?

I have a flock of 24. There is no question that my main roo has enough options. However, for whatever reason there are 3 specific ladies that he likes more than anyone else. Maybe because they are at the bottom of the totem pole, so are easy targets. These poor girls look half plucked. I have...

Thanks!! I made sure she had a little hole to breathe. She was moving around and chirping and I could see her beak. Still no further progress. Hopefully it'll just take some time. Fingers crossed.

This egg was accidentally put into he incubator upside down (it was hard to tell which end was the point). Unfortunately I did not notice the air sac location till I was locking down (it's my first time) The chick has pipped totally opposite from the air sac and has not yet broken the...